Lionel Richie states the obvious

"Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you. I stand here as a survivor, I want you to know, for all the parents out there.''

If it was that bad for him, we can only imagine how bad life must be if you're Rick Hilton.