Lionel Richie :The Survivor

R&B Legend Lionel Richie recently received the Icon award at the T.V. Land Awards Show. While accepting the award Lionel says, "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.

Nicole Richie has been more than enough for anyone to deal with these last few years. In 2007 she was jailed for driving under the influence and has also been arrested from driving the wrong way down the freeway in Burkbank CA along with a host of other negative appearances in the media. I could only imagine the amount of stress Nicole has brought into her father's life. Much love to Lionel Richie and Happy Father's Day to him.