Nicole Richie is pregnant

TMZ.com has independently confirmed that Nicole Richie is pregnant. The starlet has been dating Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden for over six months. Rumors have been swirling for months that Richie and Madden were expecting, but TMZ has confirmed through several sources that she is, in fact, with child. Richie is currently facing DUI charges stemming from her arrest last December, when she was found driving the wrong way on a California highway. Richie's rep did not return repeated calls for comment.