Nicole Richie Marie Claire UK March 2010

In a chat with the March Fashion Issue of British Marie Claire, beloved socialite-turned-supermom Nicole Richie strikes back the eating disorder rumors that plagued her during her tenure on the defunct reality smash The Simple Life.

“I felt it was a little unfair to say someone has an eating disorder when they don’t,” the former Simple Life star told the mag. “It’s extremely insulting and irresponsible.”

She added, “The only time it bothered me was when I was in a store trying on shoes and these girls came up to me — they were probably like 13 or 14 — and their mother came over, and she said, ‘Are you taking care of yourself, because my girls think that you’re not,’” she told the mag. “That was upsetting.”