Nicole Richie's Ill-Advised Email Invite Causes a Fuss  5/30/07

Troubled socialite Nicole Richie is making new enemies after a joke e-mail invite to a Memorial Day party fell into the wrong hands.

The Simple Life star was poking fun at the news stories about her own DUI and weight loss issues in the invite, which encourages pals to "celebrate our country by drinking massive amounts of beer."

But experts aren't laughing after the invite was obtained by American publication In Touch Weekly.

Richie, who faces a possible jail term in court next month (Jun07) following a drink driving arrest last year (06), ends the ill-advised e-vite by jokingly urging her friends to "start starving yourself" so they're thin enough to enter the party.

She writes, "There will be a scale at the front door. No girls over 100 pounds allowed in. Start starving yourself now."

Leading American agony aunt Dr. Joyce Brothers is among those who feel Richie should have thought twice before she sent out the invite.

She says, "(She is) thumbing her nose at the people in rehab. It's a huge form of acting out."

Ironically, the party itself made headlines - Richie's pal Mischa Barton was taken to hospital after suffering a bad reaction to medication at the bash, according to In Touch Weekly.

And Richie made the news again after the party - she was involved in a minor accident as she left the bash.