Lionel Richie says daughter Nicole Richie taught him about love

Lionel Richie says daughter Nicole Richie taught him about love.

The 76-year-old musician and his first wife, Brenda Harvey, became Nicole’s legal guardians when she was three and later adopted her when she was nine and Lionel insisted Nicole “was the one who actually taught me how to fall in love”.

Speaking about his eldest daughter, whose biological parents are Lionel’s drummer Peter Escovedo and Karen Moss, he told Today with Jenna and Friends: “If I’ve ever met anyone in my life, Nicole was the one who actually taught me how to fall in love. Forget biological, I don’t know the difference.

“This little girl captivated me to the point where I told her, ‘I’m never going anywhere ever again.’ And of course she had this smile and this laugh."

Lionel went on to marry Diane Alexander in 1995 before splitting in 2004 and they shar children Miles Richie, 31, and Sofia Richie, 27.