Nicole Richie: "It was my cramps' fault"

Nicole Richie is claiming menstrual cramps are the reason behind her recent pill-popping.

"She knows she made a mistake, but overall she's in a better place," a friend of Richie told US mag.

"She has come a long way from her heroin days." The Simple Life star is telling friends she "occasionally" takes Vicodin once a month for cramps.

Richie is reportedly upset that her weight was listed as 85 pounds on her booking sheet when she was arrested Monday morning, because "she's so proud of her weight gain," and insists she's actually 95 pounds.

"She doesn't know where the cops came up with 85 pounds and it's annoying to her," says the friend. Richie faces an arraignment for her DUI charge on February 7.

Okay 95 pounds, she's obese. She's never heard of Midol? When you have no body fat, protein and muscle mass doesn't your body shut down the menstruation process?

I don't believe Bones, but I'm kind of feelin' her excuse. Who can argue with whether or not the ho has cramps?!

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