Nicole Richie: A Simple Life reboot doesn't make sense because Paris Hilton and I are older now

Entertainment Weekly

Richie says The Simple Life, which they starred in on Fox and E! for five seasons starting in 2003, was designed for simpler times. "That show was what it was, and it was so much fun," Richie tells EW. "But that concept wouldn't even work in this moment because, remember, we'd leave our lives for a month, and we didn't have any phones. No phones in this day and age just doesn't work!" Richie adds that she and Hilton are at a different place in their lives. "We're almost 40 years old, and I can't imagine leaving my kids. We've got real jobs now," Richie said. "We were 20 or 21 when we did it. It was like backpacking through Europe: something you do in your twenties. If I could say something to my younger self, I'd be like, 'Do it, because when else are you going to be able to go and do that?' That's what your twenties are for!"