Lionel Richie | Nicole

Lionel Richie and his former partner Brenda Harvey-Richie adopted their daughter Nicole at age three at the time when her state entailed home security from her biological parents. Richie said he knew the mother and father and they were having difficulties in terms of their relationship. But as the pair was undergoing a rough patch, Nicole was sitting out in limbo so the singer told them what they could do: put the girl in his house until the tour was over with and then sort it out later.

The singer once consoled his kid saying, “Okay, here is what we are going to do: You’re going to make everyone wish that they had adopted you. You are going to make everyone in your family wish they actually had a chance to get you back,” After he and Harvey processed the papers and secured Nicole’s guardianship, the event was finally erased and replaced with love.