Lionel
Richie
says
his
daughter
Nicole
does
not
need
to
apologise
for
her
bad
behaviour.
The
singer
believes
his
adopted
daughter
-
who
will
stand
trial
on
Wednesday
as
a
result
of
her
arrest
for
DUI
(driving
under
the
influence)
last
December
-
is
just
acting
like
any
typical
25-year-old.
He
said
in
an
interview
with
the
USA
Today
newspaper:
"She
keeps
apologising
to
me.
I
told
her,
'You're
doing
exactly
what
you're
supposed
to
be
doing
to
your
father
at
this
age.'
"
The
'Simple
Life'
star
-
who
pleaded
not
guilty
to
the
charge
at
a
preliminary
hearing
-
could
be
jailed
if
she
is
found
guilty
because
of
a
previous
DUI
conviction
from
2003.
Lionel,
57,
added:
"She's
just
in
an
unfortunate
situation." The
pop
legend
also
thinks
today's
stars
are
subject
to
far
more
scrutiny
than
he
ever
was
when
he
shot
to
fame
in
the
70s
with
Motown
band
the
Commodores.
He
said:
"There's
just
so
much
information
out
there
right
now
-
MySpace,
cell
phones,
the
internet.
If
we
had
had
all
that
when
the
Commodores
were
around,
God
only
knows
what
my
mother
and
father
would
have
seen."