Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have rekindled their friendship?

Oct 9, 2006, 14:43 GMT

09/20/2006 - Nicole Richie - sans Paris © David Gabber / Photorazzi© David Gabber / Photorazzi

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have rekindled their friendship.

'The Simple Life' stars are said to have met up last week at Nicole's adoptive father Lionel Richie's Los Angeles home.

The one-time best friends mysteriously fell out over a year ago but last week Paris called Nicole to wish her a belated happy 25th birthday.

The pair then met up at the Beverly Hills hotel last Wednesday (04.10.06) at about 1pm for about 10 minutes. They both drove separately to Lionel's home where they both stayed until after 3pm.

That morning, Nicole had met boyfriend Brody Jenner in Malibu where she ended their relationship. She later wrote on her MySpace blog that her "heart was never in it" and felt that he was using her for publicity.

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Paris was involved in a fight with ex-beauty queen Shanna Moakler at Hyde nightclub.

Shanna allegedly shouted abuse at Paris and punched her on the jaw after learning that the heiress had recently kissed her ex-husband, Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker.

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