Is super-skinny Nicole Richie pregnant?

Is Nicole Richie pregnant?

That’s the rumor swirling around the super-skinny reality show star, and she doesn’t seem in any hurry to deny it.

Richie recently underwent a series of tests, including blood and urine screenings, reports Life and Style, which reports that the tests “confirmed she is pregnant.”

Richie’s rep didn’t respond to requests for comment from either L&S or The Scoop, but on May 30, the star was photographed at a reproductive clinic, and the mag quotes an “insider” as saying, “Nicole’s determined to get healthy for her own sake and the baby’s.”

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The “American Idol” winner was recently photographed with a woman identified as Caroline Lyders, the morning anchor for WISN-TV in Milwaukee. The two insisted they were just friends — but they were later spotted smooching in a more-than-friendly way.

That hit a sour note with Lyders’ longtime boyfriend, insurance businessman Aaron Ruffcorn, reports Star magazine.

“(Lyders) was with our family for the (Christmas) holiday and we all had a lot of fun,” Ruffcorn’s father Michael told the tab. “I know they have been talking about marriage for some time.” The two have known each other since high school.

His mother told Star that the two are currently dating, but Ruffcorn himself seems less certain.

“There is nothing but love and respect between Caroline and myself,” he told the tab. “There is a lot of history between us; all decisions we make are together. Whether there’s a future for Caroline and Taylor, I don’t know. As to whether there’s still a future [for us] at this point, stranger things have happened.”

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