Nicole Richie has denied reports that she’s checked herself into a rehabilitation clinic to receive help for an eating disorder.

She wrote a statement on her website to dismiss the rumours: “Contrary to CNN’s false accusations, I did not check myself into an eating disorder rehab. I don’t know why or how this rumor started, but I am home, in LA, and very happy.”

“I do not have an eating disorder, and I don’t know how many times I have to say it. I’ve repeated myself so many times, I feel like a broken record. Whoever started this rumor is evil and mean, but it’s not true. I am happy, and healthy, and living my life.”

She has though admitted that she’s moved out of her Beverly Hills home because she’s sick of photographers sitting in wait for her: “I’ve had to move because of the paparazzi that follow me wherever I go. The other night I was leaving a friend’s house and they popped out of the bushes. I thought I was getting mugged.”