NICOLE RICHIE,HER DAD LIONEL RICHIE,HER BOYFRIEND JOEL MADDEN AND THEIR DAUGHTER HARLOW WINTER are all featured in June’s issue of Harper’s Bazaar. In the issue,Nicole talks about being a mother to her now 5-month-old daughter,why she decided to do a People cover shoot with her baby just weeks after giving birth,and so much more:

Dad Lionel Richie On why Her Daughter Is famous:”It’s because she is real. She is always brutally honest. What she says is what she means. Everywhere I go, they love Nicole. She would be a hit anywhere. I love her so much, and that’s not speaking as her father, that’s speaking as a fan.”

Nicole On why She Did The People Cover:The day before it came out, I was nervous,” she says, “because there was going to be a picture of my daughter everywhere.” Then she evinces a peculiarly Hollywood logic. “But if I didn’t put a picture out, it would have been 10 times worse. I wanted to stop people trying to get pictures of her. I was just being a protective mom.”

Nicole On How Motherhood Has Changed Her:”You know, I went through a stage of thinking that once you had a baby, you moved to Brentwood, had a white picket fence, and it changed your entire life,” Nicole says. “But I love where I am right now. Every single thing is for Harlow. Joel took me out last week, and he was like, ‘Why don’t we go out and have a shopping day?’ But I ended up only going to kid stores.” She laughs wryly. “I didn’t get to buy shoes or anything.”

CHECK OUT MORE INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS AND PICTURES AT HARPER’S BAZAAR