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Nicole: Now that I look back on it, I was a different person last year than I am now. And listen, sometimes I'll be here and I'll think to myself, "I used to be fun! What if I'm not fun anymore?" I have all those feelings. But you know what? I am who I am. I'm still fun, just not in that way.
Joel: People have this perception that Nicole was, like, in an opium den.
Nicole: And I wasn't.
Joel: She made some mistakes. But look at where we're from: I'm in a rock and roll band. Nicole is who she is. It's not like we had to give so much up because of the baby. It's just time to be parents.
Do you plan to go back to work anytime soon?
Joel: She's working on a perfume, she's working on a clothing line.
Nicole: A maternity line and a children's line. And a jewelry line. I'm doing it with Mouawad.
Has Harlow met Paris Hilton?
Nicole: Yeah. They went to the Ivy. Just kidding. I have to say, all of my friends, their demeanor completely changes when they're around the baby. When they come in the house they're really mellow and careful and sweet with her. And when you're with a baby, you don't think, like, "Oh, I'm this person." She spits up on you and throws up on you or goes to the bathroom or passes gas.
Who got the first smile?
Nicole: Well, actually Benji did.
Joel: Now it happens all the time. We live for her smiles. When she smiles . . .
Nicole: We feel so good. I don't know if it was this morning – my days are blended – but I was watching her in her crib and she happened to wake up and I was like, "Good morning!" And she smiled and it was the cutest thing ever.
How has Harlow changed your perspective on life?
Nicole: Everything I do, I think about how it will benefit her or hurt her. She's never out of my mind. I stop doing things for me anymore. Everything is for her.
