Stop, drop and roll!Nicole Richie‘s 40th birthday just went up in smoke.
The shocking moment Nicole Richie’s hair caught fire while she lit her birthday candles was captured by the House of Harlow designer and TV personality on Tuesday, September 21.
In the video below, Nicole is cheered by her loved ones as she reached over the cake to make a wish, and extinguish all the flames. Suddenly, fire from the candles engulfed the ends of her curls and the birthday girl (understandably) screamed in terror. The birthday girl is seen getting up to extinguish the flames with her hand by a friend.
Despite the fright, it seems the Great Newsactress recovered quickly from the incident, captioning her post, “Well… so far 40 is [fire emoji].”
Husband Joel Maddenput it perfectly when he stole a line from Nicole’s The Simple Life co-star Paris Hilton and commented, “That’s hot.”