Nicole Richie, Adam Goldstein split up — again

Pair had already called off engagement in December

	Nicole Richie and DJ Adam Goldstein, who goes by DJ AM, have "amicably separated."
Jeff Connell / AP file

updated 3:42 p.m. ET May 23, 2006

LOS ANGELES - The on-off-on-again relationship between Nicole Richie and her ex-fiance, Adam Goldstein, is off again.

“We are confirming that we have amicably separated,” the pair said in a statement released Monday by Richie’s publicist, Cindy Guagenti. They did not provide any details.

Richie, 24, and Goldstein, a professional club DJ who goes by the name DJ AM, called off their nine-month engagement in December.

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They were spotted together in recent months, and Richie confirmed they were dating in an interview for the June issue of Vanity Fair.

Richie, the daughter of R&B crooner Lionel Richie, co-stars with ex-friend Paris Hilton in “The Simple Life.”

The reality show moved to E! Entertainment Television after Fox declined to air a fourth season. A new format allows the feuding friends to have nothing to do with each other.