Reality TV star Nicole Richie's publicists are playing down reports that she passed out at a Los Angeles nightclub after partying on Saturday night.
Rumours suggest staff at Hyde nightclub insisted on calling an ambulance when the 'Simple Life' star fainted and fell to the floor, but her friends insisted they had to take the socialite to hospital.
Sources tell website TMZ.com: "The friends then carried Richie out of the club through the back door."
Richie's representative confirms her client was at Hyde briefly on Saturday night but denies she collapsed.
Last week, Richie's representatives confirmed the star had entered a treatment facility to determine why she has not gained weight.
