When visiting Studio 1A to promote her new "Simple Life" reunion special with lifelong friend Paris Hilton on Dec. 9, Nicole Richie mentions the part of motherhood that is not hot: "driving around LA.

The Apple TV+ actress exclusively tells PEOPLE that even though she didn't intend to follow in her parents' Hollywood footsteps, "I couldn't help but secretly love it" Gisela Schober/Getty High Desert ...