Nicole Richie's Daughter Debuts Back Tattoo With a Sweet Nod to Her Mom

Nicole Richieand her daughter, Kate Madden, are forever twinning.

Kate, 18, who is the daughter of Richie, 44, and Joel Madden, showed off a new tattoo inspired by her mom's ink via Instagram on Sunday, February 8. In the pic, which displayed her new jet black hair that was first debuted in June 2025, she turned around to give the first look at fine line angel wings sketched into her upper back.

Kate styled her delicate tattoo with a gold dress featuring a strappy back with halter straps and butterfly details. In another photo, Kate turned around to show off the rest of the design. Her gold dress was finished with triangle cups and a bodycon fit.

For glam, she donned a full beat including dewy foundation, filled-in eyebrows, long lashes and lined, pink lips. Her brunette hair was parted down the middle. She wore her mane down and straightened.

"🪽," Kate captioned the post. Richie and more of their fans complimented their matching ink in the comments section.

"♥️♥️♥️," Richie gushed weeks after clearing the air that her daughter has always gone by her middle name, Kate, rather than her first name, Harlow.

Another social media user noticed the similarities in Kate's ink, writing, "You got the same tattoo as your mom! ❤️." A second fan commented, "Angel wings like her mama ❤️😍."

Richie has shown off her own angel wings in a number of backless dresses.

Back in 2012, she put her tattoos on full display at the Baby2Baby Gala in California. Her artwork features a blend of pastel colors, creating wings on both of her shoulder blades.

She also has her last name inked on the back of her neck in cursive letters, as well as a pink bow. Also in her collection is a tattoo of an anklet with a cross on it, and "Virgin" written on her wrist. Lastly, she has another cross right above her bum.

Richie previously opened up about her tattoos while making an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show, which the host reposted via her Facebook page in September 2025.

"I got my first tattoo when I was 14," she explained, noting she got it done in "a garage."

"Because that turned out so great, I went back and did it a week later," she joked. "Because I'm an idiot," Richie continued, joking that her next tattoo was a "lovely tramp stamp" that she's "so proud of."

DeGeneres, 68, then questioned why Richie didn't get her tattoo removed, to which she replied, "I really was curious [and asked], ‘What's the process? Is it gonna hurt?'" She then learned that with the size of her cross tattoo, it would take "over a year" to remove it. "So I'm just gonna pass," she said. "It's there right now. It's here with me. We're just gonna stick together for a little while [and] see how it goes."

DeGeneres then quipped that tattoo artists should have "flesh-colored ink" to cover up artwork that people wanted to remove instead of having to get it lasered off.

Richie, for her part, agreed with the idea. "I would love that," she said, noting she has a total of nine tattoos.

The former Simple Life star also shared that at that point, she was not planning to add to her collection. "The last tattoo I got was at 20," Richie said. "Who I love the most is my family - my kids and my husband - and I'm fine to love them without drawing them on my skin."

She added, "I don't love anything enough to put it on my skin. I'll just write it down. Take a photo of it. Draw it."

US Weekly

This story was originally published February 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM.