Nicole Richie ain’t playing the rumor game of Joel Madden with other women. She told him he was not allowed to take pics with other girls because people would say they were breaking up.

Wednesday night, Madden went to celebrate the first anniversary of the Village Pourhouse on Third Avenue, and all was well until a party promoter wanted to take a picture of him with a cute young woman. Our spy reports, “He said he couldn’t, as Nicole gave him strict orders not to take pictures with other celebrities or girls for rumor purposes.”

For a second there I had to quit typing because that sound of a whip I keep hearing is distracting.

Source: “PICTURE-SHY” [NY Post]