Lionel Richie says life with daughter, Nicole, 'has been a struggle-and-a-half'

It's not easy raising a tabloid celebrity, Lionel Richie will tell you.

The singer was accepting the "Icon" honor at Sunday night's taping of the TV Land Awards, when he get got applause and a laugh at daughter Nicole's expense.

"Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business," Lionel Richie told the audience. "Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want to tell you. I stand here as a survivor, I want you to know, for all the parents out there."

In 2007, Nicole Richie she spent 82 minutes in …