New Delhi, Feb 03: Nicole Ritchie's adoptive father Lionel Ritchie has said that his daughter's life "reads like a train wreck", but he is delighted to see how she has turned her life around.

The `Ordinary Girl' hitmaker revealed that although he was extremely worried when Nicole was arrested for driving under the influence of marijuana and painkiller Vicodin in
2006, he was more than content to see his daughter recover from it.

He said: "I was worried about her. I mean, her life story reads like a train wreck, but she has amazing powers of recovery. She went through her drug period, then came back to centre.

"She went through a car accident, then came back to center. She went through arrest, back to centre. Her ability to get through it and recover is amazing."

Lionel, 59, also stated that because of his hectic work he could not be the best father, reports the China Daily.

"Because of the nature of my business and the fact that I travel so much, when I''m asked, ''Can you make it to the dinner party?'' I don''t know. ''Can you make it to the family reunion?'' Well let''s go back and look at my track record. For 20 years, the answer was: I never made one," Lionel said.

Nicole has one-year-old daughter Harlow with partner Joel Madden. (ANI)