The airline employee who forced JOEL MADDEN to cover up his tattoos has been disciplined by his bosses, who are furious about the bad publicity the stunt has caused.

Madden was outraged when a British Airways employee refused to allow him to board a flight from Chicago to London on Monday (27Apr09), until he hid his body art from other passengers.

The Good Charlotte rocker posted a message online from the plane, expressing his outrage. He wrote on Twitter.com, “Was just told by a british air (sic) person I can’t get on the plane till I cover my tatts.

“I really actually am in shock.”

And BA bosses are equally baffled - because there’s nothing in the rulebook about tattoos.

Confirming the unnamed employee is being reprimanded, a spokesperson tells TMZ.com, “We don’t understand why the employee took it upon himself to enforce regulations that don’t exist.”

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The good news is that Joel Madden and his twin brother Benji no longer look alike. The bad news is why, Joel went bleached blonde. I don’t know about you, but I think that look so doesn’t work for him.

Even though I don’t like it,  Joel Madden Tweeted that his biggest critic did.

For those of you who asked. Harlow did recognize me with the hair. Took her a minute, but she gave it a thumbs up. She loves it! so it stays

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When Joel Madden announced that Nicole Richie was pregnant, he didn’t say how far along she was. Looking at these pictures she is further along than we thought. But then again she might have had a big meal before she showed up for this event.

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Nicole Richie starting the new years having fun with the kids.

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Nicole Riche and Joel Madden have finally set a date and according to OK! it is on their daughter Harlow’s first birthday on January 11th.

A friend of the pair said: “They want to set an example for Harlow. Nicole and Joel are doing this to seal their love legally.”They want the ceremony to coincide with Harlow’s first birthday and be one big joyous occasion for everybody.”

If it is true, that is a sweet date to get married.

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Proud papa Joel Madden is thrilled to hear that pals Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz have welcomed a new son, Bronx Mowgli. He’s sure they can handle it.

“They are going to be great parents,” Madden told PEOPLE Saturday while celebrating Good Charlotte’s upcoming remix album at Hollywood’s ECCO Ultra Lounge. “They both have really big hearts. I wish them the best. I know they have their hands full right now but I’m excited for them.”

And Madden can recognize good parenting. He and Nicole Richie have adopted a very hands-on approach when dealing with daughter Harlow. Richie even makes homemade baby food for their 10-month-old daughter.

“Her first food was sweet potatoes and she loved it,” Richie recently told PEOPLE. “She ate the whole thing and it was all over the place – in her hair, on her nose, everywhere!”

The key to being loving parents, Madden says, is the backing of a supportive partner. “She’s supportive,” Madden said of Richie, who watched him give interviews from the event’s VIP lounge.

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For Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, the wedding bells can wait – at least for a little while.

“We don’t have any plans for that right now,” Madden told PEOPLE on Wednesday. “We’re just happy, and we’re being a family, and that’s where we’re at right now. But marriage means something different to everyone.”

As a celebrity DJ at the Oakley/Suzuki Celebrity Ride Day event in Perris, Calif., Madden took turns spinning records, and quelling notions of a summer rush to the altar.

“Right now we’re really happy,” the Good Charlotte frontman says, “and we’re concentrating on our family, and that’s what is making us happy right now. We’re moving at our own pace.”

The new father has his mind now on raising little daughter Harlow. “It’s crazy,” he says. “Every day she does something new. When she reaches for me, it’s awesome! Just watching her grow, it melts me!”

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Nicole Richie gives the world a peek at little baby Harlow while at a kids party at a pal’s house in Beverly Hills. Wish we could see her better, I bet she’s changed a lot already!

Source: Flynet