Wedding Bands Come Off For Nicole Richie & Joel Madden

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NICOLE RICHIE is fuming over her rocker husband JOEL MADDEN ditching his wedding ring and picking up “Bachelorette” vixen KAITLYN BRISTOWE!

This latest cheating scandal brings the couple closer than ever to ending their marriage, pals told The National ENQUIRER.

“It seems to be all over but the shouting – which disappoints friends who have been urging them to work through their problems,” an insider said. Joel, 36, was caught by The ENQUIRER without his wedding ring on June 21, and both were without rings on July 1.

She is often ringless: The ENQUIRER caught the jilted fashion designer without it as far back as April.

That was before the revelation that Nicole’s husband got cozy with 30-year-old Kaitlyn at a L.A. nightclub June 4, after Joel and his twin brother, Benji, performed at a benefit as The Madden Brothers.

Joel raced to the VIP area and immediately whisked Kaitlyn away for an intimate talk.

The insider reported Joel insisted to Nicole, “he was just doing a little PR” to promote his rock duo, but his wife “wasn’t having any of it.”

“This is a pattern of behavior, not an isolated incident, in Nicole’s eyes,” the source dished. “She told Joel that kind of behavior is embarrassing and demeaning!”

Now pals are saying Nicole, 33, is finally fed up with her wandering hubby.

“She says she isn’t going to be some little housewife, sitting at home with the kids and wondering what her husband is doing,” the friend added. “Nicole has too much pride for that!”