MUMBAI: Singer Lionel Richie's daughter Sofia Richie has joined Twitter, and announced the news with her first tweet, which she also posted in a screenshot on her Instagram account.

The 18-year-old model, who is the daughter of music legend and his second wife Diana, has publicly announced she has joined the social media platform during the early hours of Tuesday morning, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The star announced the news by writing her first post, she tweeted: "Just a bit late to the twitter game (sic)."

She also shared the news on Instagram with a picture of her first status.

She captioned the upload: "Just a bit late but hi twitter (sic)."

And within just a few hours of joining, Richie already boasts 3,642 followers, although she is only following 11 people including her sister Nicole and her former 'Simple Life' co-star Paris Hilton.

(Source: IANS)