Paris Hilton Weighs in on Britney Spears’ Conservatorship

Who Is Paris Hilton, Really?

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Lounging cross-legged on her bed at home in Beverly Hills and wearing a turquoise hoodie, Paris Hilton appeared at ease. There were none of the affectations that have defined her public image for two decades: the flat baby voice, the tiny, shimmering outfits, the faux ditziness, the stance that everything cool was “hot.”

I built this kind of shield around me and kind of this persona, almost to hide behind, because I’ve been through so much where I just didn’t even want to think about it anymore,” Ms. Hilton, 39, said over Zoom. Behind her stood a towering mirror illuminated by a sea of LED lights that refracted off her platinum hair like diamonds.

Before there were influencers, there was Paris Hilton: a beautiful blank slate of a person onto whom all kinds of ideas and brand sponsorships could be projected. She was the celebrity burnished, if not created, by a sex tape. She was the face of the Sidekick (and the victim of a Sidekick hack that brought more of her personal life into the public eye). She was a reality star, trying her hand at manual labor as a rich person. She recorded music, modeled, appeared at parties, made TV cameos, wrote an advice book. And she was mercilessly criticized, written off as “famous for being famous.”

Regardless of whether that characterization was fair at the time, it seems pretty hard to defend these days. Ms. Hilton spends more than 250 days of the year traveling the world as a D.J., raking in a reported $1 million per gig. She oversees more than 19 product lines, including fragrances, clothing (for humans and pets) and accessories. And so many people are now famous for being famous, she might now seem more venerable pioneer than contemptible fly-by-night.

Now, moreover, she’s ready to talk about the past. On Sept. 14, the documentary “This Is Paris” will be released on YouTube. It aims to crack the facade she created in the aughts, focusing instead on the decade that preceded her fame.

Ms. Hilton said that she gave the director, Alexandra Dean, full creative control over the project. “It was really difficult for me because I’m so used to having so much control and ‘The Simple Life,’ just having everything perfect and edited,” she said. “And with this, I had just to let go of all that control and let them use everything.

There are moments of opulence in the film — jet-setting around the world, endless racks of gowns and stilettos and closets stacked with jewelry she’s never worn — and she’s quick to remind that she’s “never been photographed in the same thing twice.

But at the heart of the documentary is trauma, stemming from Ms. Hilton’s years spent in boarding schools for troubled teens. The last one she attended was Provo Canyon School, a psychiatric residential treatment center in Utah, where she would spend 11 months.

They just assumed it was like a normal boarding school because that’s the way that they portray it to parents and people who are putting their children in these places,” Ms. Hilton said of her parents, Kathy and Rick Hilton (her mother appears in the documentary). Before the making of the film, Ms. Hilton had never told her family about what happened to her.

Full interview: nytimes.com

August 29: at Nobu in Malibu

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August 25: Shopping in Hollywood

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Paris Hilton Says She Decided to Freeze Her Eggs and Wants Twin Babies

Following a friend’s advice! Paris Hilton has been “inspired” by Kim Kardashian to freeze her eggs.

I think every woman should do it because you can really control it and not have that ‘Oh my God, I need to get married’ [mindset],” the singer, 39, told Britain’s Sunday Times on Sunday, August 23. “I’m obsessed with dressing them up. I want … twins, because then you get [a girl and a boy] at once.

The New York native went on to say that she wants to have a “mini-me.”

The former reality star became an aunt in 2016 when her sister, Nicky Hilton, gave birth to Lily, now 4, followed by Teddy, now 2, the following year.

I think she’ll be an incredible mother,” the fashion designer, 36, exclusively told Us Weekly of her younger sister in October 2019. “Paris is like a big kid herself. So I think she’ll be an amazing mother one day.

Nicky added, “[My daughters] just think she’s, like, a doll. When she visits New York, I’ll take them over to her loft, and they’ll just look at her dolls and her trinkets and her figurines and then the little dogs, and they just are in heaven.

Paris, who is currently dating Carter Reum, celebrated their 1st anniversary in April. “Happy Anniversary, my love,” the Simple Life alum captioned a PDA picture via Instagram at the time. “My favorite thing to do is make memories with you. Your kisses are magical. I love being yours and knowing you’re mine.

Us confirmed in January that she and the Shortcut Your Startup author, 39, were dating. A source told Us the pair were “extremely serious,” adding, “Carter is very down to earth and comes from a very solid family. A proposal and wedding could happen very quickly.”

The socialite was previously engaged to The Leftovers alum Chris Zylka. The former couple dated for two years before splitting in November 2018.

Paris realized that it wasn’t meant to be and he wasn’t right for her,” a source told Us after the exes called off their engagement. “There were some problems along the way. She’s done.

In April, the “Stars Are Blind” singer called the breakup “the best decision” she’s ever made, explaining to Cosmopolitan U.K.: “I just don’t think [he] was the right person and I feel like I’m an incredible woman and I deserve someone so amazing.

Source: usmagazine.com

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