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00:00Today I'm interviewing one of the most defining figures from the last quarter century of celebrity
00:05history a true icon Paris Hilton and I started our careers around the same
00:10time in the two thousands I wrote about her in the pages of the magazines I've worked for she was the
00:15original influencer as the socialite queen of the nightlife with the famous last name
00:20after a very public betrayal involving a leaked sex tape Paris did something people did
00:25expect she leveraged her notoriety and built a ground-breaking reality show
00:30an entertainment empire that she estimates to be worth one billion dollars today
00:35she's a multi-hyphenate entrepreneur with ventures in music fashion skincare and even
00:40as 30 fragrances and for many people the idea of Paris Hilton still comes
00:45up someone impossibly unrelatable wrapped in luxury and privilege she's the last
00:50person you'd imagine to be just like us but in recent years Paris has evolved beyond
00:55just being a successful businesswoman she's become more vulnerable and opened up to tell her full
01:00story and what was really going on behind the glitter and glamour in doing so she's made
01:05valuable contributions to the world in a 2020 documentary this is Paris she told her how
01:10the following story of being sent off to Utah's Provo Canyon School and became an advocate for
01:15survivors of the troubled teen industry leading to the passing of legislation reform she also
01:20uses her platform to talk about the misogynistic treatment of women in media and her charity
01:25work including launching funds for wildlife relief and is a vocal advocate for animals
01:30in human women and sexual assault and for massive washers in women in radio
01:35So although Paris may live the high life and may or may not have an entire...
01:40...dedicated to her 10,000 pairs of sunglasses, she has challenges and setbacks that...
01:45...to reveal, she may just be just like us. Today we'll dive deep into her life and...
01:50...documentary Infinite Icon, a visual memoir and assess how just like us...
01:55...this is Paris Hilton.
02:00So do you have a room for 10,000 sunglasses?
02:04I have lots of sunglasses.
02:05And that was at my other house that I just moved into. So this house...
02:10...has my glam room and it has my 10,000 sunglasses in it, yeah.
02:14So I like to start...
02:15...at my interviews with a little ritual about something personal about the person...
02:19...and I was so dumb.
02:20Confounded that you have 30 perfumes. I asked your team to send me some.
02:25...so that we could test them. So tell me about this one.
02:28This is my 30th fragrance.
02:30And it's called Iconic. And it is so beautiful. It has like...
02:34It really...
02:35...the rose tint. I love rose.
02:37Yes.
02:38It's like peony, raspberry...
02:40...rose. Those are some of the notes. And it's just like...
02:45...the house is just like very...
02:47...light, summery.
02:49...gorgeous.
02:50And I feel like men and women could both wear it.
02:53I would... I wear rose tint tones.
02:55And sometimes.
02:56I love it.
02:57What...
02:58If you've got 30 perfumes, how do you decide what...
03:00...to wear in the morning?
03:02I...
03:03...just kind of like what mood I'm in.
03:05I love that I have one literally for like every day of the month because there's 30.
03:08And do you only wear your own?
03:09Yeah.
03:10Yes.
03:11I've not worn another person's perfume since I was a little girl.
03:14But it's such a...
03:15...because when I was a little girl I would always go into my mom's boudoir and she collects perfumes.
03:20And my sister and I would be playing with all of them.
03:22And I was like, Mom, one day I'm going to have my own perfume.
03:25So...
03:25So now to have just released my 30th is just another dream come true.
03:28Well, it's not just like us to have...
03:30...but they are quite reasonable, right?
03:32What a surprise point.
03:33Yes.
03:34These are at Ulta Beauty.
03:35And for the size, this one's 80.
03:38So we're here in your craft room.
03:40And this helps your ADHD, right?
03:42It does.
03:43This is like...
03:44If you...
03:45If you looked inside my mind, what it looks like.
03:47I feel like the camera can't see at all because like...
03:50...the top with the rainbow and the butterflies, the clouds.
03:53Like...
03:54It feels like a dream.
03:55And when I walk in here with the kids, like we have so much fun doing art and just hanging out and...
04:00It's also my office and I love being able to look out the window and see...
04:05...like my 11-11 office and the waterfall and the just beautiful backyard.
04:10And all of it.
04:11It just...
04:12It's your safe space.
04:13Yeah.
04:14It just literally looks...
04:15Like when I was little, I would make like mood boards and like manifest what I wanted.
04:20In life, I really...
04:21Like this is what it was.
04:22And crafting gives you that...
04:23Yeah.
04:24That safe space.
04:25I love it.
04:26Well, you're...
04:27We're here in your home.
04:28It's absolutely beautiful.
04:29It's Beverly Hills.
04:30It is not quite just like us, but it is very unapologetically you.
04:35Are there any elements of just like us around the house?
04:38Are there like piles of unfolded lawns?
04:40Are there laundry?
04:41Are there dishes fill in the sink?
04:42I feel like it's just like...
04:45Any other family's house with kids.
04:47You know, there's toys everywhere.
04:49There's...
04:50Of course, like the laundry room as a laundry.
04:52Um, but then also we have like a water slide and...
04:55Like the pink tennis court and all the other fun things.
04:59It's like...
05:00The ultimate fun house.
05:01Like I feel like this is like the house I dreamed of since I was a little girl.
05:05So it's fabulous, but it's relatable and family just like everybody else.
05:09Just like regular folks.
05:10And I think that's what your new documentary really shows as well.
05:14It's an...
05:15It's an exploration into the human side of you, just like our side of you.
05:19Because it shows your...
05:20Life as a music icon and it marries that with the vulnerability of what...
05:25You've gone through.
05:26Behind the stardust and the glitter, it says I am...
05:30You're human.
05:31Like what do you want people to take away from the documentary?
05:34I feel that...
05:35This is really like a third part of a trilogy.
05:38Like the first time I really opened up...
05:40And, you know, showed people who I was, was through my first documentary.
05:44This is Paris.
05:45And then going even deeper through my memoir.
05:48And now in this part...
05:50With Infinite Icon, it's like my whole life through the lens of music.
05:55And just going back, you know, from the beginning, since I was a...
06:00Little Girl and all these dreams that I had.
06:02But then just going into so much more.
06:05Because I feel like within these past five years, I've just been on this whole journey.
06:10Of self-discovery and just learning so much and healing so much.
06:15And just so much has happened.
06:16So I just wanted to show that story and...
06:20I feel like it's also a story that others can relate to as well.
06:22I think we're going to talk through lots of those different points.
06:25On there, but to start with the music, I loved seeing you on the stage and so happy.
06:30And it being such a fulfilling journey.
06:32How does it feel to be up there when you're performing?
06:35When I'm on stage, it feels like the most incredible, magical feeling.
06:40In the world, just seeing everyone in the audience so happy and...
06:45excited and screaming and crying and singing along and dancing and just the...
06:50energy and love in the room is like another level.
06:53And when I'm up there, I just feel like...
06:55this was what I was born to do.
06:56It's funny because I've followed your career and worked with...
07:00you and covered your career for so long.
07:03And I never realized that music...
07:05was the pure love.
07:07And so, like, it made me wonder watching...
07:10the documentary.
07:11Do you feel that becoming famous before you explore music...
07:15hampered your ability to become a pop star quicker?
07:18Yeah, I do.
07:19I think that...
07:20just, you know, from doing The Simple Life, like a reality show...
07:23I think anyone who does reality...
07:25and then if they go into music...
07:27you're just not going to be taken seriously.
07:29And...
07:30especially during the early 2000s...
07:32when just the media...
07:34was...
07:35just extremely cruel to young women in the industry.
07:38So...
07:40it was always...
07:41really hurtful to me because it was just such a dream of mine,
07:44you know.
07:45ever since I could remember what I'd love to do...
07:47since I was literally, like, three years old.
07:49Like...
07:50I just...
07:51always wanted to be a pop star...
07:52but...
07:53I just felt that...
07:54my music didn't...
07:55didn't get the chance that it deserved...
07:56because...
07:57the media was controlling everything back then...
07:59and...
08:00now today, with social media, I'm actually able to hear what...
08:03the fans and people really think.
08:05so...
08:06And you can control your own narrative...
08:07and have your own voice.
08:08Yes, exactly.
08:09Well, I was a part of that media...
08:10you were at the time...
08:11I don't think I was mean to you...
08:12but I'd like to apologise...
08:13and...
08:14but...
08:15have you got any questions...
08:15for me about, like, at that time...
08:17covering the media and how unfair it was?
08:19Like...
08:20for you, I'm sure, just being in...
08:22the newsroom...
08:23Yeah.
08:24like...
08:25were you ever...
08:25pressured for them...
08:26to try...
08:27to make you...
08:28do or say things that you felt...
08:29like...
08:30uncomfortable asking?
08:31like...
08:32you felt like it was...
08:33going too far sometimes?
08:34I think there were times when there were...
08:35stories...
08:36where...
08:37I look back...
08:38and I'm like...
08:39why...
08:40did...
08:41they take that...
08:42direction...
08:43and it questions...
08:44I think...
08:45I believe media reflects society...
08:47and society was meaner back then...
08:49and that's...
08:50what people wanted...
08:51now people don't...
08:52want that...
08:53there's different meaner elements...
08:54on social media...
08:55but I think it's an...
08:56interesting question...
08:57or I think...
08:58there are certainly things...
08:59I regret being involved in.
09:00back at the time...
09:01and...
09:02I think the media has done better...
09:03in recent years...
09:04and I hope you find that...
09:05as well...
09:06definitely...
09:07I know that...
09:08so many of the things...
09:09you know...
09:10the way that...
09:10myself and other girls...
09:11were treated back then...
09:12would not happen today...
09:13it would not be accepted...
09:14so at least it's...
09:15changed for other people...
09:16so I think that's...
09:17like the silver lining...
09:18you had to go for...
09:19a lot of pain...
09:20to get there...
09:21a big theme from the documentary...
09:22of music saving your life...
09:23tell me...
09:24how that worked for you...
09:25just...
09:27you know...
09:28just from going through...
09:29so many traumatic experiences...
09:30as a teenager...
09:32and...
09:33you know...
09:34it was just so...
09:35painful...
09:36and traumatizing...
09:37and...
09:38when I got out...
09:39of those boarding schools...
09:40I just remember...
09:41like when I would...
09:42go out at night...
09:43it was like...
09:44the one thing...
09:45that I would just...
09:45forget about...
09:46all the pain...
09:47and just like...
09:48lose myself in the music...
09:49and have so much fun...
09:50and I just...
09:50felt...
09:51like this whole community...
09:52or I just felt...
09:53so accepted...
09:54and...
09:55no one was...
09:56judgmental...
09:55it was just...
09:56all about having...
09:57an incredible time...
09:58and...
09:59just...
10:00I don't know...
10:01I just...
10:02I love music...
10:03I love to dance...
10:04I love the lights...
10:05I love...
10:06the people...
10:05the escapism...
10:06yeah...
10:07you've been through...
10:08so much...
10:09and you touched...
10:10on some of it there...
10:10what has been...
10:11the hardest thing...
10:12to recover from...
10:13you've dealt with...
10:14sexual abuse...
10:15as a kid...
10:15so...
10:16the sex tape...
10:17the media treatment...
10:18what was the...
10:19what's...
10:20been the hardest...
10:20thing to heal from...
10:21do you think?
10:22hmm...
10:23all of it...
10:24you know...
10:25I think...
10:25these are things...
10:26that will...
10:27definitely affect me...
10:28for the rest of my life...
10:29but...
10:30especially...
10:30being...
10:31in these schools...
10:32which...
10:33my parents were told...
10:34it was called...
10:35a...
10:35emotional growth...
10:36boarding schools...
10:37and...
10:38they were sold...
10:39a lie...
10:40these places...
10:41are so many...
10:40manipulative...
10:41and...
10:42their marketing tactics...
10:43everything...
10:44they had brochures...
10:45where kids were...
10:45smiling...
10:46and...
10:47there was like...
10:48rainbows...
10:49and people were...
10:50riding horses...
10:51and everyone...
10:52looked so happy...
10:53in that situation...
10:54and...
10:55it was terrifying...
10:56just to be around...
10:57these adults...
10:58who...
10:58were literally...
10:59abusing...
11:00all of us...
11:01in so many ways...
11:02and...
11:03it's just...
11:04it took...
11:05many years...
11:06for me...
11:07to even talk about it...
11:08it was so...
11:08traumatizing...
11:09where it took me...
11:10you know...
11:1120 years...
11:12to even tell anyone...
11:13why do you think...
11:14there was...
11:15a shame...
11:16attached to it...
11:17definitely...
11:18and I think that's...
11:18the way they get away...
11:19with it...
11:20where they shame...
11:21the kids in these places...
11:22so much...
11:23where they're...
11:23we...
11:24were just too...
11:25embarrassed...
11:26and scared...
11:27to talk about it...
11:28and it was just...
11:28so...
11:29the things that happened...
11:30were just so like...
11:31crazy...
11:32it just...
11:33it...
11:33you wouldn't feel like...
11:34anyone would believe you...
11:35or...
11:36and...
11:37you kind of...
11:38go into...
11:38being told you're a bad kid...
11:39this is why you're here...
11:40yeah...
11:41and it just...
11:42it was just...
11:43it's horrible...
11:44what they do in these places...
11:45and plus...
11:46they get away with it...
11:47because they can...
11:48say to the parents...
11:48oh...
11:49they're...
11:50they're bad kids...
11:51they're lying...
11:52they're manipulating...
11:53they're trying to...
11:54you know...
11:55go home...
11:53so they're gonna say...
11:54that we're abusing them...
11:55they're gonna say this...
11:56they kind of tell the parents...
11:57what they're actually doing...
11:58they're lying...
11:59they're lying...
12:00and of course...
12:01if you're sending your child...
12:02to a place...
12:03and you think...
12:03they're gonna be protected...
12:04and you have no idea...
12:05the type of people...
12:06that work at these places...
12:08it's...
12:09you know...
12:10a recipe for disaster...
12:11I mean...
12:12I read some of...
12:13in your memoir...
12:13that...
12:14you're encouraged...
12:15to verbally abuse...
12:16each other...
12:17and then hug each other...
12:18afterwards...
12:18to untangle...
12:19mental abuse like that...
12:20it's...
12:21it just...
12:22I don't understand it...
12:23it blows my mind...
12:24how they think...
12:25that that's therapy...
12:26and when you go...
12:27into a place...
12:28and you...
12:28come out...
12:29more traumatized...
12:30than when you went in...
12:31Did it make you scared...
12:32of therapy...
12:33after that?
12:34Yeah...
12:33I've never had therapy...
12:34You've never had...
12:35therapy after that...
12:36because...
12:37it made me not...
12:38trust anyone...
12:38especially...
12:39people...
12:40like therapists...
12:41because I just thought...
12:42they were all...
12:43those type of people...
12:43and...
12:44um...
12:45it was just...
12:46a neat...
12:47that being a mom...
12:48it just makes me...
12:49even more...
12:50just...
12:51upset...
12:52and that's why...
12:53I just want to...
12:54continue...
12:55fighting...
12:56and using...
12:57leave them...
12:58in so many years...
12:59until...
13:00I've told my story...
13:01and now...
13:02it's started...
13:03an entire movement...
13:04it's been so difficult...
13:05especially for my mom...
13:06and dad to hear...
13:07about these things...
13:08because they had...
13:09no idea...
13:10the forgiveness...
13:11like even though...
13:12they were tricked...
13:13the forgiveness...
13:14process for you...
13:15with that...
13:14it must have been...
13:15so difficult...
13:16because I knew...
13:17that they had no idea...
13:18because that's...
13:19none of the parents...
13:20knew that this was happening...
13:21and...
13:22um...
13:23it's been...
13:24yeah...
13:25it's been like...
13:26a whole...
13:27my mom has just been...
13:28so...
13:29sad...
13:30just to hear...
13:31what has happened...
13:32and she's been...
13:33coming with me...
13:34to DC...
13:34to help speak...
13:35with the other parents...
13:36and...
13:37to let them know...
13:38her story as well...
13:39because it's important...
13:39for other families to know...
13:40because I feel like...
13:41the parents are just as much...
13:42the victims in this...
13:43well thank...
13:44thank you for using...
13:45your voice for good...
13:46thank you...
13:47it's been...
13:48the most meaningful...
13:49work of my life...
13:50like...
13:51when I was a little girl...
13:52I would have...
13:53no idea...
13:54that one day...
13:54I would be...
13:55I was...
13:56testifying in Congress...
13:57I would have passed...
13:58fifteen...
13:59state laws...
14:00and...
14:01the past two...
14:02federal bills...
14:03to protect children...
14:04so...
14:05it may...
14:04makes it all worth it...
14:05that I'm able to...
14:06help that from happening...
14:07to others...
14:08you should be...
14:09proud...
14:09so...
14:10instead of...
14:11traditional therapy...
14:12music's been something...
14:13that really has helped...
14:14to escape...
14:14and to disassociate...
14:15with a lot of the pain...
14:16and the healing...
14:17what...
14:18what...
14:19do you think...
14:19would have happened...
14:20if you didn't have music...
14:21to help you?
14:22I don't know...
14:23I think...
14:24out of thinking...
14:25of everything in my life...
14:26like music...
14:27art...
14:28and music...
14:29things...
14:30that helped me so much...
14:31and...
14:32even through doing...
14:33this documentary...
14:34I've just seen...
14:34like the power...
14:35in music...
14:36and...
14:37even the power...
14:38in listening to a lyric...
14:39and a song...
14:39like something...
14:40that could change your mood...
14:41or even change your life...
14:42and...
14:43just so many...
14:44of my fans...
14:45have come up to me...
14:46and said...
14:47thank you so much...
14:48for your album...
14:49it saved my life...
14:49like...
14:50thank you for your memoir...
14:51you have no idea...
14:52how much it means to me...
14:53so just to see...
14:54like the impact...
14:55it could make...
14:56on someone's life...
14:57and...
14:58I love that I'm able now...
14:59to have these...
14:59concerts...
15:00and create these...
15:01safe spaces...
15:02where my fans can come...
15:03and...
15:04dress up...
15:05however they want to...
15:04wear like...
15:05these outfits...
15:06and have so much fun...
15:07and just...
15:08lose their self...
15:09in my music...
15:09and have the most...
15:10incredible night...
15:11and forget about...
15:12anything bad...
15:13that's happening...
15:14in their life...
15:14what's...
15:15what's the darkest moment...
15:16you've been through...
15:17was it in...
15:18Provo?
15:19yes...
15:20just the...
15:21things that happened...
15:22to those places...
15:23should never happen to it...
15:24anyone...
15:25and especially...
15:26not a child...
15:27and...
15:28just...
15:29being terrified...
15:30every single day...
15:31of like...
15:32what was gonna happen next...
15:33and then having...
15:34severe nightmares about it...
15:36for...
15:37you know...
15:3820 years...
15:39until I started talking...
15:39telling my story...
15:40Were there moments...
15:41where you didn't want...
15:42to be here anymore?
15:43What...
15:44when I was in there...
15:45I was...
15:46it felt...
15:47everyone I felt...
15:48felt that way...
15:49like...
15:50you just...
15:49was like...
15:50it would be better...
15:51not to live...
15:52than being in these...
15:53type of places...
15:54um...
15:56but...
15:57it did make me really strong...
15:58where...
15:59it almost...
15:59prepared me...
16:00for Hollywood...
16:01in a sense...
16:02because I don't know...
16:03if I could have...
16:04survived the two...
16:042000s...
16:05and the way...
16:06I was treated...
16:07unless I had already...
16:08been through...
16:09such hell before...
16:09documentary...
16:10there was a line...
16:11that really stuck with me...
16:12where you said...
16:13life doesn't stop...
16:14life doesn't stop...
16:15with the drama...
16:16so neither should you...
16:17and I found it...
16:18really interesting...
16:19and something...
16:20I've tried to embrace...
16:21like...
16:22life is crazy...
16:23and bad things...
16:24are always gonna happen...
16:25and you've just...
16:24got to...
16:25power through...
16:26and we see that...
16:27in the documentary...
16:28when the fire...
16:29happens in the trailer...
16:29and you're...
16:30you've just...
16:31got to keep going...
16:32it's a pivotal moment...
16:33in the production...
16:34of the...
16:34at all...
16:35how do you...
16:36manage to carry on...
16:37when bad things happen...
16:38and...
16:39you're somebody who...
16:39things have happened...
16:40constantly...
16:41and you...
16:42are always smiling...
16:43you're always positive...
16:44from going...
16:44through so much...
16:45in my life...
16:46it's made me...
16:47so strong...
16:48and resilient...
16:49where...
16:50I can make it...
16:49through anything...
16:50so no matter what...
16:51life throws at me...
16:52it just continues...
16:53to make me...
16:54stronger...
16:55every single time...
16:56well...
16:57I'm loving...
16:58this pop journey...
16:59what...
16:59do you want to do...
17:00next...
17:01with your pop career...
17:02this has just been...
17:03so...
17:04so much fun...
17:05just...
17:06living out my dreams...
17:07and now...
17:08I've been in the...
17:09studio...
17:10the past year...
17:11and just finishing up...
17:12my third album...
17:13which will be...
17:14really...
17:14released next year...
17:15and I can't wait...
17:16we have a big tour...
17:17planned...
17:18so I can't wait...
17:19to perform...
17:19around the world...
17:20and then get started...
17:21on my fourth album...
17:22this is what...
17:23I love to do...
17:24more than anything...
17:25Have you got...
17:26advice from your...
17:27musical friends...
17:28like Brittany?
17:29we were just talking...
17:30about music...
17:31the other night...
17:32we were in Cabo...
17:33for her birthday...
17:34so it was such...
17:35an amazing night...
17:36and...
17:37yeah...
17:38we always love...
17:39to like...
17:40play music...
17:39to dance...
17:40and...
17:41we were just talking...
17:42about like...
17:43what our...
17:44favorite songs are...
17:44and like...
17:45what type of music...
17:46that we love...
17:47and...
17:48Do you think...
17:49you could ever...
17:50do anything...
17:51with her?
17:52so we'll see...
17:53what happens...
17:54yeah...
17:55I love her so much...
17:56she's...
17:57an angel...
17:57and you...
17:58you threw her...
17:59birthday party...
18:00was that accurate?
18:01yeah...
18:02that's lovely...
18:03that she's got...
18:02such a good...
18:03sisterly bond...
18:04with you...
18:05and you keep it...
18:06very low-key...
18:07as well...
18:07and I'm sure...
18:08she appreciates that...
18:09you're someone...
18:10who is...
18:11super...
18:12famous...
18:12do you...
18:13ever wish...
18:14you weren't famous...
18:15at all?
18:16I feel like...
18:17this is something...
18:18I was born to do...
18:19as well...
18:20I feel like...
18:21there's certain people...
18:22in my...
18:22in my life...
18:23that this is like...
18:24what they're meant...
18:25to be...
18:26so...
18:27even though it's been...
18:27so difficult...
18:28and hard...
18:29I try to think about...
18:30all the beautiful things...
18:31that come with it...
18:32and...
18:32and I really see...
18:33fame...
18:34as like...
18:35a superpower...
18:36to make people happy...
18:37so...
18:37I love that...
18:38I'm able to just...
18:39make people's days...
18:40by like...
18:41taking up a...
18:42photo with them...
18:43or spending time with them...
18:44or just...
18:45anything...
18:46smiling...
18:47just...
18:47I feel like...
18:48it just makes people...
18:49so happy...
18:50so I think that...
18:51the good things...
18:52you can do with it...
18:52and I love that...
18:53I'm able to use...
18:54my platform...
18:55just to make a difference...
18:56in other people's lives...
18:57so...
18:58even though...
18:59it has been...
19:00very traumatizing...
19:01at times...
19:02it's worth it...
19:03I like that...
19:04I love that...
19:05you're using your fame...
19:06and your platform...
19:07to do good in the world...
19:07how...
19:08how about money...
19:09how...
19:10do you think money...
19:11brings you happiness?
19:12It does...
19:12because I have worked...
19:13so hard...
19:14and...
19:15success is something...
19:16that is always...
19:17really...
19:18been a driving force...
19:19for me...
19:20and...
19:21I feel very lucky...
19:22just to...
19:22grow up in my family...
19:23and have incredible...
19:24business mentors...
19:25with my grandfather...
19:26and my parents...
19:27and...
19:28I always have...
19:29loved to make them...
19:30proud...
19:31and...
19:32I love that...
19:33I've created this...
19:34entire brand...
19:35and empire...
19:36and now...
19:371111...
19:37my media company...
19:38so...
19:39it...
19:40makes me happy...
19:41because I'm able...
19:42just to...
19:42feel...
19:43that happiness...
19:44and I think that...
19:45also...
19:46just from going...
19:47to those schools...
19:47and being so...
19:48controlled...
19:49that I made a promise...
19:50to myself...
19:51that I was gonna work...
19:52so hard...
19:52become so successful...
19:53that...
19:54no one could ever...
19:55control me...
19:56or tell me...
19:57what to do again...
19:58so...
19:57I really see it...
19:58as...
19:59freedom...
20:00so you used...
20:01the pain...
20:02that you went through...
20:02restrictions...
20:03and the abuse...
20:04to...
20:05drive your...
20:06your...
20:07ambition...
20:08yes...
20:09what...
20:10do you say...
20:11to people...
20:12who say...
20:13you've had it...
20:12easy...
20:13because...
20:14because you came...
20:15from money...
20:16I could totally...
20:17understand...
20:18people saying that...
20:17because of course...
20:18I'm very...
20:19privileged...
20:20that I'm...
20:21you know...
20:22came from a family...
20:22where I've been...
20:23able to...
20:24learn so much...
20:25from such...
20:26incredible...
20:27business...
20:27men...
20:28and women...
20:29and...
20:30just...
20:31you know...
20:32coming from...
20:33my last name...
20:32as well...
20:33so...
20:34but I've seen a lot...
20:35of other people...
20:36who come from...
20:37you know...
20:37prestigious families...
20:38and...
20:39a lot of them...
20:40don't do anything...
20:41like...
20:42a lot of people...
20:43I know...
20:44like...
20:45they just get like...
20:46an allowance...
20:47from their parents...
20:48still...
20:49they've never...
20:50worked a day...
20:51in their life...
20:52because they...
20:53are just...
20:54handed everything...
20:55and...
20:56they've never...
20:57had to work...
20:58for any of it...
20:57so...
20:58yes...
20:59I can understand people...
21:00they don't know...
21:01and don't see...
21:02how much work...
21:02has went into...
21:03everything that I do...
21:04and...
21:05just how...
21:06what I've created...
21:07and what I've built...
21:07and...
21:08you know...
21:09what I've...
21:10been through...
21:11on top of all that...
21:12um...
21:13so I think...
21:14if people know me...
21:15they understand...
21:16but then...
21:17if there's like...
21:18an outsider...
21:19who just...
21:20you know...
21:21sees...
21:22you know...
21:24I'm...
21:25I'm...
21:26I'm...
21:27I'm...
21:28I'm...
21:29you...
21:30I'm...
21:31I'm...
21:32I'm...
21:33I'm...
21:34I'm...
21:35I'm...
21:36I'm...
21:37I...
21:38I'm...
21:39I...
21:40I...
21:41I...
21:41There was no trust fund, nothing like that.
21:43I've been working since I was 16.
21:46And so they didn't help with the deposit for a house
21:48or anything like that?
21:49No, I did everything on my own.
21:51It's really not fair that people criticize you
21:54for not believing that you're something
21:56because there was a New York Post thing saying,
21:58fans are reacting, saying she's delusional,
22:00thinking she's self-made.
22:01If they actually knew everything and saw everything,
22:04they would understand.
22:06That's really interesting, so congratulations.
22:09How will you handle that?
22:11How will you balance with your own kids?
22:13Because obviously you've been incredibly successful.
22:16How will you create the balance of trying to work out
22:19how much support to give them?
22:21I think it's, you know, just from growing up in this way
22:25and seeing so many...
22:26I think if you spoil your children, you will destroy them.
22:29So that's something...
22:31that my husband and I talk about where we, of course,
22:33want to give them the most beautiful life, make them so happy, but...
22:36we also want to instill that work ethic in them
22:39and make them want to do something with their own.
22:41And I think with my babies growing up and seeing just how hard I work and...
22:46everything I accomplish, it's going to be really inspirational to them.
22:49And that's why I've built so...
22:51so much at the house where I have, like, my recording studio here, the podcasting studio, the...
22:56photo studio, just, like, so much of my work I'm able to do from home and my kids are always...
23:01there watching everything, so I feel like that will be instilled in them, just, like, any...
23:06so I'm in a meeting here, like, they're sitting on my lap.
23:08So, like, I feel like even though they're babies, they're soaking it...
23:11in and they'll continue to do so throughout their life.
23:14So, um, yeah.
23:16I think for my kids, I just want them to be so happy and be incredible human beings.
23:20And...
23:21I want them to do whatever makes them happy.
23:23You've talked a lot about reclaiming your narrative.
23:25What's one...
23:26one misconception about Paris Hilton that you're still trying to correct?
23:29I feel like I've been such...
23:31an open book in the past five years where I've discussed everything.
23:36so I don't really think there's any anymore.
23:38That's great.
23:39I feel like I've cleared up so many misconceptions.
23:41I feel like before they just, you know, thought I was a dumb blonde because of the simple life.
23:46But I've proved that I am not a dumb blonde.
23:49I'm just very good at pretending to be one.
23:51Well, that comes on to my next question, actually.
23:55I loved in the...
23:56in the movie when, um, you're doing a recording and somebody says, you can use your real voice.
24:01on this one.
24:02And it reminded me, I was on your BFF show with you back in the day.
24:06And we would record and you'd have this baby voice saying, that's hot.
24:09And then we'd go off and you'll be with...
24:11Benji talking about beats in this voice so low.
24:14And I would just be like, she's two different people.
24:16And so like you, you pretended to be somebody.
24:21Was that...
24:22Where did that come from?
24:23Was that protectionism, protecting yourself by...
24:26being a caricature or was that strategically to play a part and earn money?
24:31I think, you know, I didn't even realize until...
24:34You still do it.
24:35Was it...
24:36That was high or low, though?
24:37That was low, though.
24:38See, I literally can't even control it.
24:39I think it's just such a part of me now because...
24:41I've been doing it for so long.
24:42But I do think it was a trauma response to what I want.
24:46I went through, where I just kind of wanted to build this perfect Barbie doll.
24:51And it's like a Disney kind of, I don't know, Barbie.
24:56It's like a character.
24:57And then, you know, getting the simple life and then the producer.
25:01Is telling me, you know, we want you to play this kind of blonde, spoiled airhead.
25:06And play into this character.
25:07And this was the first reality show.
25:10And I had no idea...
25:11I'd have to continue on that character for five seasons straight.
25:14And then every talk show...
25:16And everything I would go on, I would be the character.
25:18And then I just kind of got stuck in it almost because...
25:21the whole world thought that's who I really was.
25:23And I'm also a very naturally shy person.
25:26So I feel like being the character, it made it easier for me to kind of...
25:31be silly and say ridiculous things.
25:33I don't know.
25:34I feel like if The Simple Life had me...
25:36talking in my normal voice and not playing the character,
25:38it would not have been the show that it was.
25:40I...
25:41I can see that.
25:42I know Nikki, your sister, and she's shy too.
25:44And that shyness...
25:46comes across with both of you.
25:48And it's an understanding that like you're playing a part...
25:51to get through social anxiety.
25:53Sometimes I'll do that at parties.
25:54Like I've got to be down.
25:56I can't wait for tonight.
25:57Like how do you deal with social anxiety now?
26:01I still have social anxiety.
26:03And I think that might be the ADHD as well because I'm just so...
26:06in my head all the time.
26:07And I get just...
26:09I think also since the pandemic like...
26:11I've gotten just like way more anxiety than I used to.
26:14Um...
26:16But then if I'm around like...
26:17if I bring like...
26:18a best friend or like...
26:19I'm with like a group of people I trust...
26:21then I feel more comfortable.
26:23But if I'm just like going in somewhere and not knowing...
26:26anyone...
26:27sometimes I get a little nervous.
26:28I think that's normal.
26:29I feel like everyone...
26:30I mean it's just like us.
26:31It's just like regular folks.
26:32Everybody deals with mental health issues.
26:34But people wouldn't imagine that Paris...
26:36Hilton, this striking beautiful blonde woman with everything...
26:39would be nervous going into it.
26:41going into an event.
26:42Yeah.
26:43I think people would definitely be surprised to know that.
26:46What's your relationship with the character of Paris Hilton these days?
26:50Well...
26:51I think...
26:52before I saw it as like a form of protection and now I see it as...
26:56like my just fun silly side.
26:58Like...
26:59you know there's a...
27:00a time and...
27:01in place for everything.
27:02And like when I'm doing TikToks or just like doing certain content or...
27:06you know like different campaigns with brands and they want me to play the character.
27:09Like I...
27:10I'm...
27:11I will do it and I love doing it.
27:13Um...
27:14and then obviously when I go to...
27:16DC and I'm speaking on Capitol Hill and talking about serious subjects.
27:20That's when you see...
27:21like...
27:22the real side of me.
27:23Um...
27:24but yeah.
27:25I just...
27:26I couldn't do...
27:26do it back and forth.
27:27We can all have silly sides and serious sides.
27:30It's fun.
27:31I think a lot of artists and people do.
27:33Like they...
27:34a lot of people I've spoken to like actors.
27:36Beyonce, Sasha Fierce, J Lo, Jennifer Lopez.
27:39Yeah.
27:40We all have that.
27:41And then we all have the one when we're at home.
27:43You know chilling in our sweats and just like...
27:46way back and just like ourselves.
27:47So you are just like us.
27:49You're playing the part of an entitled heiress.
27:51But now 20 years have passed.
27:53I have to ask you the question.
27:55Was the Walmart...
27:56questions set up?
27:57Or did you really not know what a warm up was at the time?
28:02I did.
28:03You did that?
28:04I did, yeah.
28:05You did.
28:06I just...
28:06I thought it would be a funny line.
28:07And you came up with a line?
28:08I just...
28:09Yeah.
28:10It wasn't like I thought about it.
28:11in advance because I didn't even know we were going to talk about Walmart.
28:13Yeah.
28:14But when it came up I was like in my mind...
28:16I was like this will be funny.
28:17I had no idea it would be such an iconic line that people to this day still say...
28:21And now I have like my entire kitchenware and home...
28:26Your fragrances were in Walmart.
28:27All of it, yeah.
28:28So...
28:29When was the last time you were in Walmart?
28:31I was there two weeks ago.
28:33In Arkansas actually.
28:34I go there all the time.
28:36To go meet with the whole team out there.
28:38And I was showing them all the new products from my new line.
28:41For Paris and Pups and my new homeware line and kitchenware line and...
28:46storage line and all of it.
28:47I have so...
28:48Wow.
28:49I have like over 400 SKUs of products.
28:51inside of Walmart.
28:52So now I know they don't sell walls.
28:54They sell Paris Hilton Pratt.
28:56You're just a comedy icon.
28:58Moving on to something a bit more difficult, the sex...
29:01It's really heartbreaking looking back in the documentary when you talk about...
29:06it that you had no agency about this besides Pamela Anderson.
29:11You were the first celebrity to go through this publicly and...
29:16Internet was different.
29:17Copyright was different.
29:18It was a wild, wild west.
29:19And now it would be impossible.
29:21To happen.
29:22Like...
29:23Was there no way of stopping it coming out?
29:25How was that?
29:26At that time.
29:27It was...
29:28Just...
29:29Humiliating.
29:30It was...
29:31Humiliating.
29:31Being so painful.
29:32I did not want to leave my house.
29:33I was just...
29:34I was just...
29:35I was just...
29:36You know...
29:37Just trust somebody...
29:38And have them...
29:39Violent.
29:40Violent.
29:41Regimate me like that...
29:42Was just...
29:43The most horrible thing that you could do to a person.
29:46and there was nothing that I could do about it.
29:51Yeah, that's something that will haunt me the rest of my life.
29:54And if that happened to me,
29:56at the end of the day, it would be illegal.
30:01So...
30:01I mean, I think...
30:02Like, another thing I went through
30:03that now would be illegal for people today.
30:05So I think...
30:06I think that, again, is the good part,
30:08that other girls don't have to go through that.
30:10But...
30:11Yeah, that was...
30:13I mean, when you frame it that this was a young girl...
30:16who didn't...
30:17who was coerced to do this
30:19and then was publicly humiliated...
30:21and flogged for it afterwards,
30:23it...
30:24like...
30:25it really wasn't...
30:26really...
30:26it really wasn't fair.
30:27I'm not going to mention the name of the guy
30:29because you cleverly didn't do that.
30:31in the dark.
30:32Have you ever spoken to that ex again?
30:34No.
30:35Would you ever have...
30:36a conversation with him?
30:37No.
30:38Have you thought about when your kids find out?
30:41about the sex tape
30:42and how you'll approach it with them?
30:45That...
30:46that's going to be a really...
30:47just...
30:48painful subject to talk about, like...
30:51I don't even know...
30:52like...
30:53I haven't even thought about what I'm going to say
30:54since they're only two years old right now.
30:56um...
30:57but...
31:01hopefully by talking to them...
31:03they'll...
31:04never have something like that happen to them.
31:06they'll be taken advantage of.
31:08So it's just...
31:10horrible.
31:11and now just being a mom again...
31:12just thinking about that...
31:13just makes me even sadder for me.
31:16that I had to go through all that...
31:17and so publicly...
31:18and have people vilify me for it...
31:20when I was just...
31:21a 19-year-old...
31:22kid, basically.
31:23Yeah.
31:24the media would just...
31:26brutal...
31:27for you...
31:28the news media...
31:29particularly...
31:30the expert in the documentary said...
31:31you're...
31:31targeted because of your intelligence...
31:32to play the game effectively.
31:33we kind of played the game together...
31:35similar to...
31:36Mrs. Diana...
31:37you worked with the press at times...
31:38welcomed them into your life...
31:39posed for the paparazzi...
31:41do you think you paid...
31:43the price for that...
31:44by welcoming the media?
31:45I don't...
31:46I didn't think that was fair at all...
31:47I was always...
31:48respectful...
31:49and kind...
31:50and I...
31:51I knew that people were just trying...
31:52to do their job...
31:53so I would...
31:54always be nice to everyone.
31:56and I never...
31:57was one of those celebrities...
31:58that would...
31:59you know...
32:00tell them off...
32:01or...
32:02or go off...
32:01on them...
32:02like I've seen...
32:03some people do...
32:04so I just thought...
32:05it was...
32:06really unfair.
32:06the way that they did that.
32:07I'm going to read...
32:08some of the headlines...
32:09from the documentary...
32:10and just...
32:11ask you like...
32:12how did they make you feel...
32:13back then...
32:14like...
32:15the idea that...
32:16this was a description...
32:17of a young woman...
32:18in her early twenties...
32:19Paris Hilton...
32:20what's the point...
32:21famous for...
32:21bimbo summit...
32:22no brains...
32:23all fame...
32:24a new low...
32:25for celebrity culture...
32:26like...
32:27you're human...
32:28just like the rest of us...
32:29how did that feel...
32:30at the time?
32:31it was...
32:31really hurtful...
32:32you know...
32:33I was just a young girl...
32:34just...
32:35living my life...
32:36but...
32:36I had the whole...
32:37world watching...
32:38and judging...
32:39and picking...
32:40everything apart...
32:41and just...
32:42I felt like...
32:43no matter...
32:44what I did...
32:45or what I accomplished...
32:46people...
32:47just...
32:48refuse to...
32:49I don't know...
32:50just see...
32:51see me...
32:52as like...
32:53a human being...
32:54it was just like...
32:55a cartoon character...
32:56or like...
32:57a punchline...
32:58that they...
32:59just make fun of...
33:00and...
33:01just always...
33:01hurt my feelings...
33:02because I've always been...
33:03such a sensitive person...
33:04as well...
33:05and then...
33:06on top of it...
33:06when...
33:07having ADHD...
33:08we...
33:09experience...
33:10emotions...
33:11like...
33:11ten times more...
33:12than a...
33:13neurotypical person...
33:14and...
33:16especially...
33:17there's something called...
33:18RSD...
33:19which is...
33:20rejection sensitive dysphoria...
33:21which...
33:2299% of people...
33:23with ADHD...
33:24experience...
33:25so...
33:26to have things like...
33:27said like...
33:28that...
33:29is just...
33:31physically painful...
33:33like...
33:34it's like...
33:35being stabbed in the heart...
33:36it's just...
33:37I would cry...
33:38so much...
33:39all the time...
33:40just like...
33:41constantly hearing...
33:41things...
33:42and people...
33:43making up lies...
33:44and stories...
33:45it was just...
33:46a nightmare...
33:46what would you say...
33:47to the people...
33:48who wrote...
33:49those headlines now?
33:50Say...
33:51don't...
33:52look at me now...
33:53honey...
33:54I've always loved...
33:55proving people wrong...
33:56so much...
33:57so much of my career...
33:58I've been underestimated...
33:59and misunderstood...
34:00so now...
34:01today...
34:02just to see...
34:03my life...
34:04and everything...
34:05that I've accomplished...
34:06my beautiful family...
34:07and...
34:08just everything...
34:09that I've done...
34:10and...
34:11now...
34:12I've had so many people...
34:13come up...
34:14and apologize to me...
34:15so many reporters...
34:16just...
34:17people...
34:18on the street...
34:19if I'm doing an interview...
34:20just so many people...
34:21have said...
34:22I'm so sorry...
34:23for the way that...
34:24myself...
34:25and others...
34:26treated you...
34:27because you did not...
34:28deserve that...
34:26so it feels...
34:27it's very healing...
34:28to hear that from people...
34:29to realize...
34:30that they know...
34:31it was wrong...
34:31what advice...
34:32would you give...
34:33to the...
34:34to the young girl...
34:35who's going through that now...
34:36my advice...
34:39would be...
34:40that...
34:41you shouldn't listen...
34:43to people like that...
34:44that...
34:45what...
34:46matters most...
34:47is what you think...
34:48of yourself...
34:49so don't let that...
34:50outside noise...
34:51affect how you feel...
34:51about yourself...
34:52because...
34:53a...
34:54a lot of people...
34:55can be...
34:56mean...
34:57especially...
34:58now...
34:59with the internet...
35:00and...
35:01people are able...
35:02to hide behind...
35:01a computer...
35:02and...
35:03it's a different...
35:04form of meanness...
35:05now...
35:06it's different...
35:07I feel like...
35:06the media...
35:07it wasn't like that...
35:08but then there's...
35:09the internet trolls...
35:10who are just like...
35:11these people...
35:11living in like...
35:12their parents' basement...
35:13miserable...
35:14with no life...
35:15and like...
35:16just sit on the computer...
35:16all day...
35:17just writing...
35:18rude things to people...
35:19like...
35:20I just would tell them...
35:21like...
35:21I feel bad...
35:22for this...
35:23these people...
35:24that they...
35:25are that miserable...
35:26that they need to go...
35:26and try to...
35:27tear you down...
35:28and don't let it affect you...
35:29In the movie...
35:30I found it...
35:31really interesting...
35:32you talking about...
35:33your ADHD...
35:34and thank you...
35:35like...
35:36I believe...
35:37with Mental Health Challenge...
35:36it's so important...
35:37to talk about them...
35:38and normalise them...
35:39and destigmatise them...
35:40and make people...
35:41feel less...
35:41alone...
35:42and you've been...
35:43a leading person...
35:44with ADHD...
35:45to do that...
35:46and the quote...
35:47that really hit...
35:46me from the documentary...
35:47was...
35:48I have all the success...
35:49but I wish...
35:50I could be...
35:51as happy as someone...
35:51without the ADHD...
35:52demon voice...
35:53who had had...
35:54all these things...
35:55still have...
35:56would have had...
35:57all these things...
35:58do you still...
35:59feel like that?
36:00I...
36:01it's...
36:02it's gotten...
36:03much better...
36:04like...
36:05now that I've...
36:06really...
36:06studied...
36:07and researched...
36:08and know so much...
36:09about my ADHD...
36:10but...
36:11growing up...
36:11no one was...
36:12talking about it...
36:13especially...
36:14with...
36:15young girls...
36:16so I...
36:17had no idea...
36:16like...
36:17being in school...
36:18and constantly...
36:19getting in trouble...
36:20all the time...
36:21like...
36:22not able to focus...
36:21like...
36:22always in detention...
36:23always failing...
36:24like...
36:25all the tests...
36:26because I couldn't...
36:27remember...
36:26anything...
36:27or like...
36:28losing my homework...
36:29just like...
36:30so many things...
36:31would happen...
36:32and...
36:33you know...
36:31people with...
36:32ADD...
36:33would just be called...
36:34like...
36:35bad kids...
36:36and I think that's...
36:37you know...
36:38one of the reasons...
36:39was not able to...
36:40focus in school...
36:41or anything...
36:42no matter...
36:43how hard I tried...
36:44um...
36:45and then...
36:46now knowing...
36:47that...
36:48the...
36:49voices...
36:50from that...
36:51that are negative...
36:52self-talk...
36:53are not true...
36:54like...
36:55that is always a good thing...
36:56so anytime I do...
36:57have that happening...
36:58I'll just immediately say...
36:59that's not...
36:59that's not you...
37:00that's just your ADHD...
37:01so that's how you manage it...
37:02that's really...
37:03I really love sharing...
37:04solutions...
37:05that's how you...
37:06I talked to this...
37:07amazing doctor...
37:08named Dr. Hallowell...
37:09who is like...
37:10one of the leading...
37:11ADHD psychiatrists...
37:12and...
37:13he has it as well...
37:14and he calls it...
37:15the demon...
37:16it's called...
37:17DMN...
37:18which is...
37:19the default...
37:20mode network...
37:21is what the real...
37:22term port is...
37:23in the documentary...
37:24the demon voice...
37:25I found it fascinating...
37:26the idea that...
37:27all these mean things...
37:28are being said...
37:29about you in the press...
37:30but it's worse...
37:31in your head...
37:32that you were saying...
37:33worse things about yourself...
37:34yeah...
37:35so...
37:36that was just...
37:37painful...
37:38and I think...
37:39through doing this...
37:39like...
37:40I feel like...
37:41I never even gave myself...
37:42the credit...
37:43for like...
37:44how much I survived...
37:45even going through...
37:44that...
37:45like...
37:46after everything...
37:47I had already...
37:48went through...
37:49in these schools...
37:50then...
37:51you know...
37:52coming out...
37:53into...
37:54like...
37:55it was...
37:56it was...
37:57so traumatizing...
37:58back then...
37:59so I'm so...
37:59like...
38:00grateful...
38:01now...
38:02to have healed...
38:03from that...
38:04and now I'm able to...
38:04tell my story to others...
38:05because I know...
38:06there's so many...
38:07other...
38:08you know...
38:09kids...
38:10who have ADHD...
38:09who I'm sure...
38:10are going through...
38:11the same thing right now...
38:12and...
38:13just to...
38:14tell them...
38:15and let them know...
38:16that...
38:17this is something...
38:18that we all experience...
38:19and that those things...
38:20are not true...
38:19and...
38:20to be strong...
38:21and to lean on...
38:22in on it...
38:23is your superpower...
38:24because I wouldn't be...
38:25the woman I am today...
38:26without it as well...
38:27I wouldn't be the...
38:28entrepreneur I am...
38:29I wouldn't be the creative I am...
38:30I wouldn't have these...
38:31so many different businesses...
38:32without the ADHD...
38:34so I want...
38:35to inspire others...
38:36that...
38:37this can be a superpower...
38:39and you can just lean in...
38:40to what you love...
38:41they say that...
38:42we can't focus...
38:43but...
38:44that's not true...
38:45we can hyper focus...
38:46like no other...
38:47we just can't focus...
38:48on things...
38:49that are boring...
38:50but the things...
38:51that light us up...
38:52we will focus...
38:53like a superhero...
38:54that's really interesting...
38:55it's just that...
38:56all of our brains...
38:57have worked...
38:58differently...
38:59and so...
38:59talking about it...
39:00and normalising this...
39:01and showing it's actually...
39:02a positive...
39:03not a negative...
39:04is a great...
39:04example for society...
39:05so thank you...
39:06I've had so many...
39:07families...
39:08kids...
39:09people come up to me...
39:10and say...
39:11thank you so much...
39:12for writing your song...
39:13ADHD...
39:14like...
39:14my child used to be...
39:15so ashamed of it...
39:16but now...
39:17that's their anthem...
39:18and they're singing it...
39:19every morning...
39:19and telling everyone...
39:20ADHD is my superpower...
39:22so I love how...
39:23I'm able to...
39:24reframe it...
39:25especially...
39:26for these young kids...
39:27growing up with it...
39:28because I know...
39:29that a lot of them...
39:30are struggling...
39:31and back in the normal...
39:29you felt...
39:30you couldn't...
39:31admit...
39:32to having any...
39:33any weaknesses...
39:34and now...
39:35it's different...
39:36opening up with...
39:37your vulnerabilities...
39:38is your superpower...
39:39Yes...
39:40for sure...
39:39and growing up...
39:40in the 2000s...
39:41like...
39:42no one was even...
39:43saying the word...
39:44mental health...
39:45like...
39:46if you heard...
39:44that...
39:45they'd be like...
39:46what?
39:47like...
39:48mental hospital?
39:49like...
39:50they wouldn't...
39:51understand that...
39:52I'm...
39:53I'm a big...
39:49unbeliever...
39:50and I've done...
39:51a lot of work...
39:52in the mental health...
39:53space...
39:54that like...
39:55everybody...
39:56has got somebody...
39:57in the family...
39:58who's going...
39:59the...
40:00to...
40:01clinical depression...
40:02and...
40:03people don't talk about it...
40:04and we should...
40:04encourage it...
40:05make people feel...
40:06less alone...
40:07so thank you...
40:08for all of your work...
40:09Thank you...
40:09it's amazing...
40:10seeing this new generation...
40:11and how open they are...
40:12just how...
40:13you know...
40:14we were all taught...
40:15like...
40:16if anything's wrong...
40:17don't talk about it...
40:18just like...
40:19everything's fine...
40:19but when you do talk about things...
40:20it just shows like...
40:21the power of vulnerability...
40:23and telling your...
40:24the truth...
40:25and just like...
40:26letting it out...
40:27and it just like...
40:28helps you so much...
40:29and then it makes others...
40:29feel...
40:30safe to open up as well...
40:31and then it starts like...
40:32this whole domino effect...
40:33where so many...
40:34people could heal...
40:35around the world...
40:36So you are just like us...
40:37the relatable things...
40:38are what matter...
40:39so all of my gay friends...
40:41are totally jealous...
40:42I'm here with you...
40:43at your house...
40:44and...
40:45until I saw...
40:46this documentary...
40:47I didn't really realize...
40:48why you were a gay icon...
40:49and...
40:50I had tears...
40:51streaming down my face...
40:52when you said...
40:53they are the...
40:54ones...
40:55who gave me...
40:56the greatest gift...
40:57showing me...
40:58what it truly means...
40:59to live my true...
40:59for so long...
41:00I was weighed down...
41:01by the shame...
41:02over what I went through...
41:03in the troubled teen industry...
41:04I've never heard...
41:05a straight person...
41:06understand...
41:07the shame...
41:08that gay people...
41:09go through...
41:09living in a world...
41:10feeling othered...
41:11and not feeling welcomed...
41:12and...
41:13the fact that you can...
41:14empathize with that...
41:15with what you've gone through...
41:16I found that...
41:17really powerful...
41:18so...
41:19thank you...
41:19when...
41:20when did you realize...
41:21your similarities...
41:22with the gay community?
41:24just...
41:25especially...
41:26getting out of those schools...
41:27and then...
41:28David LaChapelle...
41:29and I...
41:30we've been very close...
41:31friends forever...
41:32and I was one of his muses...
41:33and he would take me...
41:34to all the gay...
41:34clubs...
41:35so I was hanging out...
41:36with him...
41:37and Amanda Lepore...
41:38and Patricia Field...
41:39and that...
41:39whole club scene...
41:40and just...
41:41feeling so...
41:42like...
41:43much love...
41:44so accepting...
41:44being accepted...
41:45just seeing...
41:46these people...
41:47who just like...
41:48live their life...
41:49out loud...
41:49just beautiful...
41:50inside and out...
41:51and...
41:52just...
41:53learned so much...
41:54from that...
41:55just...
41:56an incredible community...
41:57in so many ways...
41:58Pride is my favorite...
41:59time of the year...
41:59it's...
42:00so much fun...
42:01just being on stage...
42:02performing...
42:03going to all the gay...
42:04clubs...
42:05and...
42:06feeling the energy...
42:07the love in the room...
42:08it's like...
42:09nothing...
42:09I couldn't even describe...
42:10it's just so...
42:11much fun...
42:12well...
42:13thank...
42:14thank you...
42:15for your support...
42:14the way you vocalized...
42:15that connection...
42:16to the community...
42:17was so...
42:18breathtaking...
42:19how have you...
42:19dealt with that...
42:20shame...
42:21that you talked about...
42:22I've just felt...
42:23that...
42:24a lot...
42:24of the things...
42:25that have happened...
42:26in my life...
42:27are because...
42:28other people hurt me...
42:29and some...
42:29something...
42:30another message...
42:31in this film...
42:32that I wanna...
42:33have others know...
42:34is that...
42:34that...
42:35the shame...
42:36should not be on us...
42:37it should be on the people...
42:38who hurt us...
42:39and...
42:40I was actually speaking...
42:41with one of the...
42:42survivors...
42:43who...
42:44went to...
42:44Provo Canyon School...
42:45with me...
42:46and she said that...
42:47to me...
42:48when we were doing...
42:49my first documentary...
42:49that's something...
42:50that has stuck with me...
42:51ever since...
42:52and it's so true...
42:53I feel like...
42:54so many of the times...
42:55so many...
42:54many of us...
42:55have held on to shame...
42:56which...
42:57never should have been on us...
42:58it should have always been on...
42:59that person...
43:00who hurt us...
43:01so I think that's...
43:02such a powerful message...
43:03for people to know...
43:04in their hearts...
43:05because I feel like...
43:06that would...
43:07take away...
43:08a lot of pain...
43:09from people...
43:10if they knew...
43:09that...
43:10motherhood...
43:11they say...
43:12becoming a parent...
43:13will humble you...
43:14and make you just...
43:14like us...
43:15what's...
43:16one way...
43:17your kids...
43:18have humbled you...
43:19recently...
43:19they are just...
43:20my...
43:21everything...
43:22my world...
43:23and...
43:24it's...
43:25every day with them...
43:26just feels like...
43:27a dream come true...
43:28I've...
43:29always wanted to be a mom...
43:29and...
43:30now to have...
43:31these two...
43:32little angels...
43:33who are just...
43:34the cutest...
43:34little...
43:35fun...
43:36like...
43:37sweet...
43:38smart...
43:39they're just...
43:40everything to me...
43:41I'm so...
43:42so lucky...
43:43that I'm their mom...
43:44is your...
43:45latest...
43:46breakdown in tears...
43:47mummy...
43:48meltdown...
43:49moment...
43:49they're such good kids...
43:50I know...
43:51I've never had...
43:52like...
43:53a meltdown...
43:54moment...
43:54they're so...
43:55well behaved...
43:56they're so...
43:57like...
43:58just...
43:59smart...
43:59they're so kind...
44:00they're so gentle...
44:01they're on an amazing...
44:02sleep schedule...
44:03like...
44:04they're just like...
44:04like...
44:05the perfect kids...
44:06so if...
44:07when they become teenagers...
44:08if they turn out to be wild...
44:09how are you gonna do...
44:10with this...
44:11I...
44:12I think about that a lot...
44:13that's...
44:14that scares me...
44:15um...
44:16you're not gonna send them to a provost school...
44:17we know that...
44:18definitely not...
44:19um...
44:21that's why...
44:22even with this house...
44:23like...
44:24I wanna like...
44:24build...
44:25like...
44:26this world...
44:27where they...
44:28never wanna sneak out...
44:29cause they'll just...
44:30always wanna invite all their friends...
44:29here...
44:30and this will be like...
44:31the house...
44:32everyone...
44:33like...
44:34is at...
44:35like...
44:36movie night...
44:34and going in the pool...
44:35and the water slide...
44:36and just like...
44:37having so much fun...
44:38where like...
44:39they'll never wanna leave...
44:40and if they try to sneak out...
44:42we have...
44:43the most advanced...
44:44security system...
44:45security guards...
44:46cameras...
44:47lasers...
44:49everything...
44:50so...
44:51there will be no...
44:52sneaking out...
44:53on my watch...
44:54you're creating...
44:55a safe environment...
44:56a very safe environment...
44:57so...
44:58they don't want to leave...
44:59and if they did...
45:00they couldn't...
45:01anyway...
45:02what's something...
45:03your mum and dad...
45:04taught you about...
45:05life and parenting...
45:06that you wanna...
45:07pass on to your kids...
45:08or...
45:09is there anything...
45:09to do differently...
45:10I love that...
45:12my mum and dad...
45:13just...
45:14always made...
45:15every...
45:16holiday especially...
45:17so...
45:18special...
45:19just like...
45:19my mum is...
45:20the queen of Christmas...
45:21so...
45:22with all the decorating...
45:23like...
45:24all of that...
45:25I learned...
45:24from her...
45:25and just making...
45:26all those family moments...
45:27just like...
45:28unforgettable...
45:29and like...
45:29just...
45:30all of the memories...
45:31and family traditions...
45:32that I learned...
45:33from my parents...
45:34I'm now...
45:35passing on to...
45:34my children...
45:35and...
45:36just...
45:37how important...
45:38family is...
45:39and being...
45:39close with each other...
45:40and...
45:41yeah...
45:42just...
45:43just like...
45:44the holiday...
45:44the holidays...
45:45are so special...
45:46and I love that...
45:47my mum really...
45:48instilled that into me...
45:49and...
45:49yeah...
45:50how is Kathy...
45:51as a grandma...
45:52how is grandma Kathy...
45:53is she hands on...
45:54or...
45:55did she spoil them rotten...
45:56don't call her grandma...
45:58she's...
45:59called Kiki...
46:00and...
46:01she is...
46:02the cutest...
46:03and the best...
46:04and the kids...
46:04love when she comes over...
46:06they love going to her house...
46:07she has like...
46:08a whole...
46:09like...
46:10children's nursery...
46:11playroom...
46:12at the house...
46:13that has...
46:14all the...
46:14coolest toys...
46:15and everything...
46:16so they're always going over there...
46:17and playing with her...
46:18and she's very...
46:19childlike...
46:20in so many ways as well...
46:21so she's just so...
46:22sweet with them...
46:23and...
46:24she's obsessed...
46:25she's like...
46:26especially with London...
46:27she's like...
46:28London is like...
46:29my twin...
46:29when you look at their baby photos...
46:30they look so similar...
46:31oh really?
46:32that's so cute...
46:33but she's an amazing...
46:34yeah...
46:35she's an amazing grandma...
46:36so you have...
46:3720 boy embryos...
46:38on ice I read...
46:39after trying for a girl...
46:41so many times...
46:42will you keep them on ice?
46:44yeah...
46:45so you never know...
46:46so you...
46:47consider more kids?
46:48I...
46:49I love having two...
46:50but you never know...
46:51because they're getting so big...
46:52so I...
46:53I love babies so much...
46:54so...
46:56maybe there'll be...
46:57another brother one day...
46:58we'll see what happens...
46:59or if someone in the family needs one...
47:01we have...
47:02lots of...
47:03boys...
47:04we talked about this...
47:04earlier about how...
47:05trolls and social media are difficult...
47:07and there's so much mum shaming on social...
47:09like...
47:10critiquing...
47:11like a baby's...
47:12physicality...
47:13so appalling...
47:14how do you handle...
47:14things like that...
47:15what does it bring out on you?
47:16I'm...
47:17like a protective...
47:18mama bear so...
47:19I get very protective...
47:21and...
47:22you know...
47:23sometimes...
47:24there is...
47:25you know...
47:26people online...
47:27who want to be...
47:28mean and negative...
47:29and I just think it's so...
47:29wrong to...
47:30talk about a baby...
47:31in a bad way...
47:32or...
47:33or...
47:34just like...
47:34like a cruel way...
47:35so I...
47:36am always very protective of it...
47:38but...
47:39there's been so many moms...
47:40and others...
47:41who have been so supportive...
47:42and so...
47:43amazing...
47:44and...
47:45I love being able...
47:46to share my life with them...
47:47and...
47:48it's always nice to hear from...
47:49the other moms...
47:50because...
47:51moms are superheroes...
47:53and we can do it all...
47:54just like us...
47:55that's a leveler...
47:56and...
47:57like...
47:58no matter if you've got millions...
47:59of dollars...
48:00like...
48:01you still have to go through...
48:02the same struggles...
48:03as other parents...
48:04how do you...
48:05and Carter...
48:06think about...
48:07balancing privacy...
48:08with sharing family moments...
48:09like...
48:10do you ever have any tension...
48:11about that?
48:12I feel like I...
48:13share so much of my...
48:14life...
48:15um...
48:16and...
48:17I love my fans...
48:18and I know that they...
48:19love seeing...
48:20my family...
48:21so...
48:22I love to show them...
48:23certain moments...
48:24like...
48:24every single day...
48:25but...
48:26all like the...
48:27special...
48:28fun moments...
48:29that we do together...
48:30it's always fun to share them...
48:31like...
48:32Phoenix...
48:33just like...
48:34always the same...
48:34playing the cutest things...
48:35and...
48:36um...
48:37I don't know...
48:38What's the funny thing...
48:39you said...
48:39he...
48:40just...
48:41everything...
48:42like...
48:43he just like...
48:44he says...
48:45all of my...
48:44catchphrases...
48:45like...
48:46that's hot...
48:47iconic...
48:48loves it...
48:49living...
48:50living...
48:51he says...
48:52he loves singing that song...
48:54London...
48:54just learned it...
48:55so she's now saying it...
48:56iconic...
48:57is favorite...
48:58is London's favorite word...
48:59and it's our dog's name...
49:00as well...
49:01so...
49:02they're just so...
49:03cute...
49:04I can't...
49:04I'm like...
49:05obsessed...
49:06I can't take it...
49:07so the whole...
49:08gang now...
49:09the crew back in the day...
49:10are all mums...
49:11do you and Kim Kardashian...
49:12ever bond over motherhood...
49:13these days?
49:14we do...
49:15we talk a lot...
49:16about...
49:17our kids...
49:18how much fun it is to be a mom...
49:19um...
49:21I met Dr. Wong...
49:22through her...
49:23who was...
49:24with our doctors...
49:25for our babies...
49:26and...
49:27she's such an amazing mom...
49:28does she...
49:29give you advice?
49:30she said just to like...
49:31soak up every moment...
49:32because it...
49:33it goes so fast...
49:34and they are just...
49:35growing up so fast...
49:36how often do you two...
49:37hang out?
49:38um...
49:39we're both so busy...
49:40so anytime...
49:41like during the holidays...
49:42or if it's like...
49:43an event...
49:44or something...
49:45but...
49:46I love her so much...
49:47I'm so proud of her...
49:48Carter seems...
49:49so supportive of you...
49:50how do you parent together?
49:52we're...
49:53just...
49:54the best parents...
49:55we have so much fun...
49:56with the kids...
49:57Carter is just so...
49:59sweet...
50:00and fun...
50:01and gentle...
50:02and just an amazing dad...
50:03and...
50:04they love him so much...
50:05and we just have the best time...
50:06with the kids...
50:07always...
50:08Do you agree...
50:09on all the parenting principles?
50:09I think...
50:10there's not come up...
50:11things you've disagreed with...
50:12so far...
50:13you sorted that all out...
50:14beforehand...
50:14how does he really feel...
50:17about your obsession...
50:18with pink...
50:19and your interior...
50:19design...
50:20like...
50:21the pink tennis court...
50:22and everything...
50:23he loves it...
50:24he loves anything...
50:24that will make me happy...
50:25it's like...
50:26really incredible...
50:27that...
50:28is an amazing moment...
50:29because the next...
50:29question was...
50:30how...
50:31how and when...
50:32did you know...
50:33Carter was right for you...
50:34but like...
50:34I just knew right away...
50:36there was just something...
50:37special about him...
50:38I could just tell...
50:39like...
50:40just...
50:41right...
50:42when he looked at me...
50:43and smiled...
50:44like I could just...
50:45look in someone's eyes...
50:44and see...
50:45whether...
50:46like...
50:47they're a good...
50:48person or not...
50:49and he...
50:50has...
50:49such incredible...
50:50family values...
50:51he's so...
50:52kind...
50:53and patient...
50:54and loyal...
50:54and sweet...
50:55and funny...
50:56and loving...
50:57and...
50:58lifts me up...
50:59in a way that...
50:59no one ever has before...
51:00and...
51:01he seems to love you...
51:02for you...
51:03yeah...
51:04I feel like...
51:05so safe...
51:04with him...
51:05where I feel like...
51:06anything is possible...
51:07and...
51:08that's an amazing...
51:09feeling...
51:10it's been so hard...
51:11to trust people...
51:12with everything...
51:13that's happened in my life...
51:14and...
51:15you know...
51:16I met him at a time...
51:17where I just...
51:18was like...
51:19I'm not even gonna...
51:19get married...
51:20I'm not gonna be with anyone...
51:21like...
51:22I don't need a man...
51:23and...
51:24that's what I was thinking...
51:24and...
51:25met him...
51:26so...
51:27they always say...
51:28love will find you...
51:29when you're not looking for it...
51:29I never believed that either...
51:30but...
51:31I guess it's true...
51:32because it worked with me...
51:33and so...
51:34you've done...
51:35so...
51:36so...
51:37much...
51:38what...
51:39unfinished business...
51:39but what have you still got to prove...
51:40what's next?
51:41I...
51:42feel like I've...
51:43a...
51:44accomplished...
51:45like...
51:46everything...
51:47that I would want to in life...
51:48but I'm just gonna continue on...
51:49with everything I'm doing...
51:50with 1111 Media...
51:52and just all of the different projects...
51:54I have...
51:55with that...
51:56and...
51:57I'm very excited for...
51:58Para V...
51:59my skincare line...
52:00that...
52:01I developed...
52:02for the past three years...
52:03and...
52:04building new products...
52:04with that as well...
52:05and...
52:06continuing on...
52:07with the music...
52:08and all my advocacy...
52:09work...
52:10and...
52:11continuing to...
52:12build IP...
52:13and then...
52:14getting involved...
52:15more in real estate...
52:16with my own hotels...
52:17and...
52:18and...
52:19and...
52:20Paris Hilton Hotels...
52:21rivaling Hilton Hotels...
52:23um...
52:24with the skincare line...
52:25you...
52:26are aging backwards...
52:27you look...
52:28amazing...
52:29like...
52:29we have a...
52:30LED mask...
52:31like...
52:32just...
52:33just like us...
52:34but...
52:35you have a...
52:36whole machine...
52:37I read...
52:38what works the best...
52:39for readers...
52:40for anti-aging...
52:41how can we look...
52:42as amazing as you...
52:43what works...
52:43the best...
52:44is...
52:45my skincare line...
52:46of course...
52:47and...
52:48then...
52:49the LED...
52:50red light...
52:51is...
52:52incredible...
52:53and...
52:54I...
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53:41your humanity. Are you ready to prove you're just like us? Yes. Stars are black.
53:46Is one of my top five karaoke songs, but it's really hard to sing. Um, are you just like,
53:51and have you ever sung, um, karaoke? Yeah, I love karaoke.
53:56What are your songs? Do you sing Stars are Blind? Yes, of course. Stars are Blind and I love
54:01Betty Davis.
54:01It's one of my favorites as well. So iconic. Classic.
54:06How much help do you have, um, around the house? Yeah, we have like, the nanny.
54:11The people who helped take care of the house and the handyman.
54:16Yeah, all of them. And I love them so much. They're like, part of the family.
54:21What's the most surprising?
54:21It's a surprisingly normal thing you do every day that no one would ever expect from Paris Hilton.
54:26Most normal thing. Just being with my kids in the morning.
54:31Eating cereal. Watching cartoons. I like Frosted Blake.
54:36I love cooking. I love making French toast with Frosted Flakes cooked onto it.
54:41It's so good. That's a good American breakfast. She is just like us.
54:46How much do you spend?
54:46How much do you spend on a glam in a year, would you estimate?
54:49I don't know. I've never looked into that.
54:51But I'm sure a lot.
54:53What's one household chore you secretly loved?
54:56How much do you spend doing yourself?
54:57I don't know.
54:58You don't do any?
54:59I don't know.
55:00You don't do any?
55:01I don't know.
55:02I don't know.
55:03I don't know.
55:04Organizing.
55:05I like organizing.
55:06I like tidying.
55:07I hate cleaning.
55:08When was the last time you pumped gas?
55:11I used to pump gas when I used to drive everywhere, but I honestly never leave the house now.
55:16Like unless I have to, and then I have a driver and then I'm always just.
55:21Going directly from here to the airport and flying somewhere.
55:24So I have not done gas in a long time.
55:26But if I was driving, I would do it.
55:28I don't mind.
55:29You wouldn't mind.
55:30Okay.
55:31Just like us.
55:32Well, thank you for sharing your incredible journey and the wisdom that you've imparted
55:36how you've helped people along the way.
55:38And I do think how vulnerable you are.
55:41It shows that you really are just like us.
55:43So thank you Paris.
55:45This was so much fun.
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