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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
01:30and for the interwar community for animal welfare and for the neurodivergent and the LGBTQ communities
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...
21:12so...
21:13I think if people...
21:14know me...
21:15they understand...
21:16but then...
21:17if there's like...
21:18an outsider...
21:19who just...
21:20you know...
21:21sees...
21:22me...
21:23I'm...
21:24I'm...
21:25I'm...
21:26you...
21:28I'm...
21:29I'm...
21:30I'm...
21:32I'm...
21:33I'm...
21:34I'm...
21:35I'm...
21:37I'm...
21:38I'm...
21:40I'm...
21:41I didn't get money from my parents,
21:42there was no trust fund, nothing like that.
21:44I've been working since I was.
21:4616.
21:47And so they didn't help with the deposit for a house
21:49or anything like that?
21:50No, I did everything on my own.
21:51So that's really not fair that people,
21:53like, criticize you for being...
21:56not believing that you're self-made,
21:57because there's a New York Post thing saying,
21:59fans are reacting, saying she's delusional.
22:01Thinking she's self-made.
22:02If they actually knew everything and saw everything they...
22:06they would understand.
22:07That's really interesting, so congratulations.
22:10How were you...
22:11to handle that 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 how much to...
22:21support to give them?
22:22I think it's, you know, just from growing up in this way...
22:26and seeing so many others, I think if you spoil your children,
22:29you will destroy them.
22:31So that's something that my husband and I talk about,
22:33where we of course want to give them the most beautiful life, make them...
22:36so happy, but we also want to instill that work ethic in them and make them want.
22:41to do something with their own lives.
22:43And I think with my babies growing up and seeing just how...
22:46hard I work and everything I accomplish, it's going to be really inspirational to them.
22:50And...
22:51that's why I've built so much at the house, where I have like my...
22:54recording studio here, the podcasting studio...
22:56the photo studio, just like so much of my work I'm able to do from home.
23:01And my kids are always there watching everything.
23:03So I feel like that will be instilled in them.
23:06Just like, anytime I'm in a meeting here, like they're sitting on my lap.
23:09So like, I feel like even though they're babies...
23:11they're soaking it in and they'll continue to do so throughout their life.
23:15So...
23:16yeah, I think for my kids, I just want them to be so happy and be incredible human beings.
23:21And I want them to do whatever makes them happy.
23:24You've talked a lot about reclaiming your narrative.
23:26What's one misconception about Paris Hilton that you're still trying to correct?
23:31I feel like I've been such an open book in the past five years where I've discussed everything.
23:36So I don't really think there's any anymore.
23:39That's great.
23:40I feel like I've cleared up some...
23:41so many misconceptions.
23:42I feel like before they just thought I was a dumb blonde.
23:46because of the simple life.
23:47But I've proved that I am not a dumb blonde.
23:50I'm just very good at...
23:51I feel like I'm pretending to be on.
23:52Well, that comes on to my next question, actually.
23:56I loved in the movie when you're doing a recording and somebody says...
24:01you can use your real voice on this one.
24:03And it reminded me, I was on your BFF show with...
24:06you back in the day and we would record and you'd have this baby voice saying,
24:09that's hot.
24:10And then we'd go off...
24:11often you'll be with Benji talking about beats in this voice so low.
24:15And I would just be like...
24:16she's two different people.
24:17And so...
24:18like...
24:19you pretended to be somebody.
24:22was that...
24:23where did that come from?
24:24was that protectionism protecting your...
24:26yourself by being a caricature or was that strategically to play a part?
24:31and earn money?
24:32I think...
24:33you know, I didn't even realize until...
24:35You still do it.
24:36Was it high or low then?
24:37That was low then.
24:38See, I literally can't even control it.
24:40I think it's just such...
24:41a part of me now because I've been doing it for so long.
24:44Um...
24:45but I do think it was a trauma...
24:46in response to what I went through.
24:48Um...
24:49where I just kind of wanted to build this perfect...
24:51like a Barbie doll life...
24:53and...
24:54like a Disney...
24:55kind of...
24:56I don't know...
24:57Barbie character...
24:58and then...
24:59um...
25:00you know...
25:01getting the simple life...
25:01and then the producer is telling me...
25:03you know...
25:04we want you to play this kind of blonde...
25:06spoiled airhead...
25:07and play into this character...
25:08and this was the first reality show.
25:11and I had no idea...
25:12I'd have to continue on that character...
25:14for five seasons straight...
25:15and then...
25:16every talk show...
25:17and everything I would go on...
25:18I would be the character...
25:19and then I just kind of got...
25:20stuck in it almost...
25:21because the whole world thought...
25:23that's who I really was...
25:24and I'm all...
25:25I'm also a very...
25:26naturally shy person...
25:27so I feel like...
25:28being the character...
25:29it made it...
25:30easier for me...
25:31to kind of...
25:32be silly...
25:33and say...
25:34say ridiculous things...
25:35I don't...
25:35I feel like...
25:36if the simple life...
25:37had me talking...
25:38in my normal voice...
25:39and not playing the character...
25:40it would not...
25:40have been the show...
25:41that it was...
25:42I can see that...
25:43I know Nikki...
25:44your sister...
25:45and she's shy...
25:45too...
25:46and that shyness...
25:47comes across...
25:48with both of you...
25:49and it's an understanding...
25:50that like...
25:51you're playing a part...
25:52to get through...
25:53social anxiety...
25:54sometimes I'll do that...
25:55like...
25:56I've got to be down...
25:57wait for tonight...
25:58so like...
25:59how do you deal with...
26:00social...
26:00anxiety now?
26:01I still have...
26:02social anxiety...
26:03and I think...
26:04that might be the...
26:05ADHD as well...
26:06because I'm just...
26:07so in my head...
26:08all the time...
26:09and...
26:10I get just...
26:10I think also...
26:11since the pandemic...
26:12like...
26:13I've gotten just like...
26:14way more anxiety...
26:15than I used to...
26:15so...
26:16um...
26:17but then if I'm around...
26:18like...
26:19if I bring like...
26:20a best friend...
26:20I feel like...
26:21I'm with like...
26:22a group of people...
26:23I trust...
26:24then I feel...
26:25more comfortable...
26:26but if I'm just like...
26:27going...
26:25in somewhere...
26:26and not knowing...
26:27anyone...
26:28sometimes I get...
26:29a little nervous...
26:30I think...
26:30that's normal...
26:31I feel like...
26:32everyone...
26:33I mean...
26:34it's just like...
26:35us...
26:36it's just like...
26:37regular folks...
26:38everybody...
26:39deals with...
26:40mental health issues...
26:41nervous...
26:42going into...
26:43going into an event...
26:44Yeah...
26:45I think people...
26:46would definitely...
26:47be surprised...
26:46know that...
26:47What's your...
26:48relationship...
26:49with the character...
26:50of Paris Hilton...
26:51these days?
26:51well...
26:52I think...
26:53before I saw...
26:54it was like...
26:55a form of protection...
26:56and now I see...
26:56it as...
26:57like...
26:58my... just...
26:59fun...
27:00silly side...
27:01like...
27:02you know...
27:01there's...
27:02a time and place...
27:03for everything...
27:04and like...
27:05when I'm doing TikToks...
27:06or just like...
27:07doing certain content...
27:06or...
27:07you know...
27:08like...
27:09different campaigns...
27:10with brands...
27:11and they want me...
27:12to play the character...
27:13like...
27:14I...
27:15and then...
27:16obviously...
27:17when I go to DC...
27:18and I'm speaking...
27:19on Capitol Hill...
27:20and talking about...
27:20serious subjects...
27:21that's when you see...
27:22like...
27:23the real side of me...
27:24um...
27:25but yeah...
27:26just like...
27:27I can do it...
27:28back and forth...
27:29We can all have...
27:30silly sides...
27:30so...
27:31it's fun...
27:32I think a lot of artists...
27:33and people do...
27:34like...
27:35they...
27:35a lot of people I've spoken to...
27:36like...
27:36actors...
27:37Beyoncé...
27:38Sasha Fierce...
27:39JLo...
27:39Jennifer Lopez...
27:40We all have that, and then we all have the one when we're at home, you know, chilling.
27:45in our sweats and just, like, laid back and just like ourselves.
27:48So you are just like us.
27:50If you're playing the part of an entitled heiress, but now 20 years have passed, I have to ask.
27:55I'll give you the question.
27:56Was the warm up question set up or did you really not know what a warm up was?
28:00At the time.
28:03I did.
28:04You did that.
28:05I did, yeah.
28:06You did.
28:07I just thought it would be a funny line.
28:08And you came up with a line.
28:09I did.
28:10I just, yeah.
28:11It wasn't like I thought about it in advance because I didn't even know we were going to
28:13talk about Walmart.
28:14Yeah.
28:15When it came up, I was like, in my mind, I was like, this will be funny.
28:18I had no idea it would be such an icon.
28:20I had no idea it would be such an iconic line that people to this day still say.
28:23Um, and now I have, like, my-
28:25My entire kitchenware and homeware and-
28:27Your fragrances were in mobile store.
28:28All of it, yeah.
28:29Yeah.
28:30So-
28:31When was the last time you were in Walmart?
28:32Um, I was there two weeks ago.
28:34Um, in our-
28:35Arkansas, actually.
28:36I go there all the time, um, to go meet with the whole team out there and-
28:40Just showing them all the new products from my new line for Paris and Pups and my new homeware
28:45line.
28:45And kitchenware line and storage line and all of it.
28:48I have so-
28:49Wow.
28:50I have like-
28:50Over 400 SKUs of products inside of Walmart.
28:53So now I know they don't sell walls.
28:55They sell Paris Hilton Pratt.
28:56You're just a-
28:57You're just a comedy icon.
28:59Um-
29:00Moving on to something a bit more difficult the sex tape
29:03It's really heartbreaking
29:05I think you're looking back in the documentary and you talk about it
29:08that you had no agency about it
29:10because besides Pamela Anderson
29:12you were the first celebrity to go through
29:15this publicly and internet was different
29:18copyright was different
29:19it was a wild world
29:20and now it would be impossible to happen
29:23like was there no
29:25there's no way of stopping it coming out
29:27how was that time?
29:28It was just...
29:30humiliating
29:32so painful
29:33I did not want to leave my house
29:34so
29:35it was just
29:37it was just
29:38you know, just trust somebody
29:40and have them violate me like that
29:43it was just
29:45the most horrible thing that you could do to a person
29:47and
29:48there was nothing that I could do
29:50about it
29:51and
29:52yeah, that's something that will haunt me the rest of my
29:55in my life
29:56and if that happened today
29:58it would be illegal
30:00um
30:01so
30:02I mean I think
30:03like another thing I went through that
30:05and now it would be illegal for people today
30:06so I think that
30:07again is the good part
30:08that other girls
30:09don't have to go through
30:10through that
30:11but
30:12um
30:13yeah, that was
30:14I mean
30:15you frame it
30:16that this was a young girl
30:17who didn't
30:18who
30:19was coerced to do
30:20this and then was publicly humiliated
30:22and then flogged for it
30:23afterwards
30:24it's like
30:25it really wasn't
30:26it really wasn't
30:27really wasn't fair
30:28I'm not going to mention the name of the guy
30:30because you cleverly didn't do that in the doc
30:33have you ever spoken to that ex again
30:35no
30:36would you ever have a conversation with him
30:38no
30:39um
30:40have you
30:40thought about
30:41when your kids find out
30:42about the sex tape
30:43and how you'll approach it with them
30:45that's going to be a really just painful
30:50subject to talk about
30:51like
30:52I don't even know
30:53like I haven't even thought about
30:54what I'm
30:55going to say
30:56since they're only two years old right now
30:58um
30:59but
31:00hopefully by talking to them
31:04they'll
31:05never have something like that happen to them
31:07or they'll be taken advantage of
31:09so it's just
31:10horrible
31:12and now just being a mom again
31:13just thinking about that
31:14just
31:15it makes me even sadder for me
31:17that I had to go through all that
31:18and so publicly
31:19and have people
31:20vilify me for it
31:21when I was just a 19 year old
31:23kid basically
31:24yeah the media
31:25were just
31:26brutal
31:27for you
31:28the news media
31:29particularly
31:30the experts
31:30in the documentary said
31:31you're targeted
31:32because of your intelligence
31:33to play the game effectively
31:35you kind of played the game together
31:36similar to Princess Diana
31:37you worked with the press at times
31:39welcomed them into your life
31:40posed for the paparazzi
31:42do you think you paid the price for that?
31:45by welcome in the media
31:46I didn't think that was fair at all
31:48I was always
31:49respectful
31:50and kind
31:51and I knew
31:52that people were just trying
31:53to do their job
31:54so I would
31:55always be nice to everyone
31:57I never
31:58was one of those celebrities
31:59that would you know tell
32:00them off
32:01or go off on them
32:02like I've seen
32:03some people do
32:04so I
32:05I just thought it was
32:06really unfair
32:07the way that they did that
32:08I'm going to read some of the headlines
32:09from the
32:10documentary
32:11and just ask you like
32:12how did they make you feel
32:14back then
32:15like
32:16the idea that
32:17this was a description
32:18of a young woman
32:19in her early twenties
32:20Paris Hilton
32:21what's the point
32:22famous for nothing
32:23bimbo summit
32:24no brains
32:25all fame
32:25a new low for celebrity culture
32:27like you're human
32:28just like the rest of us
32:29how did that
32:30feel at the time
32:31it was really hurtful
32:33you know I was just a young girl
32:35just living my life
32:37but I had the whole world watching
32:39and
32:40fudging and picking everything apart
32:42and just
32:43I felt like no matter what
32:45what I did or what I accomplished
32:47people
32:48just
32:49refused to
32:50I don't know
32:51just see
32:52see me as like a human being
32:54it was just
32:55like
32:56a cartoon character
32:57or like a punchline
32:58that they just make fun of
33:00and
33:01it just always hurt my feelings
33:02because I've always been such
33:03a sensitive person as well
33:05and
33:06then on top of it
33:07when having ADHD
33:08we
33:09experienced
33:10emotions
33:11like
33:12ten times more
33:13than a
33:14neurotypical person
33:15and
33:16especially
33:17there's something called RSD
33:19which is
33:20rejection sensitive dysphoria
33:21which
33:2299%
33:23of people with ADHD experience
33:25so
33:26to have things like
33:28said like
33:29that
33:30is just
33:33physically painful
33:34like it's
33:35like
33:36being stabbed in the heart
33:37like it's just
33:38I would
33:39cry so much
33:40all the time
33:41just like
33:42constantly hearing things
33:43and people making up lies
33:44and stories
33:45it was just
33:46a nightmare
33:47What would you say
33:48to the people who wrote
33:49those headlines now?
33:51say
33:52look at me now
33:53honey
33:55I've always loved proving
33:56people wrong
33:57someone
33:58so much of my career
33:59I've been underestimated
34:00and misunderstood
34:01so now
34:02today
34:03just to see
34:04my life
34:05and everything
34:05that I've accomplished
34:06and
34:07my beautiful family
34:08and
34:09just everything
34:10that I've done
34:11and
34:12now
34:13I've had so many people
34:14come up and apologize to me
34:15so many reporters
34:16just
34:17people
34:18on the street
34:19have said that
34:20if I'm doing an interview
34:21just so many people
34:22have said I'm so sorry
34:23for the way that
34:24myself and others
34:25treated you
34:26because you did not deserve that
34:27so it feels
34:28it's very healing
34:29to hear that
34:30from people
34:31to realize that they know
34:32it was wrong
34:33What advice would you give
34:34to the
34:35to the young girl
34:36who's going through that now?
34:39my
34:40advice would be
34:41that
34:42you shouldn't listen
34:44to people like
34:45that
34:46that
34:47what matters most
34:48is what you think of yourself
34:49so don't let that
34:50outside noise
34:51affect how you feel
34:52about yourself
34:53because
34:54it
34:55a lot of people
34:56can be mean
34:57especially
34:58you know now with the internet
34:59and
35:00people are able to hide behind a computer
35:02and
35:03It's a difference
35:04It's a difference
35:05I feel like the media
35:07it wasn't like that
35:08but then there's like the internet trolls
35:10so we're just like
35:11these people living in like
35:12their parents' basement
35:13like miserable
35:14with no life
35:15and like
35:16just sit on the computer all day
35:17just writing rude things to people
35:20like I just would tell them
35:21like I would feel bad
35:22for these people
35:23that they
35:24are that
35:25miserable
35:26that they need to go
35:27and try to
35:28tear you down
35:29and don't let it affect you
35:30In the movie
35:31I found it really interesting
35:32you talking about your ADHD
35:33and thank you
35:34I think
35:35like I believe
35:36with mental health challenges
35:37it's so important to talk about them
35:38and normalise them
35:39and
35:40you stigmatise them
35:41and make people feel less alone
35:42and
35:43you've been a leading person with ADHD
35:45to do that
35:46and the quote that really hit me
35:47from the documentary was
35:48I have all the success
35:49but I
35:50I wish I could be as happy as someone
35:52without the ADHD demon voice
35:54who
35:55would have had all these things
35:56still have
35:57would have had all these things
35:58so
35:59do you still feel
36:00like that
36:01it's
36:02it's gotten
36:03much better
36:04like now that I
36:05I've
36:06really studied and researched
36:08and know so much about my ADHD
36:10but
36:11growing up
36:12no one was talking about it
36:13especially with young girls
36:15so
36:16so I had no idea
36:17like being in school
36:18and constantly
36:19getting
36:20in trouble all the time
36:21like not able to focus
36:22like
36:23always in detention
36:24always failing
36:25like all the tests
36:26because I couldn't remember anything
36:28or like losing my homework
36:29just like so many
36:30things would happen
36:31and
36:32you know people with ADD
36:33would just be called like
36:34bad kids
36:35and I think that's
36:36you know one of the reasons
36:37I got sent away to these schools
36:38is because of it
36:39because I just
36:40wasn't
36:40not able to
36:41focus in school or anything
36:43no matter how hard I tried
36:45and
36:46and
36:47then
36:48now knowing
36:49that
36:50the
36:50voices
36:51from that
36:52that are negative self-talk
36:53are not
36:54true
36:55like
36:56that is always a good thing
36:57so anytime I do
36:58have that happening
36:59I'll just immediately say
37:00that's not
37:00not you
37:01that's just your ADHD
37:02so that's how you manage it
37:03that's really
37:04I really love sharing the solutions
37:05that's how you
37:06yeah
37:07I talked to this amazing doctor
37:08named Dr. Hallowell
37:09I talked to this amazing doctor named Dr. Hallowell
37:10who is like one of the leading ADHD psychiatrists
37:13and
37:14he has it as well
37:15and he calls it the demon
37:17it's called DMN
37:19which is
37:20it's like the default mode network
37:22is what the real
37:23term for it is
37:24in the documentary
37:25the demon
37:26I found it fascinating
37:27the idea that all of these mean things are being said about
37:30you in the press
37:31but it's worse in your head
37:33that you were saying worse things about yourself
37:35yeah so
37:36that was just painful
37:37and I think
37:38through doing this documentary
37:40like
37:41I feel like I never even gave myself the credit for like
37:43how much I survived even going through
37:45that
37:46like after everything I had already went through in these schools
37:48then
37:49you know coming out into
37:50Hollywood
37:51and then having
37:52the media say all these crazy things
37:53like it was just
37:55it was
37:56it was just so traumatizing back then
37:58so I'm so
38:00like
38:01like
38:02grateful now
38:03to have healed from that
38:04and now I'm able to
38:05tell my story to others
38:06because I know there's so many other
38:08you know kids
38:09who have ADHD
38:10who I'm sure
38:11are going through the same thing right now
38:13and
38:14just to
38:15tell them and let them know that
38:16this is something that we all experience
38:18and that those things are not true
38:20and
38:21to be strong
38:22and to lean on
38:23in on it
38:24is your superpower
38:25because I wouldn't be the woman I am today without it as well
38:28I wouldn't be the entrepreneur I am
38:30I wouldn't be the creative I am
38:31I wouldn't have these so many different businesses without the ADHD
38:35so I want to inspire others that this can be a superpower
38:40and you can just lean in to what you love
38:42they say that we can't focus
38:44but
38:45that's not true
38:46we can hyper focus
38:47like no other
38:48we just can't focus on things
38:50that are boring
38:51but the things that light us up
38:53we will focus
38:54like a superhero
38:55that's really interesting
38:56it's just that all of our brains have worked differently
38:58and so
38:59the fact you're talking
39:00about it
39:01and normalising this
39:02and showing it's actually a positive
39:03not a negative
39:04is a great
39:05example for society
39:06so thank you
39:07I've had so many
39:08families
39:09kids
39:10people come up to me
39:11and say thank you so much
39:12for writing your song
39:13ADHD
39:14like
39:15my child used to be so ashamed of it
39:17but now
39:18that's their anthem
39:19and they're singing it every morning
39:20and telling everyone
39:21ADHD is my superpower
39:23so I love how I'm able to
39:25reframe it
39:26especially for these young kids
39:27growing up with it
39:28because I know that a lot of them are struggling
39:29and back in the normal
39:30difficulties
39:31you felt you couldn't
39:32admit
39:33to having any weaknesses
39:35and
39:35now it's different
39:36opening up with your vulnerabilities
39:38is your superpower
39:39yes for sure
39:40and growing up in the 2000s
39:42like no one was even saying the word mental health
39:44like if you heard
39:45that they'd be like what like mental hospital like they wouldn't understand that
39:49I'm a big
39:50believer
39:51and I've done a lot of work in the mental health space
39:52that like
39:53everybody has got somebody in the family who's going
39:55through something scratched beneath the surface
39:57I've got people with PTSD
39:59ADHD
40:00to the clinical depression
40:02and it
40:03people don't talk about it
40:04and we shouldn't
40:05encourage it
40:06make people feel less alone
40:07so thank you for all of your work
40:08thank you
40:09thank you
40:10it's amazing seeing this new generation and how open they are
40:13just how you know
40:15we were all taught like
40:16if anything's wrong
40:17don't talk about it
40:18just like
40:19everything's fine
40:20but when you do talk about things
40:21it just shows like
40:22the power of vulnerability
40:24and telling your 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
40:30feel safe to open up as well
40:32and then it starts like
40:33this whole domino effect
40:34where so many
40:35people could heal
40:36around the world
40:37so you are just like us
40:38the relatable things
40:39are what matter
40:40so all of my gay friends are totally jealous
40:43that I'm here with you at your house
40:45and until I saw this documentary
40:47I didn't really realize why you were a gay icon
40:50and I had tears streaming down my face
40:53when you said
40:54they are the
40:55the ones who gave me the greatest gift
40:57showing me what it truly means to live my true pursuit
41:00for so long
41:01I was weighed down by the shame
41:02over what I went through
41:03in the troubled teen industry
41:05I've never heard a straight person understand
41:07the shame that gay people go through
41:09living
41:10in a world
41:11feeling othered
41:12and not feeling welcomed
41:13and the fact that you could
41:15empathize with that
41:16with what you've gone through
41:17I found that really powerful
41:19so thank you
41:20when did you realize
41:21your similarities with the gay community?
41:25just especially getting out of those schools
41:28and then David LaChapelle
41:30and I
41:31we've been very close friends forever
41:32and I was one of his muses
41:33and he would take me to all the gay
41:35clubs
41:36so I was hanging out with him
41:37and Amanda Lepore
41:38and like Patricia Field
41:39and like that
41:40the whole club scene
41:41and just feeling so like
41:43much love
41:44so accepting
41:45being accepted
41:46just seeing these people
41:47who just like
41:48live their life out loud
41:49just
41:50beautiful
41:51inside and out
41:52and
41:53just
41:54learned so much
41:55from that
41:56just an incredible community
41:57in so many ways
41:58Pride is my favorite time of the year
42:00it's
42:01so much fun
42:02just being on stage
42:03performing
42:04going to all the gay clubs
42:05and
42:06feeling the energy
42:07the love in the room
42:08it's like
42:09nothing
42:10I couldn't even describe
42:11it's just so much fun
42:13well thank
42:14thank you for your support
42:15the way you vocalized
42:16that connection to the community
42:17was so breathtaking
42:19how have you
42:20dealt with that shame
42:22that you talked about
42:23I've just felt that
42:24a lot
42:25a lot of the things
42:26that have happened in my life
42:27are because other people hurt me
42:29and some
42:30something
42:31another message in this film
42:32that I want to
42:33have others know
42:34is that
42:35the shame
42:36should not be on us
42:37it should be on the people
42:38who hurt us
42:40and
42:41I was actually speaking with
42:42one of the survivors
42:43who
42:44went to
42:45Trogo Canyon School with me
42:46and she said that to me
42:47when we were doing my first documentary
42:49and that
42:50that's something that has stuck with me
42:51ever since
42:52and it's so true
42:53I feel like so many of the times
42:54so many
42:55many of us have held on to shame
42:57which never should have been on us
42:59it should have always been on us
43:00that person
43:01who hurt us
43:02so I think that's such a powerful message
43:03for people
43:04to know
43:05in their hearts
43:06because I feel like that would take away
43:08a lot of pain from people
43:09if they knew
43:10that
43:11motherhood they say
43:12becoming a parent
43:13will humble you
43:14and make you just
43:15like us
43:16what's one way
43:17your kids have humbled you recently
43:19yeah
43:20they are just
43:21my
43:22everything
43:23my world
43:24and
43:25it's
43:26every day with them
43:27just feels like a dream come true
43:28I've always wanted to be a mom
43:30and
43:31now to have these two little angels
43:33who are just
43:34the cutest
43:35little
43:36fun
43:37like sweet
43:38smart
43:39um
43:40they're just
43:41everything to me
43:42I'm so
43:43so lucky that I'm their mom
43:45what was your latest breakdown in tears mummy meltdown moment
43:50they're such good kids
43:51I know
43:52I've never had like a meltdown moment
43:54they're really well
43:55behaved
43:56they're so well behaved
43:57they're so
43:58like
43:59just
44:00smart
44:00they're so kind
44:01they're so gentle
44:02they're on an amazing sleep schedule
44:04like they're just like
44:05the perfect kids
44:06so
44:07when they become teenagers
44:08if they turn out to be wild
44:10how are you gonna do with this
44:12I think about that a lot
44:14that's
44:15that scares me
44:16um
44:17you're not gonna send them to a provost school
44:18we know that
44:19definitely not
44:20um
44:22that's why
44:23even with this house
44:24like I wanna like
44:25build
44:25like this world
44:26where they
44:27never wanna sneak out
44:28cause they'll just always wanna invite all their friends
44:30here
44:31and this will be like the house everyone
44:32like
44:33is at
44:34like
44:35movie night
44:35and going in the pool
44:36and the water slide
44:37and just like
44:38having so much fun
44:39where like
44:40I feel like
44:40they'll never wanna leave
44:41and if they try to sneak out
44:43we have
44:44the most advanced
44:45security system
44:46security guards
44:47cameras
44:48lasers
44:49you
44:50everything
44:51so
44:52there will be no sneaking out
44:53on my watch
44:54to your crease
44:55you're creating a safe environment
44:57very safe environment
44:58so they don't want to leave
45:00if they did they couldn't
45:01anyway
45:02um
45:03what's something your mum and dad
45:04have taught
45:05you
45:05about life and parenting
45:07that you wanna pass on to your kids
45:08or
45:09or is there anything you wanna
45:10do
45:10differently
45:11i love that
45:13my mum and dad
45:14just
45:15always made
45:16every holiday especially
45:17so
45:18special
45:19just like
45:20my mum is like
45:21the queen of christmas
45:22so with all the decorating
45:23like
45:24all of that i learned
45:25from her
45:26and just making the
45:27all those family moments
45:28just like unforgettable
45:29and like
45:30just all of the memories
45:32and family traditions
45:33that i learned from my parents
45:34i'm now passing on to
45:35my children
45:36and
45:37just how important family is
45:39and being
45:40close with each other
45:41and
45:42yeah
45:43just
45:44just like the hall
45:45the holidays are so special
45:46and i love that
45:47my mum really
45:48instilled that into me
45:49and
45:50yeah
45:51how is
45:52kathy as a grandma
45:53how is grandma kathy
45:54is she hands on
45:55don't
45:55did she spoil them rotten
45:56don't call her grandma
45:58she's
46:00called kiki
46:01and she is
46:02the cutest
46:03and the best
46:04and the kids
46:05love when she comes over
46:07they love going to her house
46:08she has like a whole
46:10like children's nursery playroom
46:12at the house
46:13that has
46:14all the
46:15coolest toys
46:16and everything
46:17so they're always going over there
46:18and playing with her
46:19and she's very
46:20childlike in so many ways as well
46:21so she's just so sweet with them
46:23and
46:24she
46:25she's obsessed
46:26especially with london
46:27she's like london
46:28is like my twin
46:29because if you look
46:30at their baby photos
46:31they look so similar
46:32oh really
46:33that's so cute
46:34but she's an amazing
46:35yeah she's an amazing grandma
46:37so you have 20 boy embryos on ice I read
46:40after trying for a girl for so many times
46:43will you keep them on ice
46:45yeah
46:46so you never know
46:47so you consider more kids
46:49I
46:50I love having two
46:51but you never know
46:52because they're getting so big
46:53so I just
46:54I love babies so much
46:55so
46:56maybe there'll be another brother one day
46:58we'll see what happens
47:00or if someone in the family needs one
47:02we have lots of boys
47:04we talked about this
47:05earlier about how trolls and social media are difficult
47:08and there's so much mum shaming on social
47:10like critiquing like a baby's physicality
47:13it's so appalling
47:14how do you handle
47:15things like that
47:16what does it bring out on you
47:17I'm like a protective mama bear so
47:20I get very protective
47:22and
47:23you know
47:24sometimes
47:25there is
47:26you know
47:27people online
47:28who want to be mean and negative
47:29and I just think it's so
47:30wrong to
47:31talk about a baby
47:32in a bad way
47:33or
47:34just like
47:35like a cruel way
47:36so I
47:37am always very protective of it
47:39but
47:40there's been so many moms and others
47:42who have been so supportive
47:43and so amazing
47:44and
47:45I love being able to share my life with them
47:48and
47:49it's always nice to hear from them
47:50and the other moms
47:51because
47:52moms are superheroes and we can do it all
47:55just like
47:56just like us
47:57that's a leveler
47:58and like
47:59no matter if you've got millions
48:00of dollars
48:01like
48:02you still have to go through the same struggles as other parents
48:05how do you and Carter think about balancing privacy with sharing family moments
48:10like how do you ever have any tension about that
48:12I feel like I
48:13I share so much of my
48:15in my life
48:16um
48:17and I love my fans
48:19and I know that they
48:20love seeing my family
48:22so I love to show them certain moments or not like
48:25every single day
48:26but
48:27all like the
48:28special fun moments
48:30that we
48:30we do together
48:31it's always fun to share them
48:32like
48:33Phoenix just like
48:34always the same
48:35being the cutest things
48:36and
48:37um
48:38I don't know
48:39what's the funny thing you said
48:40like
48:40he
48:41he
48:42just everything
48:43like he just like
48:44he says
48:45all of my
48:45catchphrases
48:46like
48:47that's hot
48:48iconic
48:49loves it
48:50things
48:51living says
48:52he says
48:53sana song
48:54he loves singing that song
48:55London
48:55just learned it
48:56so she's now saying it
48:57iconic is favorite
48:58is London's favorite word
49:00and it's our dog's name as well
49:02so
49:03they're just so cute
49:04I can't
49:05I can't
49:06I'm like obsessed
49:07I can't take it
49:08so the whole gang now
49:10the crew back in the day
49:11are all mums
49:12do you and Kim Kardashian
49:13ever bond over motherhood
49:14these days?
49:15we do
49:16we talk a lot
49:17about
49:18our kids
49:19how much fun it is to be a mom
49:20um
49:22I met Dr. Wong through her
49:24who was both
49:25for our doctors
49:26for our babies
49:27and
49:28she's such an amazing mom
49:29does she
49:30give you advice?
49:31she said just to like
49:32soak up every moment
49:33because it
49:34it goes so fast
49:35and they are just growing up so fast
49:37how often do you two hang out?
49:39um
49:40we're both so busy
49:41so anytime
49:42like during the holidays
49:43or if it's like
49:44an event
49:45or something
49:46but I love her so much
49:48I'm so proud of her
49:49Carter seems
49:50so supportive of you
49:51how do you parent together?
49:53we're
49:54just
49:55the best parents
49:56we have so much fun with the kids
49:58Carter is just so
50:00sweet and fun
50:01and gentle
50:02and just an amazing dad
50:03and
50:05they love him so much
50:06and we just have the best time
50:07with the kids
50:08always
50:09do you agree on all the parenting principles?
50:10there's things
50:11there's not come up
50:12things you've disagreed with so far
50:13no
50:14you sorted that all out beforehand
50:15yeah
50:15um
50:16how does he really feel about your obsession with pink
50:19and your interior design?
50:20like the pink tennis court and everything
50:23he loves it
50:24he loves anything that
50:25will make me happy
50:26it's like
50:27really incredible
50:28that
50:29is an amazing moment
50:30because the next
50:30question was
50:31how
50:32how and when did you know
50:33Carter was right for you?
50:34but like
50:35I just knew right away
50:37there was just something special about him
50:39I could just tell
50:40like
50:41right
50:42when he looked at me and smiled
50:43I could just look in someone's eyes
50:45and see
50:46whether
50:47like they're a good person or not
50:48and he
50:49has
50:50such incredible family values
50:51he's so
50:52kind
50:53and patient
50:54and loyal
50:55and sweet
50:56and funny
50:57and loving
50:58and
50:59lifts me up
51:00in a way that
51:00no one ever has before
51:01and
51:02he seems to love you for you
51:03yeah
51:04I feel like so safe
51:05with him
51:06where I feel like
51:07anything is possible
51:08and
51:09that's an amazing
51:10feeling
51:11it's been so hard
51:12to trust people
51:13with everything that's happened
51:14in my life
51:15and
51:16you know
51:17I met him at a time where
51:18I just
51:19was like
51:20I'm not even gonna
51:20get married
51:21I'm not gonna be with anyone
51:22like I don't need a man
51:23and that's what I was thinking
51:25and then
51:25met him
51:26so
51:27they always say like
51:28love will find you
51:29when you're not looking for it
51:30and
51:30I never believed that either
51:31but
51:32I guess it's true
51:33because it worked with me
51:34and so
51:35you've done
51:36so
51:37so much
51:38what unfinished business have you got
51:40but what have you still got to prove
51:41what's next
51:42I feel like I have a
51:45accomplished like everything that I would want to in life
51:48but I'm just gonna continue on
51:50with everything I'm doing
51:51with 1111 Media
51:52and
51:53just all of the different projects
51:55I have
51:56with that
51:57and
51:58I'm very excited for
51:59ParaV
52:00my
52:00skincare line
52:01that
52:02I developed for the past three years
52:03and
52:04building new products
52:05with that as well
52:06and
52:07continuing on with the music
52:09and all my advocacy
52:10work
52:11and
52:12continuing to build IP
52:13and
52:14then
52:15getting involved more in real estate
52:17with my own hotels
52:18and
52:19um
52:20yeah
52:21Paris Hilton Hotels
52:22rivaling Hilton Hotels
52:24um
52:25skincare line
52:26you are aging backwards
52:27you look
52:28amazing
52:29like
52:30I
52:30you have a
52:31LED mask
52:32like
52:33just like us
52:34but you have a whole machine
52:35I read
52:35yeah
52:36the spa
52:37the sliving spa
52:38the sliving spa
52:39what
52:40what works the best for
52:40readers
52:41for anti-aging
52:42how can we look as amazing as you
52:43what works the best
52:44is ParaV
52:45my skincare line of course
52:46and
52:47then the LED
52:48red light is incredible
52:50uh
52:51cryotherapy
52:52um
52:53hyperbaric chambers
52:54the number one thing
52:55for longevity
52:56which I'm obsessed with
52:57um
52:58I just invested into
52:59Brian Johnson
53:00a
53:01company as well
53:02uh
53:03Blueprint
53:04which I'm obsessed with
53:05um
53:06so I think
53:07I
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53:58Yes, of course.
53:59Stars Are Blind, and I love Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Cards.
54:02One of my favorites.
54:03So iconic.
54:05Classic.
54:06How much help do you have?
54:08Around the house.
54:09Yeah, we have, like, the nannies, the people who helped take care of the house.
54:13And the handyman, and yeah, all of them.
54:18And I love them so much.
54:19They're, like, part of the family.
54:20What's the most surprisingly normal thing you do every day?
54:23That no one would ever expect from Paris Hilton.
54:26Most normal thing.
54:28Just being with my kids in the morning, eating cereal.
54:34Watching cartoons.
54:35I like Frosted Flakes.
54:36I love cooking.
54:37I love making.
54:38French toast with Frosted Flakes cooked onto it.
54:41It's so good.
54:42That's a good one.
54:43American breakfast.
54:44She is just like us.
54:45How much do you spend on glam in a year?
54:48Would you estimate?
54:49I don't know.
54:50I've never looked into that, but I'm sure a lot.
54:53What's one household chore you secretly love doing yourself?
54:58I don't know.
54:59You don't do any?
55:04Organizing.
55:05I like organizing as well.
55:06I like organizing.
55:07I like tidying a head.
55:08I hate cleaning.
55:09When was the last time you pumped gas?
55:11I used to pump gas.
55:13I used to drive everywhere.
55:14But I honestly never leave the house now, like unless I have to.
55:18And then I have a driver.
55:19And then I'm always just going directly from here to the airport.
55:23And flying somewhere.
55:24So I have not done gas in a long time.
55:27But if I.
55:28Was driving, I would do it.
55:29I don't mind.
55:30You would.
55:31Don't mind.
55:32Okay.
55:33You are just like us.
55:34Well, thank you for sharing.
55:33Your incredible journey and the wisdom that you've imparted.
55:36And how you've helped people along.
55:38The way.
55:39And 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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