There are drama queens… and then there are Paris Hilton-like drama queens. The former find it seemingly impossible to ride life’s ups and downs and often make mountains out of molehills by twisting facts or misinterpreting events so they can appear to be the victim. The latter, well, let’s just say they are in their own self absorbed universe and it’s rare when their daily actions aren’t covered by a flock of photographers and reporters.
Such is the life of Paris Hilton, only in the days following her sentence of 45 days behind bars for violating probation the socialite has elevated her status of drama queen to new heights. And people are starting to take notice. Even the ones who would have never allowed their names to be used in the same sentence as the hotel heiress prior to her conviction are standing in line to give her a bit of “advice” before she dons her prison garb.
Some of the names even surprised me—like Candy Spelling. (Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.) Tori Spelling’s once-estranged drama queen mother who spent years holed up in her 56,000-square-foot recently wrote an open letter to Hilton on TMZ.com.
It read in part:
“I know she’s there, and I know she can be a good citizen and maturely face consequences other people would have to face under the same circumstances.”
The letter then speaks directly to Hilton:
“I am sorry you have been sentenced to jail. I can’t think of too much that would be worse. But since you let this happen, use the next couple of weeks preparing … by looking around [and] realizing that you are not as truly entitled as your money implies. You are a young woman who can add more to her community than establishing new definitions for infamy.”
UGH! Did you hear that? It was the sound of Hilton recovering from being kicked in the gut by an older version of herself. And to add insult to injury fellow heiress Patty Hearst, who spent time behind bars on a bank robbery charge following her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army, also took time out of her oh-so busy schedule to kick the reality TV star while she was down.
Hearst addressed rumors on TMZ.com that she was counseling the future jailbird:
“In spite of reports to the contrary, I can assure you that I have not had any contact with Paris (or any member of her family) regarding her upcoming jail time, or any other matter. I must say that my heart goes out to the inmates of the Century Regional Detention Center. Forty-five days with Paris Hilton and the attendant publicity seems like cruel and unusual punishment to me. Perhaps they should be petitioning the governor for relief?” Hearst concludes, “OK, that wasn’t nice. But seriously, if Paris really wants my advice, it’s this: Read Candy Spelling’s letter several times and take her advice to heart.”
Perhaps we are the ones living in the altered universe. After all, the day that Patty Hearst tells Paris Hilton to take Candy Spelling’s advice… the Earth surely must have shifted on its axis.