My best friend called me from Hawaii last night and before we hung up she asked me what I thought about Paris Hilton’s appearance on CNN. I told her to read my blog. (Just kidding.) Actually, our discussion focused more about how much the 26-year-old millionairess went on about how “rough” she had it behind bars. According to the socialite, prison food stunk, she was traumatized by the fact she couldn’t hug her family members because of that darn glass partition, and she was sooooo cold it was almost unbearable.
My friend’s take on Hilton’s situation went something like this: She says she would be happy to spend 23 days behind bars (actually she said 23 weeks) if she could live like Paris Hilton when she got out. Meaning if she could walk out of jail and return to a life of wealth and luxury—-what’s three weeks in the slammer? She’s got a great point. Think about it; if you or I were sentenced to jail the scary part wouldn’t be anticipating the temperature of a cell or wondering how we would survive eating prison slop, it would be wondering how the consequences of being locked up would affect our lives. We’d be wondering who would care for our family members while we were serving time and we’d be asking questions such as what will happen to our house, our car, our job, our reputations, and would anyone hire us ever again. Obviously someone who doesn’t have to worry about money isn’t going to have the same jail experience as someone who lives on a budget.
Speaking of budgets… Hilton said something that struck me during her interview with Larry King: “A lot people don’t know I’m a businesswoman, and I run several businesses.”
Really?
I guess I wasn’t the only one who raised an eyebrow upon hearing that because last night TV’s “Access Hollywood” ran the results of an investigation they completed on Hilton’s employment claims. The show found that Paris is listed as President of three businesses, two of which are located in Beverly Hills: “Paris Hilton Entertainment” and “Paris Hilton Enterprises.” Her other business, “Heiress Records,” is located in Carlsbad, North of San Diego. It’s an offshoot label of Warner Bros. Records, which produced her self-titled album.
“People just focus on the ‘party’ part, and my business and what I do is at my office,” Hilton told King. “And in my meetings…that’s not really made public, because I’m, you know, in a boardroom talking with everyone who works with me.”
Really?
Turns out that Paris’ Beverly Hills office is located at the same address as her father’s business. Only, according to “Access Hollywood” there’s no phone number listed for Paris’ office — only that of her father’s.
And speaking of her father… Paris told Larry King: “Well, a misconception that I always hear is ‘Paris doesn’t work for a living,’ she just, you know, ‘gets money from her family,’ and I completely disagree with that. I’ve made a name on my own, by myself. I’ve not taken any money from my family.”
Really?
Interestingly, the SmokingGun.com published a 2002 letter to Paris from her father, Rick Hilton, which shows that daddy and mommy did help both Paris and her sister, Nicky financially. In the letter, Paris’ father promises to give Paris and Nicky a $20,000 advance in royalties, and 40% of all profits of their jewelry line they developed in Japan.
“Mom and I created the Uptown & Downtown fragrances to give you girls credibility and have you taken more serious,” Rick Hilton wrote.
So as I said earlier… when you are making $7 million a year (as reported by Forbes) and are asking for $200,000 to appear at a party for just 20 minutes then your time in jail is going to be significantly different than Joe Average.
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