Paris Hilton: BFF reality show, not always real

To promote Paris Hilton’s British Best Friend in Canada, Kat Angus, an obvious hater from a blatant hate site Dose.ca, interviewed Paris Hilton.

She noted how the questions to Paris were carefully reviewed for approval in order to avoid “any that are deemed inappropriate or unworthy,” and how “a publicist is always on high alert, ready to shut you down.”

She wrote a not-so-nice article about Paris with a few factual errors. You can read her article here. I’m just going to post interesting quotes by Paris:

“Everyone who comes on the show, they’re just surprised by how down-to-earth and sweet I am, and how real I am and how funny I am.”

“I want to get rid of the people who I think aren’t there for the right reasons, so they’re going to have to go through some challenges and they’ll have to be tested to see who wants this the baddest.”

“I sometimes will tell them gossip that’s not true just to see if they’ll go and spill it, and some of the contestants did. I like testing people with trust and things like that.”

“I obviously have friends in real life, so it’s not like I’m, like, desperate to find friends. I’m mostly just doing it because it’s entertaining for the viewers. Obviously I’m playing it up a little bit and it’s very tongue-in-cheek. Sometimes I’ll say things that I normally wouldn’t say in real life.”

“I hate bossing people around and I hate telling people what to do. That’s not really how I am in real life. I don’t make people do things.”

“When I hang out with the contestants without the cameras on, they see who I really am.”

From: Charlie N
Time: February 24, 2009, 2:05 am

*Sigh* Okay, I read what Kat had to say about Paris Hilton in her Dose article. She would seemingly portray Paris as a self-serving sociopath, and at first I was a little annoyed by what I read. The thing that I am having trouble with is this…. People will share as much or as little about themselves as they are willing to. Many people hide behind many masks, many layers, and their reasons for hiding behind those masks might be as numbered as the masks they hide behind.

If such is true on a personal level, and if it is true that Paris has made herself into a brand, then her personal life is tantamount to her professional life. The line between the two becomes more blurred, and that could either be very good or very bad.
The thing is, I have seen everyday businesses that hide details from their clients and customers. They go to great lengths to make sure that certain information is kept from them, so why should this be any different?

Who willfully portrays themselves in a negative light? I’m the first to admit each of us is human, and the trademark of our humanity is the fact we possess varied faults. I also like to believe that we do the best we know how to do with our current level of resources.

I speculate that Paris Hilton is very much like that, upon meeting Paris, I believe she would let me (or anyone else) know as much or as little about the real Paris Hilton as she is willing to share with us. Don’t get me wrong, that is not meant as a negative remark; just because she chooses to reveal less about herself, it does not mean she is lying. It just means she is not revealing as much as you might want to know, and the same can be said about you, me, or anyone else.

I *KNOW* this is true in businesses, I have seen it first hand, and they do not want their clients to be aware of it for fear or losing their business. It would be a mistake to assume that is true with Paris as well, because you need to know her intentions and motivation. She may be aware of other very influential factors that we might not be aware of, and they may cause her to have to be less revealing.

I have a few friends on the WWE roster, one in particular is a pretty good friend of mine. In getting to be friends with this particular WWE superstar, I learned a lot of very personal things about him that this person willingly shared with me. The things this person has shared with me will go to my grave with me, because like Paris, I understand the enormous value of trust. I’ve had that trust betrayed from a very young age and learned to be guarded, too. There are very few people in the world that I trust openly and completely, so I can never condemn Paris for trying to protect herself.

From: Dawn
Time: February 25, 2009, 1:05 pm

When a person writes negativ things about Paris Hilton it usually says more about the writer than about Paris.

People seem to continually project their own shortcomings on her.
They also engage in very transparent efforts to bring her down a few notches by printing outright lies or halftruths.

But they are just making her more famous while she goes on living her life the way she wants to.

From: Dawn
Time: February 25, 2009, 1:06 pm

“negative” . Sorry.

From: newfan
Time: March 1, 2009, 11:35 am

I did not read the interview bec. I don’t want to read more negative stories about Paris. And, based on your comments the interview does not really show Paris in a good light. Most times, I don’t read interviews or videos with Paris bec. she almost always comes out in an unflattering light. Seems most of her interviews are hit and miss. Maybe she should not participate in interviews at all, just let the Publicist or PR person do the spreading of the news for her.