Paris Hilton Visit To NJ Funeral Home Angers Residents

Paris Hilton’s funeral humor is not funny to some Bergen County residents. In a recent episode of Hilton and Nicole Richie’s reality show “The Simple Life” set at a Wood-Ridge funeral home, the two drove a hearse, filled in a grave and held a mock funeral.They also spilled what appeared to be human ashes onto a carpet and used a vacuum cleaner to fix the room.

Amy Van Dalinda said the Kohler Funeral Home handled the services for her father and other residents.

Seeing a mock funeral in the same room where her father’s real one was held was upsetting to her.

But funeral home owner John Podesta says he would not have let the show be taped there if he thought it was undermine his business’ reputation.