Did you happen to catch Paris Hilton’s first words as a free woman? I saw bits of pieces of her taped piece while I was getting my daughter ready for bed. The CNN interview (her first broadcast interview since leaving jail Tuesday) was conducted by Larry King and was just as I figured it would be—filled with awkward pauses as the heir-head–I mean heiress–collected her thoughts and tried to put them into words.
If you missed the interview, which detailed the socialite’s 23 days behind bars here’s a sampling of what you would have heard:
According to Paris, being locked up in a cell was a “traumatic experience” and something she “never expected.” You see, her lawyer told her that the most she would get for driving with a suspended license would be a few hours of community service. Boy, was he wrong. (P.S. Hilton’s attorney was replaced shortly after the judge sentenced the party princess to jail.)
The 26-year-old hotel heiress appeared subdued as she told King she received letters from supporters around the world, including U.S. soldiers in Iraq and people as far away as India. Which is interesting to me considering I thought of those deployed soldiers many times after hearing Hilton whine about not being able to hug her parents because the jail’s glass partition got in the way. I wonder how the soldiers feel about not being able to touch or see their loved ones for months at a time, never mind a couple of weeks.
Hilton went on to say: “I’ve been through a lot. It was a pretty traumatic experience, something that I really have grown from.” However, she didn’t elaborate on what more she had to “go through” besides being served bologna for lunch and “prison slop” and “mystery meat” for dinner.
When King asked whether she thought she got a “raw deal,” she said yes and vowed she would never drink and drive again. Strangely, she later told King that she doesn’t drink alcohol, though people think she does (including the cops who issued her the sobriety test she failed, I suppose).
Hilton also told King she thought her time in the slammer had changed her for the better.
“I feel like God does make everything happen for a reason,” she said. “And it gave me, you know, a time-out in life just to really find out what is important and what I want to do, figure out who I am.” By the way, Hilton also noted she will be attending Mass on Sunday from now on. (Note to paparazzi: I’d pay to see a photo of that.)
When King asked about her reputation as a party girl, the newly beautified Hilton acknowledged she likes to go out with friends, but insisted that she is not a wild child.
I am a social person,” Hilton said. “I love to dance, I love to go out, I love music. But a lot of people don’t know that I’m a businessperson. I run several businesses.”
She then ran down a list of jobs she has completed including starring on a reality TV show, appearing in a string of B-movies, recording an album and writing a best-selling book.
As for what the future holds for the “new Paris,” the fast food loving millionairess said she eventually hopes to marry and have children.
“When I have a daughter I have a lot of good advice for her,” she said.
Yeah, like learn from your mother’s mistakes.
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