Paris Hilton | The Not So Simple Life | 45

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Nowadays, the formula for fame is simple. Get a ring light, highlight your cheekbones, count your followers. But back in 2000, Paris Hilton had to figure it all out by herself. Step by step, she wrote the book on how to turn yourself into a brand, without social media, and then had to figure out how to survive the backlash that followed.

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0:00.0	Wundery Plus subscribers can
0:01.8	convince the newest season of even the rich before anyone else.
0:04.4	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.
0:07.4	Just a heads up, we might say a few four letter words during this episode,
0:11.0	because you know, it's fun.
0:13.0	It's two in the morning.
0:14.0	It's two in the morning on a late summer night in 2000.
0:22.0	It's a quiet residential road just north of Sunset Boulevard.
0:26.0	19 year old Paris is standing in front of an imposing wrought iron gate.
0:30.0	It guards a 2.5 acre estate in Holmby Hills, which happens to be in the same neighborhood as the Playboy Mansion.
0:36.0	Ooh, and it's where Kylie Jenner just bought a house for $36.5 million.
0:40.0	Correct. Which means whatever is on the other side is probably pretty nice.
0:45.0	Paris grabs onto the gate and gives it a shake. It's locked. She knows what she has to do.
0:51.0	It's been a year and a half since she left Utah behind and now it's
0:55.3	time to get to work on the promise she made to herself. She's going to be so big no one will ever
1:01.0	be able to control her again.
1:03.0	The gate squeaks loudly as she starts to climb.
1:06.0	When she reaches the top, she looks down.
1:09.0	It's a big jump.
1:10.0	If she lands wrong, she could break a leg.
1:13.0	Ah, hell, it'll be worth it though.
1:15.0	Okay, and why is an heiress breaking and entering?
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