'That's hot': Paris Hilton is ready to tell her own story

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🗓️ 23 March 2023

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Summary

Paris Hilton is ubiquitous with early 2000s pop culture: She graced the cover of magazines, her own reality TV show and even Billboard charts. But the heiress now says she was playing a character – one she built to hide from the trauma she endured earlier in her life. In Paris: The Memoir, Hilton finally takes control of her own narrative. She spoke to NPR's Juana Summers about what made her want to start breaking down the walls between her public persona and her private life, and how paparazzi and influencer culture has changed during her time in the spotlight.

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0:00.0	This is NPR's Book of the Day. I'm Kia Miyaka Natisse.
0:07.4	The name Paris Hilton might make you think about a wealthy family legacy, tiny yipping chihuahuas,
0:14.9	rhinestones, glamour, not to mention those famed juicy couture sweatsuits.
0:20.7	She truly was an icon of early 2000s America.
0:25.2	But the glamorous exterior was actually armor,
0:28.5	a persona Hilton created to distract herself
0:31.0	from the trauma she experienced in her youth.
0:34.4	Hilton's new book, Paris, The Memoir,
0:36.9	offers an intimate reveal into what life was really like for this pop princess.
0:42.1	She chats here with NPR's Juana Summers.
0:46.0	In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life.
0:50.8	Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors on our new show,
0:56.3	Sources and Methods. NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people,
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1:11.1	Paris Hilton was the It Girl of the early 2000s.
1:14.9	Hey, Paris, how you doing?
1:15.9	Paris, can we get a picture, please?
1:17.4	Constantly followed by paparazzi, Hilton was a mainstay in tabloid gossip and the center
1:22.8	of the party scene.
1:24.5	She had her own reality show.
1:26.4	Tell your grandsons we're in town. We're single and we're
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