The Simple Life of Paris and Nicole: Part three

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🗓️ 19 February 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Hey, mates! Welcome to the third and final part of our series on Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. They were the filthy rich 20-somethings who landed one of the biggest reality TV opportunities of the 2000s. So, what exactly made Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton the ‘It Girls’ of their time? And what exactly brought their childhood friendship undone? Got some thoughts on this scandal you wanna share? We’re allllll ears (also, eyes, heads, bodies, etc etc) - join in the convo over on our Insta @shamelesspodcast. Big thanks to Quay Australia for making this episode possible. Check out Quay’s latest range over at quayaustralia.com.au, and use the code ‘SHAMELESS20’ at the checkout for 20 percent off their range. Want to support our show? We are sending air kisses, air tea, and air hugs (too far?) to anyone who clicks ‘subscribe’ on Apple (bonus hugs for anyone who leaves a five-star review, too) or ‘follow’ on Spotify. Still not enough? Well! Our hearts! See below for everything else. Click here to subscribe to ShameMore: http://apple.co/shamelesspod Subscribe to the weekly ‘ASK SHAMELESS’ newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gFbYLT Join our book club: https://www.instagram.com/theshamelessbookclub/ Check out our website: https://shamelessmediaco.com/ Thanks for listening! We are very big fans of yours.

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0:00.0	Before we dive into this episode of scandal this episode does touch on issues around
0:05.2	eating disorders if you or a loved one is struggling please call Butterfly Foundation
0:09.9	on 1800 double 3 4673. The one in the lions cage, sipping on lemonade.
0:24.0	I'm a dream, got your match to stick the actor
0:28.0	back on the sea, yeah, you can call me the Queen.
0:31.0	They were the filthy ridge 20-somethings who landed one of the biggest reality TV opportunities of the 2000s.
0:38.0	So what exactly made Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton the eat girls of their time.
0:42.8	And what exactly brought their childhood friendship undone?
0:45.8	Welcome to scandal from Shameless Podcast,
0:48.2	the stories of the biggest celebrity controversies revisited.
0:51.1	All right, it's time for part three.
0:56.1	Part three, guys we covered so much in part two.
1:00.1	We spoke about how in December 2003 the simple life season one was scheduled to
1:04.8	premiere with Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie as the stars. Paris though
1:09.6	Zara really was the famous one. She was the one that the network saw as a star and the one that they
1:14.5	leveraged in all of the marketing material. Yeah absolutely and then just two weeks
1:19.4	before the show aired a sex tape was released of Paris and her ex Rick Solomon without her consent.
1:26.1	Now her family were of course furious and Paris was said to be devastated.
1:30.3	Now despite this so many parts of the media accused Paris of leaking the video herself and she sort of became the butt of every joke and every headline.
1:40.0	Yeah, the simple life though, was a runaway success.
1:43.4	Season 2 was almost immediately commissioned,
1:46.3	but while ratings were incredible,
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