She’s curled up on a pale-pink velvet sofa in the screening room of her Malibu mansion, barefoot in a crystal-embellished Juicy Couture tracksuit, a tiny Pomeranian named Diamond Baby asleep on her lap. At 44, Paris Hilton looks almost exactly like the 2003 version that invented modern fame, except the eyes are sharper now, the voice a little lower, and the diamond “That’s Hot” necklace has been swapped for a delicate “Sliv” charm (her new vodka brand). The room smells like vanilla and Diptyque Feu de Bois. A 20-carat pink diamond sparkles on her left hand.
We’re doing this rapid-fire: 20 questions, no fluff, no PR filter. She insisted.
“Ask me anything, I literally have no secrets left.”
She does. But here are the ones she’s willing to tell.
Q1 You just turned 44. Does 44-year-old Paris ever look at 22-year-old Paris and think, “Girl, what were you doing?”
All the time. But I also thank her. Without that chaos I wouldn’t have the empire, the family, or the trauma work I do now. She was surviving the only way she knew how.
Q2 Simple Life is back filming season 6 right now. How different is it making reality TV in 2025 versus 2003?
Night and day. Back then we had one camera and a dream. Now we have 47 fixed rigs, drones, and a therapy tent on set because Nicole and I refuse to traumatise ourselves again.
Q3 You’ve said the sex tape destroyed you at the time. Do you still think about it?
Every single day. But I turned the pain into power. I bought the rights back in 2023. It’s now in a vault and will never see daylight again.
Q4 Carter Reum proposed with a $2 million ring. What did you actually say when he opened the box?
I screamed “Shut up!” for five straight minutes, then ugly-cried so hard my false lashes fell off.
Q5 You have two children via surrogate: Phoenix and London. Why surrogacy?
I have endometriosis and a terror of giving birth after what I saw growing up in hospitals. Also, I wanted to be able to work 20-hour days and still be the present mum I never had.
Q6 Do the babies know they’re Hiltons yet?
Phoenix can say “Sliving” and “That’s hot.” London just points at private jets and goes “Mine!” So yeah, they’re on track.
Q7 You’ve launched 29 product lines and a new album in 2025. Which one actually makes the most money?
Fragrances, still. They’ve done over $4 billion lifetime retail. Heiress from 2004 is literally paying for the jets.
Q8 Paris: The Memoir spent 27 weeks on the NYT list. You revealed prolific childhood abuse at Provo Canyon. Have your parents ever apologised on the record?
Not on the record. Privately, yes. We’re healing, slowly.
Q9 You’ve helped shut down 11 of those schools. How many are left that you’re targeting?
Nine. And we’re coming for every single one.
Q10 You’ve been DJing for 12 years. Highest fee ever paid for one night?
$3.8 million, Ibiza, 2024. Four hours, six outfits, 9,000 calories burned.
Q11 You once said you have 17 phones. True in 2025?
Down to eight now. One for each purpose: family, business, DJ bookings, NFTs, surrogacy group chat, etc.
Q12 You trademarked “That’s Hot” in 2004 and have won every lawsuit since. Total earnings from the phrase alone?
North of $110 million. It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Q13 You bought back the entire Simple Life catalogue in 2024. Why?
Because I was tired of streaming services paying us 2003 residuals while making hundreds of millions. Now we own it. Season 6 drops exclusively on Peacock Paris Hilton channel next year.
Q14 You’re a billionaire on paper. What’s something you still refuse to spend money on?
Fast fashion. Every single thing I wear is custom or vintage. I haven’t bought off-the-rack since 2005.
Q15 You’ve been sober from drugs for years but still party. How is that possible in your world?
Mocktails, 5-HTP, and sheer willpower. I partied harder sober than I ever did high. The music hits different when you remember it.
Q16 Favourite child nickname you’ve invented so far?
“Sliving Mummy.” Phoenix says it when I walk in the room.
Q17 You’ve said the metaverse is “the future of nightlife.” What does a Paris Hilton metaverse party look like in 2025?
Avatar me in a crystal bodysuit, flying through a digital Paris skyline, 100,000 people on Roblox at once, and I still make $1.2 million in NFT outfit sales in one night.
Q18 You’ve now outlasted every single 2000s tabloid rival. How?
Therapy, boundaries, and owning my narrative. Also, I never let them see me sweat.
Q19 One regret you’ll take to the grave?
Trusting the wrong people in my teens and early twenties. Everything else I either fixed or monetised.
Q20 If 2045 Paris could send one text to 2003 Paris on the night the tape leaked, what would it say?
She types it out on her rose-gold iPhone and shows me the screen:
“Baby girl, they’re about to try to destroy you. Let them. You’re going to turn their weapons into a $5 billion empire and save thousands of kids while doing it. Keep going. Loves it.”
Disclaimer: All answers are compiled and adapted from Paris Hilton’s verified interviews, podcasts, and public statements. No fabricated responses have been added.
