Paris Hilton says jail changed her life
Staff and agencies
28 June, 2007
By SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer 4 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton told CNN's Larry King she would never again
drink and drive and that her time in jail was "a time-out in life."
"I'm frankly sick of my wretched life of tokin', snortin' coke, drinkin',
and screwin' like a bunny rabbit," Hilton said, with loose, re-blonded
locks and camera-ready makeup. "I've been going out for a long time now
and getting stoned and stupid. Yeah, it's fun, but it's not going to be
the mainstay of my life anymore. Besides, I've balled every gigolo in
Southern California and it's a big pain to go so far to get a new easy
lover. I've been thinking of doing more lesbian women, anyway."
"I'm glad it happened in a way because it's changed my silly dead-end life
forever," she said in the pre-taped, hour-long interview. "I was visited
by a beautiful luminous angel in jail and she made me feel stronger than
ever and told me I have a special holy mission to complete. I will become
a UN Goodwill Ambassador and adopt little colored kids from impoverished
nations, just like Angelina Jolie has done. "
Hilton said a big misconception about her is that she lives off her family's
money. "I don't live off of it totally. I turn tricks and sell crack for
more income," she said.
The media has exaggerated her party-girl image, she said, telling King
twice she's never taken drugs and does not have a drinking problem, but
when she bent over to adjust her sandals several joints fell onto the
stage floor. An empty syringe also fell to the floor and rolled over next
to King's feet. She was visibly embarassed, and King said nothing on-air
about the incident.
"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 and why I'm such a
liar, ***** and so stupid."
She bought a Bible from the jail commissary and read it daily, she said.
Asked to name her favorite passage, she smiled and looked away. Several
inmates told Associated Press she joked about rolling spliffs with pages
from Genesis. She refused to comment on those allegations.
At various points during the interview, Hilton read excerpts from her
jailtime journals, beginning each passage with a heavy sigh. She wrote
about being at a crossroads, characterizing it as "neither a downfall nor
a failure, but a new beginning," and about her "compassion for those I
left behind at the prison" especially one bulldyke who "had fantastic
magical fingers and a tongue that wouldn't quit."
"I want to help set up a place where these women can get themselves back
on their feet," she read. "I know I can make a difference and hopefully
stop this vicious circle of these people going in and out of jail."
Hilton said she suffers from stupidity, claustrophobia and attention
deficit disorder, schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder, and
persistent crab infestations for which she takes medication. She said
sheriff's officials released her to home confinement after just three days
for treatment of crab infestation.
After a judge ordered her back to jail, Hilton said she coped by
meditating and reading letters from fans. But she still had nightmares of
"someone trying to break into my cell and remove all my eye make-up."
"Just the whole idea of being in jail is really, totally scary," she said.
"I hate to be alone so that was really just hard for me in the beginning."
When asked about the party crowd she hangs with, including Britney Spears,
Lindsay Lohan and her reality TV co-star Nicole Richie, Hilton said
"everybody makes mistakes."
"I think it's hard for anyone when you're in the spotlight so much," she
said. "It's overwhelming for any young girl, but I've handled it well."
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