Fans Were Floored When Paris Hilton Confessed That Everything People Know About Her Is A Lie

Remember Paris Hilton? Back in the day, you could barely avoid her. You may even have kept up with her antics through gossip magazines and celebrity websites – perhaps one of her reality shows. But even if you were the biggest Paris fan around, you may not have known her at all. You see, the star herself has confessed that, for all these years, she’s been living a lie. And this shocking revelation threatens to completely upturn everything about the ’00s tabloid staple.

Stereotypical Blonde?

Yes, we’re talking about that Paris Hilton of the hotel dynasty. The wealthy heiress who was one of the original reality TV stars. The model, the occasional pop star and movie actor. But perhaps above all, she was a ditzy blonde who seemed, for all the world, to be further reinforcing that rather tired stereotype.

'The Simple Life'

Nowhere was this more evident than in Paris’ smash hit TV series The Simple Life, where she made audiences cringe with her apparent lack of general knowledge or empathy. She was the archetypal spoiled rich kid with more cash than brains – or so we all thought, anyway. You see, it looks as though we may have had Paris pegged wrong from the very start.

Old Money

So, what’s the truth? Well, we can say for sure that Paris was born in 1981 in New York City to Richard Hilton, a successful real-estate developer, and Kathy Richards Hilton, a socialite. And as practically anyone will tell you, the reality TV star and her clan are exceptionally rich. Paris’ bombshell isn’t about any of those things, though.

Hotel Dynasty

Why are the family so wealthy? Well, it’s all thanks to Paris’ great-grandfather Conrad, who snapped up his first hotel in Cisco, Texas, in 1919. Fast-forward 100 years, and the Hilton brand is worldwide and world-renowned, synonymous with luxury and decadence. It’s naturally been a bit of a money-spinner, too, for Conrad’s descendants.