Paris Hilton created herself a character with a "Barbie perfect life" as a "trauma response". The 42-year-old heiress admits she dealt with her teenage trauma of being abused, including being sexually groomed by a teacher aged 14, by creating a persona that couldn't be farther from the "shy" person she really is.
And because her "dumb" blonde alter-ego was "magnified" when she starred in the reality series 'The Simple Life' in the noughties alongside pal Nicole Richie, she felt pressured to keep playing the role.
Speaking on Magic Radio to promote her tell-all tome, 'Paris: The Memoir', she said: “I think a lot of that character stems back to being a teenager and a trauma response and developing this kind of Barbie perfect life, so I wouldn’t have to think about what I went through.
And then getting the 'Simple Life' then it got magnified to the whole world where I had to continue playing that character year after year, and then I kind of just got stuck in it. . .
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