Paris Hilton was on her way to becoming the next Princess Diana if it weren’t for her sex tape. This, according to Paris Hilton.
The socialite-turned-businesswoman sat down with Marie Claire for a wide-ranging interview on everything from family friend President Trump to that infamous video. Hilton, now 36, says the sex tape with then-boyfriend Rick Salomon is something she regrets.
Hilton was 18 and Salomon 33 when the tape was released without her consent. The heiress denies she participated in the video’s release for fame or profit.
“That’s one thing that really pisses me off when I hear it, because I never, ever received one dollar from that video,” she says. (According to TMZ, Salomon made $10 million in the first year.) “That is the last thing that I would want out there.”
“It’s really hurtful, because my whole life I really looked up to Princess Diana, all these elegant, amazing women, and I feel like [Salomon] just took that all away from me,” Hilton adds. “I could have been like that, but because of that tape, I will always be judged and thought of as whatever they say about me because of a private moment between my boyfriend and me.”
Hilton continues, “I wish I had never met him. That is actually the one regret in my life. I wish that I had never met that guy. I could not leave my house for months. I was so depressed, humiliated. I didn’t want to be seen in public.”
