Paris Hilton & Nicole Richie: Queens of the 2000’s (FBF)

12 Jun 2026 · 41 min · 24 chapters

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In short

Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton reminisce about growing up together, their 2000s friendship/partying style, dating mishaps, paparazzi experiences, and the origins and legacy of The Simple Life; they also discuss why they’re reuniting for a three-part series for the show’s 20th anniversary.

Guest backgrounds

Nicole Richie (class clown/sweet reputation; raised with strict parents; later married to Joel Madden, from Maryland/Baltimore) and Paris Hilton (raised with strict parents; hosted/entertained; later married to Carter Reum).

Key claims

They were inseparable from age two, treated as a unit by strict parents, and had “twin” outfits/shopping habits. Nicole says she lied about liking The Wire to impress Joel. Paris describes intense paparazzi harassment, including crashes and being followed for hours. They attribute Simple Life season-four separation to toxic media/tabloid drama and lack of communication.

Notable examples

first kiss at a 6th-grade spin-the-bottle party; second kiss in Vegas; smuggling exotic pets; AOL screen names (“Playa for life,” “Beautiful blonde baby girl”); roller-skating with ball python Cleopatra; Heelys-like shoes; Vegas New Year’s Eve with cops and parents called; Simple Life pitched as “phones, money, credit cards taken” and filmed starting in Arkansas.

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Chapters

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Holiday Plans with Paris and Nicole

0:36 to 1:02

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie share their holiday traditions and Thanksgiving plans.

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Holiday Plans with Paris and Nicole

1:15 to 2:30

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie share their holiday traditions and Thanksgiving plans.

“Everyone listening, calm down, sit down.”

Describing Each Other's Personalities

2:30 to 3:49

Paris and Nicole describe each other's personalities and qualities.

“Like when you're with her, you just laugh every second.”

Describing Each Other's Personalities

4:37 to 5:51

Paris and Nicole describe each other's personalities and qualities.

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Childhood Memories of Nicole and Paris

5:51 to 8:25

Nicole and Paris reminisce about growing up together and their early friendship.

“You guys grew up in the same neighborhood.”

First Kisses and Secrets in Vegas

8:25 to 10:33

Paris and Nicole share stories about their first kisses and adventures in Vegas.

“And so I, as any, you know, up and coming teenager would do, I told my mom I was going to my dad's.”

Fashion Choices and Trends of the 2000s

10:33 to 11:49

A discussion about 2000s fashion trends and personal styles of Paris and Nicole.

“And my mom would buy like six of the shirts that we would have to wear.”

Dating History and Relationships

11:49 to 14:00

Paris and Nicole talk about their dating histories and experiences with relationships.

“And so we would like, we would always dress as twins.”

The Pain of Cheating

14:00 to 15:00

Listen to the hosts discuss their experiences with heartbreak and betrayal.

Confrontation and Ghosting

15:00 to 16:10

Exploration of how they handle confrontation after breakups.

“So I just would rather never speak to the person.”
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Flirtation and Fun

16:10 to 17:50

A look back at their flirtatious behavior and fun times in the past.

“I don't even know what I thought I was going to do.”

Types and Preferences

17:50 to 19:50

Discussion about their types in relationships and dating history.

“Joel, I think, would get annoyed at like so many girls all at one time.”

Screen Names and Online Identities

19:50 to 21:00

Sharing amusing stories about their early online identities and screen names.

“I said, I cannot believe for a straight hour you thought that my name was baller in a girl.”

Screen Names and Online Identities

22:25 to 23:33

Sharing amusing stories about their early online identities and screen names.

“Oh, you know, trying to keep your house clean.”

Meeting Joel: The Early Days

23:33 to 26:47

Stories about meeting their husbands and first impressions.

“did you meet Joel like when did Paris get introduced was it the same night I don't know I feel like it was like it was around Thanksgiving weekend and it was like pretty fast I feel like when you met him.”

Navigating Fame and Paparazzi

26:47 to 28:00

Reflecting on experiences with paparazzi and boundaries in public life.

“You would just go like where all your friends went and that's what we would do.”

Life in the Spotlight: Experiences with Paparazzi

28:00 to 29:40

Learn about the intense challenges and paranoia faced by celebrities due to paparazzi.

Iconic Nights: Fun and Chaos of the 2000s

29:40 to 31:20

Explore the wild experiences of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie during their heyday.

Iconic Nights: Fun and Chaos of the 2000s

32:53 to 34:00

Explore the wild experiences of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie during their heyday.

“Okay, I have an entire concept in my head of like the things I need to get rid of in my closet so I can get new things and all that.”

Iconic Nights: Fun and Chaos of the 2000s

34:38 to 35:03

Explore the wild experiences of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie during their heyday.

“Anyone that makes me feel not only better, but great about staying in, yeah, I love you, T-Mobile, okay?”

Childhood Mischief: Vegas Adventures

35:03 to 37:50

Relive the childhood misadventures of Paris and Nicole in Las Vegas.

“We were like 13 and we were with these guys and they're like, do you want to go to the strip?”

The Simple Life: From Pitch to Fame

37:50 to 42:00

Understand how 'The Simple Life' was pitched and the surprises that came with it.

“Okay, well, let me just tell you, this song is beautiful.”

Reflecting on Friendship and Media Impact

42:00 to 48:14

Explore how media portrayal affected friendships and personal growth.

“I think that it has really helped me in my communicating at this stage in my life.”

Reflecting on Friendship and Media Impact

49:10 to 50:13

Explore how media portrayal affected friendships and personal growth.

“When I am hungry and I am trying to figure out what to eat, sometimes you can just actually become so you're angry.”
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1:27You have a hard out. Yeah. When are you leaving? At three. Okay. So we have about 12 minutes to go. Here we go. We're going to, I'm just kidding. Everyone listening, calm down, sit down. Okay. By the time this comes out, Thanksgiving will be over. What are you guys doing for the holidays? Christmas, New Year's, what are your plans? What are we doing? Thanksgiving I host every year. I do the whole family and everyone's extended families, friends come over. It's a big thing in my house and I do it every year. Are you cooking? I don't cook on Thanksgiving. I cook every other day of the year. I cook 364 days a year, not Thanksgiving.

2:05Why? Because I'm just being a gorge host and that is a job within itself. Love. What about you, Paris? I'm going to be hosting as well at my house this year so all the family is coming and we're having a big family get together and then we're going to go to Maui after Christmas oh fun are you cooking no I love to cook as well but Thanksgiving is like hardcore that's like a lot I agree it's too hardcore and I'm like entertaining people and I've got like it's too much I cooked a turkey once on my cooking show cooking with Paris and it was traumatizing just like pulling all the things out of it just like not for you no we are gonna get to know you guys better today so paris how would you describe nicole's personality

2:58nicole is hilarious fun i was not gonna say that i was gonna be crazy but not in a not in like a bad way i accept the good She's just the most fun person in the world. Like when you're with her, you just laugh every second. She's so real, she's kind, and she's beautiful. Okay, now how would you describe Paris? I would actually describe you as kind of the same. You're so fun. We always have the most wild time and are always laughing. You are also extremely tender, sentimental. Um, and just like always wanting everyone around you to be happy and stunning, bitch. Thanks, bitch.

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5:51Okay. Let's go back to your childhood. You guys grew up in the same neighborhood. Is that correct? Yes. And you guys went to the same school. Yep. What was your first impression of each other do you remember well we were two so I don't know um two yes we've been I didn't know you guys knew each other since you were two yes and so you guys were just inseparable since the moment you guys were like getting raised together from day one so we went to the same school but we also we had the same piano teacher outside of school we had we like had our tap recital together orchestra oh my god and then we graduated on to orchestra and we love our orchestra teacher Mr.

6:27Hauser who's in shout out to Mr. Hauser who I'm sure watches this all the time. Obviously he's obsessed with you guys. And he's actually in the encore. Nicole what do you think your reputation was in your town and at school growing up? Okay well I did get class clown in both of my schools. Okay what do you think your reputation was? Just like sweet

6:51Yeah Darling. Nice angel never gets in trouble what do you think the parents in your town thought of you of like all the kids in high school were you like when you were younger or even in middle school what were people thinking in middle school like nicole and i were only allowed to sleep at each other's houses it wasn't like we were ever staying at all the other sleepovers we weren't allowed okay so we didn't know the parents probably as well because our parents were really strict yeah and they just like didn't let us do all the things. And like we also used to get treated as one. So like if the leader of our group got mad at one of us, both of us were out.

7:29That's so nice to have a friend like that where you're like, it's both of us or none of us. Yeah. I mean, we didn't even choose it. It just happened. And then all of a sudden, like we were back in and we were like, OK, we is it true that you guys had your first kiss at the same party? Yes. Yeah. Tell me the story. It was at Samantha Colker's house. that was the first one that was the second the Vegas one oh okay because I remember we were at some party second second this was like 6th grade spin the bottle and we both kissed like these two best friends yeah Bert and Jared yeah cute Bert and Jared Bert and Jared wait what age were you for your second kiss Vegas 14 You guys are not real.

8:18Who the fuck is going to Vegas at 14? We were. You too. We were. Wait, what were you doing in Vegas? We went. This is actually we were not 14. We were younger. But we were. We've been going our whole lives. Yeah. Her parents were going to Vegas. Okay. My parents were getting divorced. And so I, as any, you know, up and coming teenager would do, I told my mom I was going to my dad's. I told my dad I was staying with my mom. And I went to Vegas and we would like her parents would go to parties and we loved this musical called Starlight Express. And we would sneak into the show and we would just like watch it at night.

9:03And then during the day we would take taxis and leave the strip and go to the Boulevard Mall to the exotic pet stores. and we would get like ferrets and chinchillas and then we would sneak them back into California because they're illegal here. And when did you kiss these, I'm assuming, men, boys? No, they were like, yeah. Like 10th grade. How did you meet them in Vegas from our school? At the chinchilla farm? No, I don't think they came with us to go get the chinchillas. So you had your second kiss in Vegas? Yeah. Kind of romantic. Very romantic. and was that Burton what was his name they did not make the trip no okay who had the stricter parents growing up I know you're saying they're both strict but like who was like really hard to go to whose house so like you're you know you're not sneaking out if you go to ex's house well I had security um at the house so that I've never I was never sneaking out was not even an option that was impossible your house my house was easier even though my mom was strict yeah or no it was Your dad's was the easiest.

10:09My dad's was the easiest. He was always like on tour. Yeah, he was gone. So that was fun. The way this is like so casually, you realize that childhood is like you guys have like the craziest, coolest childhood, right? We lived a normal childhood too. Yeah. As you're saying, second kiss in Vegas. Smuggling ferrets. Okay, I'm going to play a game with you guys because I think this is going to like really, we're gonna get to know you a lot here ready okay who would the better 2000s wardrobe me

10:472000 and what like I don't know wardrobe too but mine was just like so so 2000 like just the so extra of it all yeah you are very 2000s yeah yeah I love it if you guys had to pick one 2000s trend to wear for the rest of your lives what would it be I would never do such a thing okay I would wear all my 21st birthday dress love yeah I think you said that to me last time you love that fucking dress I love it where is that dress in my closet love how honest were you guys when you were younger with each other when like they had a horrible outfit on I feel like we always looked so hot and we would dress like twins a lot because her mom would buy us like two of the same outfit always and we were like obsessed with doing that back in the day yeah we had to wear uniforms in school And then the summer program was called Summer Games.

11:39And my mom would buy like six of the shirts that we would have to wear. And she would put shoulder pads in them. This is late 80s. Shoulder pads in them and bedazzle them. And so we would like, we would always dress as twins. And then when we were a little bit older, like once we were 11, we would go to Contempo Casuals and Judy's. And our parents would like treat us like twins. They would buy us like, remember the burgundy bell-bottom dress? The velvet. That was so cute. Yes. We have to rewind. Why shoulder pads? Because it was the 80s and like that's just what. It was cool? It was very cool.

12:13Yes. Who was the bigger shopaholic? I would say you're very like, you're like a little more like manic and you're like, you're like, I want it all, right? It's my ADHD as well. I just, I love it all. But I do love to shop. Okay. Who has the worst dating history? Me. Yeah. Yeah. Does that feel right? Yeah. Who was more delusional over guys when you guys were younger? I would say me because my first real boyfriend's AOL name was Pleya for the number four life and I was devastated and shocked to my core when he cheated on me. I couldn't believe it. I was like, where were the signs? How did you find out he cheated?

13:03So he cheated on me. Three times. Once was on the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland. And I know this because every time I ride, I go to myself. Playa 2245. What was his handle? Playa. Playa for life. Playa for life. P-L-A-Y-A. At AOL. At AOL.com. Email him. Anyone wants to email him. Email him. I'm sure he's still around. Okay. Peter Pan ride. Peter Pan ride. And then one of the girls. So I had like heard about it. I asked him. He obviously said no. And then one of the girls was really nice and got on the phone with me and told me. And she was like, he said that you guys were broken up. I'm so sorry.

13:46And then this is when conference conference had just gotten where like you could if you had like the elevated conference, you could still get call waiting while you were on conference with somebody else. so we called him on conference he obviously was like I'm not I'm not gonna admit anything and then we had someone call her so she got a call waiting flipped to the other call came back and then he admitted it horrible yes you moved on um yeah I mean I moved on but I was like it was there I was really shook I was like I cannot believe I got cheated getting cheated on sucks oh it's horrible it's horrible have you gotten cheated on every girl has I know that's really terrible guys are assholes it's horrible it's horrible what is a bad way that you found out so you found out from a girl coming to you have you found out a different way tmz

14:42paris no yeah what do you do when you see that online just so pissed just like it's obviously hurts but also just like mad just like how could you humiliate me like this Are you a confrontational person where you would be like calling them or you're over? No, I'm like done. And then I hate confrontation. So I just would rather never speak to the person. If I would like break up with someone, I wouldn't even tell them. I just like never just leave. Just like ghost. I feel like, Nicole, you're confrontational. No. Yeah. No, I wanted it to be like a major motion picture, like a punishment. a real thing.

15:25Tell me. Yeah, I was like, I know. But I waited until like I was that was fun, kind of. It is fun when you look back and you're not like in the moment. It's fun to look back at the heartbreak. But when you're in it, you're like when you're in it, it's so devastating. You can't survive. It affects you for life completely. I actually saw one of the girls at a party and I was like, you know, you like rile yourself up and your friends are like, what are you going to, what are you going to do? She's coming. She's coming. And I was like, I'm going to beat her up. Okay. I've never hit anyone in my life.

16:01And then like, finally, like, you know, you're saying it for so long and then she got there. So the whole party was like, Nicole, she's here. She's here. And I was like, ah, and I like walked up to her. I don't even know what I thought I was going to do. And her friend literally just went like this. Bing. And I flew across the party. I'd have a chance. And anyway, we ended up going to college together. So she's my friend. Kind of. You're like, bye. Never mind. Wait, now you're friends. Yeah. I mean, I haven't seen her in like loose. Yeah. Yeah. But if I saw her, I'd be like, oh, my God. Yeah. Play up for life.

16:34Play up for life. Yeah. Who was the bigger flirt back then? You. Yeah. Yeah. Love. I would flirt, but it was more to like humiliate them like more than like an aggressive not in like a like sweet yeah I wasn't you're going to ruin your life and then some um when the two of you guys would be out like would you be the person that would go up to the guys like if you're at a club you guys want to like infiltrate a table are you going up no everyone was trying to infiltrate our table okay we didn't have to go up to anyone they just wanted to come up to us I have to say our focus wasn't really like guys We didn't have to.

17:12That was not like we always just wanted to have fun. Have fun. And then the guys would come and you're like, oh, this is nice. Like, this is a fun little thing. Yeah. Did you guys ever fall for the same person or like the same person ever? We said opposite taste. OK, tell me what was your type back then? People who cheat, I guess.

17:33Assholes. Yeah. Assholes, I guess. Play us. What was your type? Just people who are cute. Paris or hot no no no you think you were dating nice guys no not like cute like like looks wise like just people people who are hot and some people were good but there was it's LA so yeah yeah yeah you get both we didn't you say once in the simple life that you liked men to look like they were dying yes yes I did say that if I saw a bunch of like people that you talked to when you were younger like did they there was there a theme of them actually looking like skinny and frail and ill no I mean I I sadly I think I just said that to like gross Janet out I don't think I really meant it um I'm obsessed with you so you weren't you weren't going for like a specific looks wise type no um whose husband is more likely to crash a girl's night out do you guys ever go out together Crash a girls night out.

18:36Joel, I think, would get annoyed at like so many girls all at one time. Yeah. Carter never goes out. So neither of them are coming. I don't think they're coming. Wait, how did you meet Joel? A friend set us up. Yeah. Wait, had you ever like dabbled with musicians at that point? No, I had not dabbled with musicians. But our friend set us up not in a serious way at all. She was like, you're single and he's single. So this is probably not going to be serious, but you guys should hang out. And and we did. And I don't know if you've met Joel before. I think you did because quickly. Yes, yes, yes. But Joel is very shy, very shy.

19:22Yes. So the first night I met him, he actually didn't speak to me. And I was like, this is my husband. Yeah. you're like this is how i know it's like this is the man for me stop and do you think he was at first yes he ended up text not texting yeah or email i don't know whatever yeah whatever was happening back then aol play it for life um what was your aim um okay okay um my first name was princess nr because i had a dog named princess okay then um i got a second name ballerina girl nr because ballerina girl is a song that my dad wrote and the song is after me so i just like made that my my name okay so anyway one day i was like we were exchanging um screen names or whatever like to to like a group of friends and it was this is like when it was new so we were like calling each other by their names you know and I was like and so like we sat there for an hour and everyone was like okay later like whatever whatever later da da da and I was like and then they looked at me and they go see you later baller in a girl and I said no whoa whoa whoa No.

20:47Baller in a girl. I said, I cannot believe for a straight hour you thought that my name was baller in a girl. So now some of my friends still call me that. Baller in a girl. Baller in a girl. That anyone would think that that would be my screen name. Imagine you calling yourself a baller. Yeah. And honestly, I have ever since. What was yours? Beautiful blonde baby girl. are you fucking lying no beautiful blonde baby girl yeah i am obsessed my email name yes yeah that's one of them other one's princess ph another one's barbie 420 so wait so you're emailing people it's like from beautiful blonde baby girl that is like you have to have some confidence.

21:39Paris. Yes. Love. Yeah. Love. Baller and a girl and beautiful blonde. Jesus Christ.

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23:54It was. What did you think of them together? I loved it. You did. Yeah. I just thought they were so cute. It was on dot com from the day we hung out. Joel is so sweet. He's so loyal. Like he's just one of those types of guys that's like completely different than like an LA guy. Yeah. Love. Were you a fan of Good Charlotte? I was a fan of Good Charlotte. And he also when he asked me to go to his house, he hates when I tell this story. He asked me. He was like, do you want to come? He was like, do you want to come over and like watch TV? And I was like, yeah, I do. And he goes, do you watch The Wire?

24:29I've never seen The Wire in my life. I go, The Wire is my favorite show. He goes, great. Why don't you come over and watch it? Now, listen, obviously The Wire is an amazing show. Okay. I'm not dissing The Wire, but okay. I'm a girl. He just like threw me into like season three. There's no music. And I, for a very long time pretended like I watched and loved The Wire. When did you break it to him? I think like a few years after. Years? Yeah, we had kids. Nicole. But we have since rewatched The Wire. It's one of and Joel's from Baltimore. Joel's from Maryland. So it's like it's one of our go to shows.

25:12But it always reminds me of when we first met because I really threw myself into that show. It is crazy. like I have done the same thing where I've like lied about liking something for a guy and I'm like then you get yourself into it and you're like I didn't think so deep in right you're like I didn't think it would go this far and then you're like they're gonna think I'm a full liar if I admit to this because like I've been watching like I'm on the seventh episode and I'm like oh my god he's so funny yeah I didn't know he was gonna say do you want to watch it tomorrow I was like oh god okay great see you there Paris what have you ever lied to like like something for a guy and then been like why the fuck did I do that like sports sometimes are you a big sports person or not at all no like I like playing sports like I like playing ice hockey I like going to ice hockey games I just some games are boring and I just don't like it um okay sorry back to my game um who is throwing the best party I don't really I don't throw parties I don't like people in my not like wild parties like you would throw parties I throw crazy parties I love you do the time I interviewed you were setting up for a Christmas party oh my god that was almost a year ago how insane is that I don't know times went too fast you throw great parties you don't like people I throw parties now but when I was younger I did not throw like wild parties at my house because you just didn't want people around you in your house yeah I didn't want anyone like stealing my things or anything you don't care if people are like wandering in your house no I don't want people stealing my things either but sometimes people do there's like people have literally taken like framed photos and put them in their purses my security has been like went up to them been like excuse me can I have that dude that's fucking insane people like feel and especially if people like get a drink in them they feel like I love this place and they start like doing weird shit in your house yeah and like lighting cigarettes like ashing all over the floor I'm like are you like I have children that live here no no no that's not the vibe okay um which Which one of you is more likely when you were younger to like pull through with plans for the night?

27:13You're like, I've got the spot. I know where we're going. It was like a schedule. It was a schedule. Yeah. Let me do the schedule. Like Mondays was Joseph's. Right. What is Joseph's? Tuesdays was like guys. Wednesdays was Las Palmas. Yep. Thursdays was like Concord or LAX. Yeah. There was just all these clubs. It was like a schedule. You would just go like where all your friends went and that's what we would do. Would you guys go out every single night? not Saturdays and Sundays those days are for losers

27:47what we Saturday and I feel like Saturday is like the night no that's loserville what was the best night to go out Thursday yeah learning so much Nicole what is your wildest interaction with paparazzi once I was hospitalized I got crashed into oh I didn't know that yeah oh my god you were driving and someone crashed into you yes I'm so sorry yeah my son was like six weeks old he was not in the car thank god thank god yeah when you look back at that like how do you feel about that time in your life um I feel like at the time you it was very hard to um implement any sort of like boundaries because the world was not really acting like you deserved that at all um and I was so young and just like didn't know how to stand up for myself like that so I was just like I was just I like I accepted a lot more which I think is very common for your 20s of just like accepting that things that that I would never accept now that's traumatizing I know obviously like you've talked about it occasionally of like not occasionally a lot like you've been very outspoken in a good way of like this is really dangerous of like what those people were doing back in the day um and then it's kind of fucked up when people are like yeah but you guys were asking for it like you loved it like what do you say to that i don't say i'm like if that's what you want to believe yeah do it fuck off i don't fucking care what is one of the crazier experiences you've had with paparazzi well just when i used to live on king's road like right above sunset the plaza they would just wait outside my house from morning till night and just follow me from the second I woke up till I went home at night and there would be some times where I would wanting to go to a friend's house and I didn't want them knowing their address so I would literally be driving like 100 miles per hour just trying to get away from them there'd be 20 cars all chasing me and I just remember just like sometimes turning around just like guys like leave me the fuck alone and they would just not stop so that would just drive me crazy because it would just get so dangerous with like all these like strange men just like following me all the time or like going through my trash or people like jumping over the gate and just like it was just so invasive all the time no that like creates like an intense form of paranoia I'm sure like you can't you have to worry about what you put in your trash everything just like them shooting through the windows just like it was just creepy I'm so happy I live in a gated community now because it's just like and your gated community when I tried to find your house Paris there's no cell service there and I literally was like hello and then I'm like this freak driving down there's like a man like walking dog I was like I'm trying to go to Paris Hilton's house he's like we've got a freak on the loose he probably was like breaking it no your house is you are you're good to go you're safe um okay sorry to bring that down for a second but it is interesting to hear about like what you guys had to go through um okay I know this is like vague but if you can try to give the daddy gang a story what do you think is one of the most iconic nights out that you guys had together when you look back and you're like fuck that was insane like the two of us went all out it was so fun or something horrible happened or something disastrous or fun or funny like anything we did go through a stage where we would wear shoes with wheels on them um and we would roller skate all night and I This was at the same time I had my ball python Cleopatra and she would come with me as well.

31:18What? So I had a ball python. Her name was Cleopatra. She was Gorge. And I would wear her around my neck like a necklace. And we'd put on our shoes with wheels and we would like roller skate all night. Would you go out with this? With Cleopatra? Of course. You would go in public with a snake around you? As a choker. Yes, like a little collar. Like a collar necklace.

31:44wait and no one stopped you stop me from what being gorge

31:52oh my god you never were like oh my god my python is about to fucking rip the necks of everyone around me no no she no she loved being with me she was so i miss her okay so are you you're talking about heelys right or no these are different no this is like pre-heelys yeah You were whipping. Yeah. Would you ever wear them to the club? Yeah. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You're in the club with Healy? Yes. Basically, she's a... Yes. Because you could press the button and they would go in and out. They would just like... Yeah. So we would come and like swoop-dee-doo all night. I'm obsessed. They were great for like getting away from creepy guys.

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32:28Yeah. You'd be like, oh, I'll be right back. And then whoop. You're like, one second. Dude, that's insane. I can't imagine wearing those to a club. We were professionals. Yeah, we were just really good at it.

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34:48And if you have T-Mobile like I do, you won't believe how good staying in can be. Check it out at t-mobile.com slash magenta status. Disclaimer, streaming benefits included while you maintain a qualifying experience beyond plan line. Did you ever get in trouble by your parents together? In Vegas when we were 11. In Vegas when you were 11? No, we were like 12. 11 and a half. We were like 13 and we were with these guys and they're like, do you want to go to the strip? And it was New Year's Eve. And we were like, okay. So we were on the Las Vegas strip. Then these cops came up to us and they're like, how old are you?

35:23And we're like 21. and they're like no let's let's see your ids how old are you really and we're like 18 and he's like how old are you really what's your names and i was like my name's jennifer pearlstein her name is leslie and they're just like where are you staying and they kept asking us a million questions and then nicole's like actually you told us well i because they were like if you don't i actually don't think we said 21 i think we said we're 15 because we in our minds thought that was changed it. We did. Yes. And we didn't have fake IDs. Yeah. And so they were like, they were like, what's your name?

35:59I think you said Jenny Stone because we went to school with her. Stop. Poor Jenny. Jenny. Parents are getting a call. And they were like, we're going to arrest you if you don't tell us your parents' names. So then they came. Your parents came. They got us. Your dad, who's the kindest, sweetest, most soft spoken man, turned to us. I'll never forget it. And he goes, I knew this was a bad idea like screaming at us he's like I knew this was a bad idea you lied to us and you were never hanging out again cut to the simple life we got separated a lot remember when I had a piano my piano lesson at my house and I like didn't want they were like okay it's time for because we were always at each other's houses so it was like okay it's time for the piano lesson you guys have to stop Paris has to go home and we were like no we don't want to and so we were holding hands and they were like come on guys come on and my nanny like was pulling me and like my housekeeper was pulling her and then we grabbed this hand and this hand and someone who was holding our legs up so we were just like flying yeah that was so fun so fun yeah I can't the fact that you guys like no we're 15 meanwhile that's like old in your mind you're 11 I was like no I think we were like 11 but we didn't do anything we weren't doing anything we were just out past curfew classic just like except you're on the Vegas strip yeah but we were just like being cute and we wanted to go to the Mirage and see the Tigers yeah yeah yeah classic classic um okay I have to ask though because you just mentioned your dad being like we're you're never doing that again cut to the simple life why we're here obviously aside from like I love you guys um let's talk about the simple life we're getting an encore we're getting a three-part series we're getting what do we want to call it I call it a reunion special love yeah okay can we go back to the first original before we get to the reunion because obviously the original was so iconic Paris can you talk to me about like how was the show originally pitched to you of like the simple life because it is so iconic and will be forever iconic they didn't tell me where we were going to go they basically just said we want you to go somewhere and we're going to take away your phones and your money and credit cards okay and you're just going to go somewhere and they didn't say anything like they didn't say like you're going to be working jobs like i i don't how did they it was just like you're going to go somewhere and take away everything yeah they told us nothing nothing we didn't know we were flying like even on the jet flying over there they didn't tell us we're just we didn't know until we landed we so hold on producers pitch you this idea and you two do it together and you're both like sounds good and you get on a private plane yeah and you fly to what was the first place you went arkansas arkansas altus love and you then just start filming we start filming the moment we got on the plane I think oh interesting okay or I think the night before because we had a goodbye party there yeah the goodbye party and they're filming like packing and all that now obviously the premise is you guys like doing like jobs each episode and you're like doing a job had you guys ever had a real job prior to that no no you were I was I was a skating school instructor and I was very good you were yeah love that for you um okay you guys have a little song that you liked to sing throughout filming.

39:32Can you guys remind us of how it goes? Okay, well, let me just tell you, this song is beautiful. Okay. And I did talk to you about all of our musical talents, but what I didn't say is that we wrote this song ourselves when we were seven, if you can believe it. I mean, the talent in this room. It's really... Bursting. I have chills just from talking about it. Okay, I'm going to close my eyes. Come on, give me a little tune. Ready?

40:13The ending can get pretty loud sometimes. So you wrote this when you're seven. Can you die? I mean, it's kind of like a work of art. It is. What did your dad say when he heard it for the first time? He was like jealous and wanted to put it on his album. And I was like, no. Pay me, bitch. pay me bitch um let me before i want to actually talk about this you guys stopped talking at one point i don't know if this is a sort of topic but i have to ask about it you guys were like not filming together in season four for the simple life right what the fuck happened be real with me don't give me a pr answer you little shit it's not going to be good enough for you because it really isn't like it's never good enough for people okay what happened it's not even like Like there's nothing, nothing really happened.

40:58I mean, go ahead. Back then the media was just so toxic and they loved starting feuds between people because obviously that sold tabloids. So it was mostly just the media just spinning things and creating drama that didn't even exist, which was normal during the 2000s. They did it with everyone. It's that combined with like, and we are in our 20s and we had no time. like it wouldn't happen now because you know I think like we were just so young that we didn't even know like how to communicate with with each other so like you know if we were hearing something we just would assume is that true is that not true and we didn't have the communication skills that we have now yeah to like have check-ins which is so important yeah no I can see that like you guys seeing things in tabloids and it like obviously I feel like whenever there's a duo people want to break a duo up and it's like pitting each other against each other like who's better at this and who's better at this and it's like does it make you sad when you look back that it like the media fucked with your guys relationship that heavily it makes me yes I mean it makes me sad like whatever I don't care about the media it makes me like sad to think about a time without my friend.

42:19I think that it has really helped me in my communicating at this stage in my life. And, you know, I think just with all relationships, like it's so important to have check-ins and to be honest and real and, you know, tender with the people that you love the most. Yeah. I mean, I think that's even applicable to like social media. Like I bet people see in college or high school or whatever, you're like, oh my God, this friend went to this party and I didn't get invited and everything can be misconstrued because we're posting like half versions of what's going on and you can feel so upset and frustrated if you're not included in something or you hear a rumor from someone and it's like half of it is usually never true.

43:04Who reached out first to clear the air? How did you guys like come back together? We were friends for a long time before anyone even knew because our families are friends, you know? And so like we've been friends our entire lives. So, you know, when you're – like and I don't mean to belittle it at all, but when you're like talking about some fight, like I watch, you know, I watch it with like other 20-year-olds that I know and they're like going through a little thing and then they're back, going through a little thing and then they're back. But because ours was a part of a TV show, it just blew up to be something that was so big that it became impossible to like connect to or have any sort of like real like feeling around it, you know, because like it just became so and is like, you know, we're sitting here talking about it now, you know, and I'm like, yeah, like I there's nothing that like lives in the on the surface in me.

44:05Like I, you know, I have to really like, I don't know. It was just, it became something that was like otherworldly. Yeah. It was like bigger than you guys were like, wait, we're back as friends and people like me still asking you about it to this day. Because again, I think the media makes it like they had the biggest falling out and you guys, yeah, we got like in a fight. And then as friends, we got back together. Like me, my best friend will fight and be like, okay, what time are we getting dinner? It's totally. Yeah. Okay. That makes sense. Okay. So you guys are back. Tell me everything. How did you guys decide to do this three-part series?

44:35Like, tell me everything. It was during Christmas last year. It was last year. I think so, yeah. Last year. And we were texting. And I was like, can you believe it's about to be the 20th anniversary of The Simple Life? Like, that's so crazy. And I had gotten a DM from Braxton, who's the little boy. He was like the little three-year-old on the show. and he was telling me that he had just passed the bar exam and he's now a lawyer. So I was sending Nicole the message from him and just reminiscing with her. Oh my God. And then... And we were, you know, I mean, this is all over text. So I said, should we do something?

45:17And Paris wrote back, should we? And I said, okay, let's talk about it. Let's talk about it over the new year. I mean, it was the first time that I think we both really like considered because we both have had people come to us and be like, do you want to do it again? And we're like, no, what? You can't do that again. It's not realistic, you know? And no, that time was so special and it just was. And it was really nice, like because there wasn't anyone else on the call. It was just the two of us. And for that, I would say two weeks where it was like just us, Carter and Joel knew you came over.

45:54We had tacos and we just like talked about if we were to celebrate, you know, the 20 year anniversary, what would that look like? And, you know, that that that part was very nice. I mean, the whole thing's been nice, but like that part was very special because no one even knew. Well, I think like that's why we're all so excited is it's like to see you guys back on camera together. And even though it's just like a three part series, that's like more than we could have ever asked for. because I think people never thought we were going to get that again. So thank you guys for doing that for all of us.

46:28And for the first episode, you fly back to Arkansas? Yes. Can I say on sliving air? Is that a thing? Sliv air. Sliv air. I asked everyone, is it pink or no? It's going to be soon. We're getting the whole thing redone and pink. I'm obsessed. What do you think the Simple Life legacy is going to be? the most iconic show to ever exist. Wrapping up, because I know you have to fucking go. You're like, 12 minutes are up. Can you talk to me a little bit, though, about like how your guys' friendship has evolved over time? Because obviously you guys saying like you met at two years old. You were friends all through basically like your whole life on and off in moments, obviously, as friends do now doing this again together like you're both moms.

47:14um how has your relationship evolved it's been amazing I mean it's just been so we were talking about even before we started and you were like how has it been you know doing press you know with with like your friend and just the whole thing and it's just been so amazing it really has like spending time with my friend but also working together going out into the world and doing press together, which is a very nerve wracking thing. Yes. And it's been so nice. I was talking to you about it last weekend. I was saying, I wish we could just do everything together because it's just so fun. And like, you know, it's just like makes it like we laugh the whole time.

47:56No, I'm so happy that I got to sit down with you guys. We love you. Love you.

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Join Alex in the studio for a fun conversation with Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. Paris and Nicole go back to the beginning and discuss growing up together, having their first kisses at the same party, getting cheated on for the first time, roaming around the Vegas Strip at 11, and sneaking out of each others’ houses. They also reveal who had the worst dating history, their favorite antics to pull at the club (including roller skates and live snakes), and what to expect from The Simple Life reunion. Enjoy!


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