{"id":296079,"date":"2025-11-17T00:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296079\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T00:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T00:38:13","slug":"paris-hilton-said-shes-self-made-and-she-explained-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296079\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Hilton Said She’s “Self-Made,” And She Explained Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris Hilton<\/a> once again called herself “self-made” \u2014 and predictably, people are losing it.\"Paris<\/p>\n

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The reality star and DJ, whose great-grandfather was Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton, previously told<\/a> Refinery29, “I think of myself and anyone who does business as being self-made. Everything I’ve done, I’ve done on my own, and yes, I do come from a last name, but there also are many children I know that come from families who, you know, take the choice of not doing anything with their lives.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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Paris added that she’s turned the Hilton name into “such a huge business that even my grandfather said to me, ‘I used to be known as Barron Hilton. Now I’m known as Paris Hilton’s grandfather.'”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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And while this claim has undoubtedly earned her some pushback, Paris is sticking by it.\"Paris<\/p>\n

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“I’m self-made,” she insisted<\/a> to the Sunday Times magazine. “Like, I’ve done this all on my own. No one’s ever given me anything in my entire life.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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But people weren’t convinced that Paris did it all by herself \u2013 reality TV shows, fragrances, businesses \u2014 without a little help from the family name.\"Paris<\/p>\n

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One person on Reddit said<\/a>, “You had a perfume called ‘Heiress’ gurl be fr.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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Another shared a GIF that said, “Sure, Jan.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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One reader called Paris “delusional,” while another called it a classic case of “epic narcissism.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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“The delusion,” one person said, as another wrote, “There’s no way even she herself believes this.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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Many argued that Paris’s opportunities were largely possible because of the Hilton name, regardless of her work ethic.\"Paris<\/p>\n

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One comment said, “If you werent a Hilton then you wouldnt be as big as you are. Yes you made a name for yourself but its because you came from wealth and a household name.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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Another agreed: “Even if you didn\u2019t take seed money, handouts, or other direct support, there’s a huge difference between the kinds of risks someone coming from a background of wealth and security can take and someone just trying to keep food on the table can take.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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“Yeah in pretty much every city in the country there’s a building with her name on it,” someone else shared. “She came from money of that legacy.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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However, some tried to see both sides.\"Paris<\/p>\n

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“She is and she isn’t,” one reader wrote. “I’m not saying it didn’t take a lot of work or effort for any woman to be new York socialite level active on top of building a business, but she also wouldn’t be known at all if it wasn’t for the background of generational wealth. She has no idea of her privileges she has.”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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Someone else also shared, “As offensive as that is, it’s still not as bad as when folks kept calling Kylie Jenner a ‘self-made billionaire.'”\"Paris<\/p>\n

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For the most part, though, people weren’t feeling it. “i feel like she’s rage baiting,” a different Reddit user said as one more added, “Were not doing this. Anyway.”What do you think \u2014 is Paris Hilton self-made? Share your thoughts below.<\/p>\n

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