Paris Hilton to release memoir

4 June 2021

Paris Hilton is set to release a memoir.

Paris Hilton

The 40-year-old businesswoman has reportedly sold the rights to a new memoir to HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books, who are the same company that published Jessica Simpson’s best-seller, ‘Open Book’, in March this year.

According to Page Six, Paris shopped the memoir via literature agent Albert Lee at UTA, and the upcoming publication was acquired by Dey Street’s editorial director Carrie Thornton.

Dey Street describes Paris’ memoir as “both searingly honest and deeply personal,” and added, “Hilton will share the real Paris Hilton as her celebrity persona evolved”.

A publishing insider reportedly told Page Six the former ‘Simple Life’ star is hoping her own memoir can capitalise on “the success of Jessica Simpson’s book, and nostalgia for early 2000s-era pop culture”.

As of the time of writing, there is no title for the book and there is no confirmed release date.

However, Paris could be set to go into further detail about her life as a pop culture icon after previously opening up in her YouTube documentary series, ‘This Is Paris’.

In the series, the beauty discussed the alleged abuse she suffered while attending Provo Canyon School in Utah when she was 17, and later said her traumatic experiences at the school led her to film her infamous 2003 sex tape.

She explained: “That would never have happened if I hadn’t gone to that school. I just feel when I got out of that school, I was so lost … I never would have let someone like that in my life if I hadn’t gone through such experiences. And therefore, I would have never put myself in that situation. But I just wanted love so bad. I didn’t really know. I was so naïve. And I trusted the wrong person. And that’s something I’ll regret for the rest of my life.

“I think when people see the film, they’re going to see a completely different side. And, they’re going to see I am human, and I do have feelings.”

Paris also insisted she didn’t speak about her time in the school for years, because she felt “so grateful and so happy to be free” that she “didn’t want to bring it up”.

She added: “When I got out, I was just so grateful and so happy to be free and to be out of there that I just didn’t want to bring it up. I was like, I’d rather, you know, just never talk about this. Just don’t think about it. And the moment I stepped out of that building is when I decided I’m never telling this story to anyone, ever.”