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Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Paris Hilton, TV And Film
Lucy Devine
Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Paris Hilton, TV And Film
Paris Hilton has explained why she used a different voice at the start of her career.
After starring in The Simple Life alongside Nicole Richie back in the early noughties, most of us can remember some of Paris' iconic lines, such as 'that's hot' and 'don't be boring, dress cute'.
In the show, Paris had a pretty recognisable voice, too, but it turns out that the voice she used early on in her career isn't really her true voice at all.
Back in 2020, Paris was speaking to news reporters on 7News Australia while promoting her documentary, This is Paris. In the interview, the star used her 'real voice' for the first time, leaving viewers shocked at how much deeper it is than what they remember from the show.
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Paris admitted that she'd been putting on her famous baby voice as part of her public persona.
"This entire time I have been playing a character so the world has never truly known who I am," she told reporters Sam Armytage and David Koch.
"I feel it's time for the world to finally know how I was. I feel that I've been through so much."
Paris went on to say she wanted to change her 'legacy', adding that she's not a 'dumb blonde' but just pretty skilled at pretending. However, the 45-year-old explained that she didn't want to be remembered for being 'an airhead'.
"The real me is someone who is actually brilliant. I'm not a dumb blonde, I'm just really good at pretending to be one," she continued.
"I don't want to be remembered for some airhead, but the businesswoman I am."
Paris also spoke about her former voice while sitting down with Meghan Markle on her Archetypes podcast, explaining that the persona was more of a 'character' she created.
"When you're on TV it's not the same - my voice... everything just changes like I have naturally a very low voice," she said.
"But then on the show it's gets gets very high. It was a reaction to having a mask to protect myself. So it could be like they're not talking about me, they're talking about this character that I created.
"It kind of helped the pain of the media just constantly being mean and very vicious and cruel to me for so long. That character shielded me from ever really having to feel anything."