It wasn’t quite Saul/Paul’s blinding conversion on the road to Damascus, but when Paris Hilton emerged from the Lynwood Women’s Correctional Facility last night sans blue contact lenses, I thought two things: 1) She’s a really pretty girl without the faux blue blinkers, and 2) You go, girl!
Like many people, I openly derided Hilton’s seeming shallowness and apparent vapid nature, and the press’ need to follow her every move (and, yes, I know I’m contributing to the mess by covering it). And yet, I’ve always defended her as being something of a genius in her self-promotion and marketing–and even admired her chutzpah at times.
And now, now I hope Hilton the best. She’s served her time; she’s a tabloid-ready story of redemption if ever there was one, available for immediate consumption. TMZ.com reports (via US Weekly) that Paris wants to build a halfway house for newly released inmates, a place where they can learn “to stop the ‘bad cycle’ of in-and-out behavior.”
Furthermore Paris has decided that in order to rectify her own bad cycle, she will no longer surround herself with “bad people.” There’s a delicious irony in the fact that Hilton would now prefer to hang with people whom society may label bad–other ex-cons?–as opposed to say, Britney Spears. Errr … ummm … bad example. How about Nicole Richie. Ok, maybe not the best example either. And do I even need to mention Lindsay Lohan? Thought not. Maybe Hillary Duff’s available to go shopping? From what I’ve heard from those in the know, she’s really nice and a pretty normal person.
If Paris does follow through with plans for a transitional home, and I really hope she does, it would be perfectly in keeping with Hilton Hospitality Inc.’s new slogan “Be hospitable.” A side of Paris, much like her naturally brown eyes, rarely seen by the press and the public.
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posted June 27, 2007 at 12:18 pm
I really can’t believe I’m doing this…
Why is this girl news worthy? I’m in London, England at the moment
and it’s refreshing not hearing a word about P. Hilton. Phone calls came pouring in after one day of speaking about her on a mourning talk show, much like Good Morning America. Asking them to stop talking about her… and they did.
Yes, this young lady is very rich. No, she is not like everyone else. To some degree I can understand her sense of entitlement… after all she’s a Hilton. BUT she is 26 years old… a grown woman. She should act her age. It would be nice for her to take on that responsibility. Actually her parents need to be slapped.
Just because one has money doesn’t mean they should walk around acting like idiots.
Thank you for your time.
And God keep you strong!
-H
posted June 27, 2007 at 12:47 pm
YES, PARIS DID HER TIME.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE EXCUSED FROM THE LAW JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOTARITY.
LET’S SEE IF PARIS DOES FOLLOW UP ON HER “GOOD DEAD”. IT WILL BE
WONDERFUL IF SHE DOES. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS WELL JUSTIFIED!!!
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF WOMEN OUT THERE THAT NEED AN “EXTRA HAND”
TO GET THINGS IN THEIR LIFE TURNED AROUND. ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH
SMALL CHILDREN. CHRIST EVEN TOLD US TO HELP THE WIDOW AND THE
POOR. MEN ARE NOT EXCEMPT FROM NEEDING HELP EITHER!!!
PARIS, LET’S SEE IF YOU FOLLOW UP ON YOUR WORD AND BECOME AN EXAMPLE
TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT NO MATTER WHO OR WHERE YOU ARE, YOU NEED TO
OBEY THE LAWS!!!
posted June 27, 2007 at 1:33 pm
It is about time for a change of lifestyle. You weren’t given the wealth in your family to have it squandered and wasted. Try donating it to viable causes and ministries? James Robison of Life Today feed hungry starving children in Africa. Pat Robertson, of The 700 Club, still has people down along the coast helping the Katrina victims, and well as in other countries helping people in all sorts of ways: surgeries for children born with cleft-palates; medical missionary trips; just all kinds of things. There are several ministries that reach out of hurting people.
What we live on for a year is just “pocket change” to your life. There are people all over the world who make what we consider trivial amounts of money per day! Some earn $1 a day, and lots of people earn less than that! What can you do to make others’ lives easier, not just your own!
posted June 27, 2007 at 3:06 pm
I predicted and am still predicting that Paris is and will continue to be a catalyst for prisoners – both female and male. There’s nothing like walking in the shoes of…. Thank you Paris. Oh, and we should stop, please stop judging people based on the media’s reporting. Ugh!
posted June 27, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Jesus must abide in prison as there area lot of people who have “found” HIM there. They didn’t even know his name until the judge said GO TO JAIL-DO NOT PASS GO !!!! Just go.
posted June 27, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I think everyone deserve a second chance. But I also fill that she needs to pay her own debt. The taxs payers shouldn’t pay for her. I’m not upset that she’s rich. Let face it, if it was us, we would have done the entire time. I don’t think that’s right. That’s how the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. I do hope she has changed her ways. I wish her all the luck in the world. But remember don’t do the crime if you are afraid of the jail.
posted June 27, 2007 at 7:09 pm
WHY does this person deserve the attention she gets? She has done absolutly NOTHING noteworthy, politically, socially, or economically, except SPEND her FATHERS money. She has all the talent of a doorstop. If it were not for the fact that her father made something of himself, we would not even know that she exsists !
posted June 28, 2007 at 11:46 am
The problem that I have is that young ladies/gentlemen watch this stuff unfold. You can break the law, be sentenced and then play games with the system. You have several inmates who got sick when the door clinked behind them, they didn’t get to go home. I am concerned about the impression this gives our young people about fairness in the “system.”
In our community we have former police and judges who are arrested on DUI and they get suppended sentences (because of their past performance). When they kill someone then we’ll realize that the past was the past and the future in the here and now.
This young lady could be an assest but instead she has selected a life full of entertainment. I commend Donald Trump. You don’t hear about his children in jail, drinking, and roushing until the middle of the next day.
Then there is the media who has a camera in the face all the time. If they would stop covering every move maybe we wouldn’t get sick of turning on the TV or reading the newspaper.
posted July 3, 2007 at 10:38 am
Paris is a young lady who has beauty, riches and fame. Any young person under these circumstances is under great temptation and gets persued by a lot of people that try to influence and use. I really think that a lot of people ressent other people because they’re rich or famous or have more power than they do. If we stop and think that we should have any kind of compassion for other people, I’m sure we’d not be so judgmental. I don’t understand why were people gloating on her problems and why they wanted to see her suffer. If the people that started judging Paris, thought of her as someone close to them, they would certainly be praying for her and crying for God to intervine. In God’s eyes we’re all his children and if we can’t treat each other with compassion then how could we claim that we love God. I hope that Paris will be able to put all this behind her and cling to the one entity that never changes. I hope that she’ll keep God as her personal friend and remember that he’s ready to carry her when she’s weary or hurt. Jesus died for our sins to be forgiven and also forgotten forever, but for our sins to be forgiven, we must forgive others.