[Yardstick]

What I know of Paris is from seeing bits and pieces of her reality show on TV. She’s definitely a spoiled rich girl but it’s obvious there’s more to her than that. In one of the shows she was basically babysitting some average joe middle class kids at their home. Mom and Dad were out for a few days and she was in charge. She was sort of being the flaky older sister — struggling to do basic things like cooking a pot of mac and cheese, not knowing how to work the dishwasher, etc — and she was just such a sweetheart about the whole thing. As I recall, she bonded with the kids and they bonded with her. It was just really sweet. Maybe it was an act — even reality shows are a performance to some extent — but I don’t think so. I think under it all she’s basically okay.

[myprecious]

In the only episode on Simple Life I watched, the host family sent Paris and Richie to the feed store for supplies and gave them a charge card. They bought the items that were needed, but Richie started egging on Paris to buy other stuff. They bought a fancy bird feeder that cost over $120 and then "gave" it to the woman because it was her birthday. The next day, the family discovered the extra charges and were very hurt by the prank.

Richie just laughed it off, but Paris kept apologizing. She even violated the rules and tried to get some of her own money brought in to pay for the charges. There was a bit of real remorse in her face, and she only knew to break rules and throw money at the situation. Still, there was a moment of human emotion.