I 'wanted to die' after my sex tape was leaked, it was like being raped’, says Paris Hilton
During an interview, Paris Hilton addressed how she felt the time her intimate video was surfaced online. The 37-year-old socialite and businesswoman will feature in Bert Marcus' film 'The American Meme', during which the star revealed that she wanted to die.
Hilton is all set to marry Chris Zylka, however, despite her happy moments, the actress opened up in a candid interview about the time her sex tape was leaked.
"I literally wanted to die at some points," Hilton says while discussing the non-consensual release of a sex tape in 2004.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the star says: 'It was like I was being raped. It felt like I’ve lost part of my soul and been talked about in such cruel and mean ways.'
'I literally wanted to die at some points. I was like, "I just don’t want to live."
She continued: 'Because I thought everything was taken away from me. I didn’t want to be known as that. I would never be who I could have been.'
The filmmaker Marcus told the publication: "Paris Hilton didn't shy away from anything.
"Paris was brave enough to tell her truth. In the first conversation we had about the film, she told me, 'I don't give a shit anymore.'
"I want to do something that is real, that has an impact," he said. "Young people live in the now and you want to be relevant and have your name out there.
"People don't really think about the long-term repercussions, which is why Paris is sharing moments from her earlier life, where she made mistakes or trusted people she shouldn't have that took advantage of her. There is so much to be learned from Paris Hilton."
The entrepreneur told The Hollywood Reporter she's actually "a huge tech geek" who is "obsessed with video games, VR,".
"I'm working with a company right now and we're about to launch a Paris Hilton virtual reality world, which is basically going to be the next social media universe where people from all around the world can come meet, can come hang out," she said. "You can be yourself or an avatar, whatever you want to be. I'm taking it to the next level. I've always been ahead of my time and now that I think about it, I've always loved being a pioneer."
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First published: 28 April 2018, 16:27 IST