People: Who’ll be her new bimbo friend forever?
More than 85,000 people want to be Paris Hilton‘s best friend.
The 27-year-old hotel heiress is using the Internet to cast potential friends for her new reality show, “Paris Hilton’s My New BFF.”
The MTV series will follow 20 contestants as they live together and vie for the chance to be Hilton’s permanent plus-one.
Thousands of candidates have posted profiles and videos on ParisBFF.com in hopes of winning a spot on the show. Visitors to the site can vote for their favorites.
Q: Why take your search for a new best friend to the reality-TV world?
A: Well I did “The Simple Life” for five seasons. I had a great time. I love reality TV. It’s my favorite to watch. When I was approached with this idea I just thought it would be so much fun, being a producer on the show as well, having boys and girls move into a house all vying to be my best friend, I just thought it’d be fun and I’d also like to meet some new friends.
Q: You recently found a new best friend in (boyfriend) Benji Madden. What are some of the challenges in finding friends you click with?
A: It is hard meeting new people. Most of my friends I’ve had my entire life, like obviously my sister and Nicole Richie have been with me forever. So when I meet new people, I’m always a little wary of the reason they may want to become my friend. I can usually just tell by when we’re out in public and there’s paparazzi around, I see, you know, who gets a little bit too excited or whatever. I can tell how those people are.
Q: What kinds of things appeal to you when you’re looking at the videos on ParisBFF.com?
A: Just people who are fun, people who I know are going to be great on TV, people who have fun personalities, they’re not shy, the people who tell their deepest secrets, people who are open to being honest and having a great time.
Q: What else is going on with you?
A: I’ve just been traveling for a while and just launched my clothing line and my shoe line. I’m just getting ready for my movie – “Repo! The Genetic Opera” is coming out soon.
Q: With all your projects, do you still have time for fun?
A: Not as much as I used to when I was younger. … (but) everything is so successful so it feels really great and I’d rather be working than doing anything else.
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