- LOS ANGELES: Don’t try asking Paris Hilton if she is a has-been.
- Hilton, 30, walked out of a television interview, portions of which aired on Wednesday, after being asked whether other reality TV stars have grabbed the celebutante limelight from her after 15 years of being famous for being famous.
The question by an ABC network reporter was prompted by dismal audiences for Hilton’s latest TV reality show “The World According to Paris,” which debuted to just 400,000 US viewers on cable channel Oxygen in early June. “Do you worry at times that the people who have followed in your footsteps, like Kim Kardashian, have overshadowed you,” ABC News journalist Dan Harris asked Hilton. “No, not at all,” she replied, adding tersely that she was not upset about the low ratings for her TV show. “Ever worry about your moment having passed?” pressed Harris. Hilton gave a derisive “Huh” and walked off for what Harris described as a long and heated talk with her publicist. She later resumed the interview and said; “I’ve been doing this for 15 years now, so it’s been a long time. So just like any other business person or someone in the industry, it’s always important to reinvent yourself and come up with new projects.”

