“And maybe I’m wrong, and that’s why I didn’t want to say any of this to anybody to the public,” added Spears, 39. “People would make fun of me or laugh at me and say, ‘She’s lying, she’s got everything, she’s Britney Spears.’ "
On her podcast, Hilton assured guestsGigi GorgeousandNats Gettythat she knew the “Everytime” singer “didn’t mean it in that way.”
“She meant when she saw it, she couldn’t even believe it,” she added, referring to her own allegedabuse she endured at boarding schoolas a teenager. “What she said was, when people hear that, they’re like, ‘Oh, it’s Britney Spears’ [or] ‘It’s Paris Hilton. They have these perfect lives. Who is gonna believe [them]? I didn’t even believe Paris — who’s gonna believe me?’ "
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Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in 2008.Chris Polk/FilmMagic
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Calling any backlash “a misunderstanding on the media’s part,” Hilton said Spears was just using the former reality star’s experience “as an example.”
“Dealing with it as a teenager was hard but I can’t imagine, still, as an adult, after working your entire life,” she continued of Spears' conservatorship. “She’s built a huge empire; she’s a legend, she’s an icon, she’s a mother. She’s amazing and shehas these people controlling her money, her life.”
Hilton also said during the podcast that she was “proud of” her friend “for speaking up and using her voice,” captioninga snippet from the episodeon Instagram, “I will always support and love Britney. She is so kind and sweet, and she deserves her freedom. I’ve been saying#FreeBritneyfor a long time, and I will keep saying it until she is free.”
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During aSeptember appearanceonSiriusXM’sRadioAndy,Hilton opened up about her friendship with Spears and shared her thoughts about the singer’s ongoing conservatorship.
“I just love her so much,” she continued. “I feel like if you are an adult, you should be able to live your life and not be controlled.”
“I think that maybe stems fromme being controlled so muchso I can understand how that would feel and I can’t imagine right now if that was still happening to me,” she added of the conservatorship. “After just working your whole life and working so hard, she’s this icon, and I just feel like she has no control of her life whatsoeverand I just don’t think that’s fair.”
source: people.com
