Paris Hilton says she took quaaludes and drank in order to take part in her sex tape
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- Paris Hilton revealed that she took quaaludes and drank in order to participate in her sex tape.
- Hilton wrote about the tape in an exclusive extract of "Paris: The Memoir" published in The Sunday Times.
- The heiress also discussed the backlash she received after her sex tape was leaked in 2004.
In an exclusive extract of "Paris: The Memoir" published in The Sunday Times on Saturday, Paris Hilton revealed that she took quaaludes and drank in order to participate in her sex tape.
Hilton, 42, detailed the events that led to the filming of her sex tape with ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon. According to a July 2020 report by People, the tape was filmed in 2001 and leaked in 2004. While Hilton does not name Salomon in the excerpt, she writes that she and the professional poker player began dating when she was 18.
According to Hilton, Salomon "kept pushing" for them to make a tape together. She eventually agreed.
"I wasn't capable of the level of trust required to make a videotape like that. I had to drink myself silly. Quaaludes helped. But I did it. I have to own that. I knew what he wanted, and I went with it," Hilton writes.
Hilton revealed that Salomon said he could "easily" find someone else to make a sex tape with if Hilton didn't agree to it.
"I needed to prove something to him and to myself, so I got hammered, and I did it," Hilton writes.
The heiress also clarified in the extract that she had nothing to do with the leak.
"Most important: if this was something I had chosen to do, I would have owned it ... I would have stood by it, capitalized on it, licensed the shit out of every frame, and then boogied on over to the bank without apologizing to anyone," Hilton wrote.
At the time, Hilton felt confused regarding her sexuality. Only later did Hilton have the terminology to understand how she felt about sex.
"I had no language for it. I'd never heard the word asexual," she wrote, adding that as a teenager she "hated the idea of sex," and avoided it until it was "absolutely unavoidable."
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In 2004 Hilton was informed that a video of her having sex was circulating on the internet. In her memoir, Hilton reflected on the aftermath of the sex-tape leak.
"The tape was everywhere, and everyone was talking about it, shaking their heads, and saying I had no decency. Funny, no one mentioned the decency of people who watch creepy sex videos of teenage girls," Hilton wrote.
In the 2018 documentary "The American Meme," Hilton opened up about the toll the sex-tape scandal took on her.
"It was like being raped," she says in the documentary, according to USA Today. "It felt like I'd 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,' because I thought everything was taken away from me. I didn't want to be known as that."
When her sex tape leaked, Hilton's reality show "A Simple Life" with Nicole Richie was in the works. Hilton recalled having to tell the producers and her parents what happened. At the time, she was unsure if the reality series would suffer due to the scandal. "A Simple Life" would continue for five seasons, from 2003 to 2007.
"Paris: The Memoir" will be released on March 14.