"What I love is that if you take the really richest families in America...their kids still all want to be Paris."


Fleiss tells Paris, don't worry

I don't know why Paris Hilton's sentence made me think of calling Heidi Fleiss on the phone at her home in Pahrump, Nevada. But I figured I could, at least, catch up on the laundromat she is opening in Pahrump, just about an hour from Vegas.

If you'll recall, her version of a stud farm has temporarily taken a back seat to a laundromat near the Wal-Mart in Pahrump. Dirty Laundry opens June 10, and I plan to go to the grand opening with a load of laundry.

As usual, Fleiss gives an interview like no one else. I would say she got the better of me on this one. In my defense, it is hard not to look foolish talking to Heidi Fleiss about Paris Hilton. But it can be entertaining:

Richard Abowitz: Do you have any thoughts on Paris going to jail?

Heidi Fleiss: When she wakes up it will be over.

RA: So, you don't think she is facing anything serious?

HF: Of course not. How can you call it serious? When it is over she will meet her new best friend.

RA: So you don't think what she is facing is as bad as she may believe?

HF: Of course not. She is just worried about the stigma that will be attached to her: 'Oh my god, I am not an aristocrat now.' But I happen to really like Paris. I think she is awesome.

RA: Do you actually think she is worried how jail will impact her reputation?

HF: Probably. (This is followed by a string of obscenities invoking stories of Hilton's past behavior, alleged past behavior and present behavior in explicit detail followed by the general indifference of Fleiss to such behavior.) I am saying the worst things I can say so you can't write any of it.

RA: Is there anything you can say without an obscenity about Paris?

HF: Let me tell you, I think Paris is awesome. What I love is that if you take the really richest families in America, all those Fortune 500 parents who send their kids to Ivy League schools and give them the most opportunities to experience culture, their kids still all want to be Paris. I love that.

RA: Do you think her going to jail will change that?

HF: Of course not. She's spent nights in plenty of places that are worse than jail.

source: latimes.com