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In 2007 Paris Hilton appeared on David Letterman’s “The Late Show With David Letterman,” where she was asked about her brief stint in jail for a parole violation, according to Fox News.
“That was off-limits and he would not discuss it and we would only be there to promote the perfume and my other business ventures,” Hilton said.
“I felt like it was a safe place because I’d been going on Letterman for so many years.”
“He’d always have fun with me and joke around, but I thought he would keep his word on this and I was wrong.”
“I was just getting so uncomfortable and I was so upset,” she explained. “Just being up there, it was like he was purposefully trying to humiliate me.”
“You promised me you wouldn’t talk about this and that’s the only reason I agreed to come on the show,” she remembered saying.
“It was just very cruel and very mean,” Hilton said. “And after it ended I looked at him and I said, ‘I’m never coming on the show again. You’ve crossed the line.'”
“I found out afterward I had offended you. I felt horrible about it because I’m not here to make enemies, honestly,” he said at the time. “So I called you, and you took the call, which I thought was very nice of you, and now you’re back and thank God, and I’m terribly sorry.”
From Fox News:
After their 2007 encounter, Letterman apologized by sending her a case of wine.
Paris’ sister Nicky said that it was “cruel” of the comedian to push for the discussion and added that she doesn’t “think that would happen today.”
A few months later, Hilton returned to the show and the comedian apologized.
