Paris Hilton: The Role of a Lifetime

In the early 2000s, Paris Hilton was seen as a joke.  She was a dumb spoiled rich girl, and it seemed as if the media was forcing her upon the world for. No. Good. Reason.  When a private video tape was released, the public largely said she deserved what she got – and maybe she was even using the video to get more famous.  Either way it was somehow all her fault.  Few people felt sorry for Paris.  She was a target for ridicule of comedians and the media.  To protect herself, she played a character in public, a dumb blonde who somehow remained on everyone’s radar through her antics and her lifestyle.

Today we understand things differently.  In hindsight we can see that Paris was a victim, not only of betrayal by a boyfriend but also of needless cruelty from the public.  One of the comedians who made fun of Paris in 2007 has come forward with a public apology and we're here to help rate the apology (and the joke!) as we all learn (hundreds of millions of dollars later) that while Paris Hilton may have suffered trauma, she is nobody’s fool.