Paris Hilton has criticized influencer culture and its “unrealistic standards”, despite insisting that she was the one who “launched” the lifestyle show as the dominant culture of the previous decades.

The 42-year-old heiress shot to international stardom in 2003 when she starred alongside her childhood friend, singer Lionel Richie’s daughter Nicole Richie, now 41, in the reality TV series The Simple Life.

The show aired shortly after her sex tape was leaked, attracting 13 million viewers in the first episode alone.

Paris naturally benefited from all the publicity, whether it was good or bad.

A true career woman, she has since appeared in a host of TV shows and films, tried her hand at modeling and even came to the public eye as a pop star in 2006, with the single “Stars are blind” from her first album becoming a household name. .

One of the most photographed girls from rich families, rarely without the paparazzi following her around, she insists that being a social media celebrity isn’t all that soul-destroying.

He has 23.5 million Instagram followers and an audience of 16.8 million.

As he told BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday: “It depends on whether you can really take it all and build a brand and a business that is sustainable. I think there are some pros and cons that come with it.

Obviously there’s so much toxicity and I can’t even imagine being 13 years old and dealing with these unrealistic beauty standards, filters, people trolling and comments that are a lot, you have to have a really strong stomach.”

“But I think if you have talent and a phone and Wi-Fi, you can build a brand or something, so I think it’s exciting if you can use it in the right way.” he adds.