Before her rise to fame, Kim Kardashian was primarily known in the world of American entertainment for living in the shadow of Paris Hilton, the socialite, and heiress to a well-known hotel chain.
Before her name became synonymous with fame and her face was recognized in all corners of the planet, Kim Kardashian was mainly known in the world of American show business for her friendship with Paris Hilton, from whom she learned how to always live. under the flashes of the cameras.
While she spent most of her youth surviving the paparazzi siege together, Kim Kardashian stepped out of Paris Hilton's shadow once her family's reality show began to gain fame. Despite this, she always fondly remembers everything the heiress of the hotel empire did for her at the beginning of her friendship.
Something that many seem to have forgotten about Kim Kardashian is that Paris Hilton was the main contributor to her media take-off in the early years of the new century. During this time, the soon-to-be socialite started working as her personal assistant/stylist and they were always seen together everywhere.
Although she was technically her boss during that period of her life, Kim Kardashian acknowledges that she was able to establish a solid friendship with Paris Hilton and maintain that bond for more than 16 years. In an installment of E! True Hollywood Story, titled "Who is Kim Kardashian West?", the socialite had nothing but words of gratitude for her.
But that's not all, in the -hour special, Kim Kardashian recalls the invaluable lessons she learned from Paris Hilton and said it was the quintessential new millennium socialite's media savvy that really helped her survive in the entertainment industry.
“I remember we were sitting in her Mercedes SLR… and at that moment, the paparazzi would even get down on the floor trying to take a picture of you, from under your dress, and she was like, 'OK. We have to make sure we don't give them what they're looking for,'" Kim Kardashian said about that experience that would help her deal with these characters.
Though she's been in the public eye for over a decade, the fellow businesswoman doesn't miss an opportunity to credit Paris Hilton for opening her eyes to a life of fame. She “She was a great mentor to me. I really feel grateful for my experiences with her… She has been a big, big reason for my success,” she added.
LOYALTY TO HIS FORMER BOSS
Since Paris Hilton did so much for Kim Kardashian's career, the reality star said that she will always be there to support her longtime friend of hers. In an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashian, which aired last August, the socialite opened up about how much she appreciates Paris Hilton's friendship and said she would drop anything to help her former employer.
"I really want to do anything for her, she literally gave me a career," the cosmetics industry mogul revealed to her sister Khloe Kardashian, who praised her loyalty to Paris Hilton and told her that not everyone would be willing to do the same. than her for someone else, especially in the entertainment industry.
“A lot of people, no matter how they got success out of it, wouldn't say 'I made my career because of Paris,' and they wouldn't say 'I'm going to do you a favor. They'd say 'Haha b*tch look who's doing well now'. Still, it's very sweet and kind of you considering how busy you are right now," added Khloé Kardashian.
Kim Kardashian ended the conversation by saying that she would "give up everything" for Paris Hilton because it's important to her to be "loyal to people." So next time the heiress to one of the world's largest hotel chains finds herself embroiled in a media scandal, we already know she'll have one of the industry's biggest names as an ally.
