# Paris Hilton has found God **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563 "2007-06-11T15:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/1 "2007-06-11T15:00:00Z")
Talking to Barabara Walters from [Jail](http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3264588&page=1) > [@](#): > > Hilton said jail and the chaos surrounding her sentence have made her realize she must clean up her act. > > “I used to act dumb,” she told Walters in the exclusive phone conversation. “That act is no longer cute. Now, I would like to make a difference. … God has given me this new chance.” I know the first impulse is to laugh, but I’d like to think there’s at least a 1% chance that she’s learned something. There’s also this: > [@](#): > > In a statement earlier that day, Paris directed her lawyers not to appeal her sentence and **urged the media to focus on more important things like Iraq**. Can everybody say word? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/2 "2007-06-11T15:02:15Z")
If her dumb act was indeed an act, then I’d like to reiterate what I said when speculating on this eventuality: Way to go, Paris. You fooled me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/3 "2007-06-11T15:02:34Z")
I think up to now she’s been shielded from knowing how many people just can’t stand her. It must have come as a shock. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/4 "2007-06-11T16:09:32Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] I think up to now she’s been shielded from knowing how many people just can’t stand her. It must have come as a shock. [/QUOTE] I always wonder if she’s seen that South Park. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/5 "2007-06-11T16:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] If her dumb act was indeed an act [/QUOTE] Aint no actresses that can act _that_ well. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/6 "2007-06-11T16:12:20Z")
Who cares if she’s found God? Call me when she finds some underpants. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/7 "2007-06-11T16:15:43Z")
I thought the quote would just be, “God is hot.” ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/8 "2007-06-11T16:15:47Z")
She’s an actress? I’ve been mystified since I heard her thank her fans for their support. Why on earth would she have fans? What are they fans _of_?? Her mere existence? ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/9 "2007-06-11T16:16:54Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] She’s an actress? I’ve been mystified since I heard her thank her fans for their support. Why on earth would she have fans? What are they fans _of_?? Her mere existence? [/QUOTE] Well, she was in \*House of Wax, \* which is like a whole bunch of punchlines all on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/10 "2007-06-11T16:18:45Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] She’s an actress? I’ve been mystified since I heard her thank her fans for their support. Why on earth would she have fans? What are they fans _of_?? Her mere existence? [/QUOTE] She had (has?) a rather popular reality TV show. Don’t know if that makes her an actress. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/11 "2007-06-11T16:19:30Z")
I’ll be honest, I always figured the vast majority of her character was just that, an act. She’s made a lot of money by not doing a damn thing (aside from manipulating the rest of us to think she’s interesting) and that’s not something that can be done by your run of the mill idiot. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure she’s got an entire list of problems (psych, drugs, etc. and so forth), but I don’t think she’s nearly as stupid as she played up to be. Of course, I’d say the same thing about Anna Nicole Smith (though she was dumb enough to get far into drugs). ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/12 "2007-06-11T16:20:07Z")
I wanted to make an off-color remark about how I helped her see God, but I’m kind of disgusted by the thought. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/13 "2007-06-11T16:34:46Z")
Hmmm… Paris has found God while in jail. In other news, the sky is still blue… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/14 "2007-06-11T16:38:03Z")
Score one for the atheists (and I believe she is ‘acting’ like an idiot when she is really only vapid). ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/15 "2007-06-11T16:45:09Z")
Ironic…you’d think that for all the other “noodly” appendages she’s been touched with in her life, she’d have seen the FSM at least ONCE by now. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/16 "2007-06-11T16:53:07Z")
Of _course_ she wants the media to focus on other, more important things like Iraq at a time like this. And by “a time like this,” I mean “a time when she’s showing that she’s not quite as smart as she portrayed herself in The Simple Life.” The whole “Iraq is so much more important than me” spiel smacks of the beauty pageant “world peace” contestant speech to me. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/17 "2007-06-11T16:57:46Z")
I for one am very happy for her . I wish her all the best as it is a very tough road to walk even when your poor. I can’t imagine having her wealth the trials she will face. I hope she prays constantly and surrounds herself with others who believe. She will need thier help and guidance. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/18 "2007-06-11T17:00:35Z")
She found God? Was He missing again? That silly deity is always getting Himself lost! Maybe we should put a bell on him? I bet he was in the last place she looked. [sub]1 ticket to hell, please[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/19 "2007-06-11T17:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Of _course_ she wants the media to focus on other, more important things like Iraq at a time like this. And by “a time like this,” I mean “a time when she’s showing that she’s not quite as smart as she portrayed herself in The Simple Life.” The whole “Iraq is so much more important than me” spiel smacks of the beauty pageant “world peace” contestant speech to me. [/QUOTE] Well, she’s right. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563/20 "2007-06-11T17:02:43Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I bet he was in the last place she looked. [/QUOTE] That wouldabeen during the cavity search. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-hilton-has-found-god/407563.md?page=2)