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Two Blondes Walk Into an Opera
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie weren’t planning to reunite on TV. Then the stage came calling.
Before “influencer” was a viable career path; before Instagram or even Facebook; before “bestie” entered the Oxford English Dictionary; before Kris Jenner wielded more power than a studio exec; before the average high-schooler could use “nepotism” in a sentence, Hilton and Richie were inventing ways of being in front of over 10 million TV viewers a week. It’s always difficult to be ahead of your time, but Hilton and Richie came up during the peak tabloid era, which makes The Simple Life that much more of a reality TV miracle to revisit in 2024. In the decades since, they’ve remained cultural mainstays as their careers have evolved: Both are mothers now, and Hilton is an activist and touring DJ with a new album, while Richie has followed her comedy muse to hilariously fresh and bizarre places.
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