Paris Hilton, Pet Care Guru?
Socialite, accidental film star, reality TV star, model… Paris Hilton is looking to add another title to that list: pet care specialist. No, you don’t have to worry about her poaching your petsitting jobs, but there are definitely rumors out there about Paris starring in a TV show about pet care.
E! Online tackled claims about Paris’s new pet show and was unable to come up with anything substantial…
Bunches of tabloids are reporting that Paris Hilton has scored a deal with Britain’s Living TV network to follow the heiress as she manages a pet grooming salon on Bond Street. However, when I contacted the network, they seemed as bewildered as a flock of underfed Chihuahuas.
“This one’s not us, I’m afraid,” a Living spokeswoman just told me via email. “It was misreported in yesterday’s Daily Star Sunday that it was, and I’m afraid I’m not sure what channel it is.”
What E! did remind us is how despicable it would be if Paris Hilton were to do a show about pets, considering her past experiences with them.
- She was recently berated by a cat adoption agency, first for failing to neuter a new kitten and then for deserting the animal at a vet’s office. The adoption agency re-rescued the kitten and called Paris “a negligent pet owner.”
- Paris once bragged to Ellen DeGeneres about having 17 dogs. Except that in Los Angeles, it’s illegal for nonbreeders to have more than three. Paris also told Ellen that the dogs “keep having babies, and I feel bad about giving them away.” Finally, she backtracked and said all her animals were neutered, except for “two of them.”
- The DeGeneres revelation spurred L.A. Department of Animal Services to cite Paris for having all those dogs without a breeder’s license.
- Remember her kinkajou a couple of years ago? (Didn’t think so.) Paris reportedly brought the wild animal into California, which is illegal. Oh, and it bit her. It’s unclear whether authorities forced her to give it up.
- Even her neighbors have told the press that she doesn’t do right by her pups. “She treats her animals horribly,” Shelby Segall told Page Six last year. “She had a little orange kitty about a year ago that kept getting out, and we kept telling her it was outside. She didn’t seem like she cared, and then one day the cat got run over in the middle of the street and died.”
Ugh. Let’s hope this is one of those rumors that fades quickly into the media abyss.
