Was the Paris Hilton tape a publicity stunt?

[Jaguar]

Normally I'm not a conspiracy theorist. Nor am I a cynic. But is it just me, or did the sex tape giving Paris Hilton huge publicity just before her Fox show aired seem a little too perfect?

I had never heard of her before the scandal. I never had heard of the other girl on the Fox reality show either. I'm willing to bet that the same is true for the majority of Americans. I don't think the show would have drawn 11 million viewers on its premiere if the scandal hadn't happened. I don't think it would have drawn 11 thousand. How convenient that the tape found its way onto the internet just a few weeks before the premiere of her show.

[Verto]

I hate being out of the loop.

[Shi Huangdi]

I doubt Hilton would do something so damaging to her reputation just to promote herself.

[Kaak]

i also doubt it

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
I doubt Hilton would do something so damaging to her reputation just to promote herself.

I would agree with you if the premiere and the scandal weren't within only weeks of each other.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
I doubt Hilton would do something so damaging to her reputation just to promote herself.

What reputation? The first I'd heard of her was two days ago.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
I doubt Hilton would do something so damaging to her reputation just to promote herself.

Same as KH...what reputation? And what damage? How has this hurt her in any way? It's not as if people are shocked.

JW, I'm suspicious as well. I wouldn't be surprised if it were staged.

[Kaak]

how have you guys not heard of paris hilton?

[Shi Huangdi]

She had a reputation, not a large public one, but alot of rich people know her apparently. It has to be embarassing to her in front of friends, family, and contacts to have a video of her having sex out in public.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Kaak
how have you guys not heard of paris hilton?

I didn't say I hadn't heard of her. But what kind of reputation do you expect a spoiled, dumb blonde socialite to have?

[Dis]

yes- esp. considering the tape is a few years old and it comes out now? Hell, I didn't even know who she was before this tape. So I guess it worked- though I still didn't watch her crappy show.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
I doubt Hilton would do something so damaging to her reputation just to promote herself.

bzzt- wrong answer- unless you are trolling

She has been doing outrageous things for years. I didn't hear about them until after this tape though- only because I don't follow celebrities. I think I heard something about her dancing on top of a table at her 16th birthday party while not wearing underwear. There are many other stories like these as well.

[alva]

Can I echo something here..:

I hate being out of the loop.

[Mr. Harley]

I join the other Apolytonites here - I saw a post referencing her, and I thought they were talking about a porno flick filmed in France . We don't have television, cable, or satellite reception at home., by choice.

I only realized what it was about when I caught up with my newpaper reading. I detest popular non-culture.

[Buck Birdseed]

And how, exactly, is it "non-culture"? It's entered our common reference frame now, next time a young new intellectual subjectivist critic alludes to it you'd have missed it!