OutOfSightMedia/BuzzFoto/Getty imagesParis Hilton prefers Letterman to Leno. She doesn't pay her own cell-phone bills. And, oh yeah, "she's the single busiest person on the planet."
Such have been the revelations to emerge in the legal battle pitting the celebutante against the producer of the 2006 flop Pledge This, who are claiming that they lost buckets of cash because Hilton shirked her duties to promote the National Lampoon-branded bomb.
The details of a deposition Hilton gave in the case emerged this week and feature a glimpse into Hilton's world.
"Any chance I got, any red carpet, any press, if I was doing something for another product...I would just bring it up, 'Oh, my new sorority film, it's going to be sexy, it's going to be really hot girls'—like I really, you know, did my best," she said when asked what she did to pimp the film.
Hilton starred as the snobbish president of Gamma Gamma Gamma house in the nominal comedy. She also served as an executive producer...at least in title. "I'm not sure what a producer does," she said. "I don't know, help get cool people in the cast."
Pledge This!'s investors, led by Miami's Michael Goldberg, are seeking to recoup losses of more than $8 million. Per IMDb.com, the film grossed just $1.5 million worldwide.
The depo Q&A portrays the 28-year-old hotel heiress as someone so caught up in her other sponsorships, party appearances and TV gigs that she's never even seen her own cell-phone bill. Asked who pays the bills, she replied: "I don't know. I'm assuming, like, whoever pays my bills...I never ask about that stuff."
Her attorney came to her defense during a hearing on Tuesday. "She's the single busiest person on the planet," said lawyer Michael Weinstein.
Hilton also acknowledged she refuses to go on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno because the host veered off script once and asked her things she took offense to, and didn't follow guidelines concerning what she was there to plug. Instead, she prefers the cozy confines of the Late Show With David Letterman as a promotional venue, even if he cracked wise about her 2007 jail stint.
Speaking to E! News today, Hilton tried a little damage control—and worked in a plug.
"Although I think Leno is a nice guy and very funny, David Letterman and I have a special connection,” Hilton said. “I think he's adorable, charming, hysterical and I always have a fun time with him on the show. I go back on next month to see him again to promote season two of BFF. I look forward to it—I miss Dave!"
Presumably the Letterman stop won't interfere with another, more ignominious appearance. Hilton is due in court June 8 for the start of the Pledge This! trial.
—Additional reporting by Whitney English
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