Paris Hilton defends herself against Nick Carter: we dated for a short period

This is some old gossip about celebrities we barely think about, but its mildly funny to me. Nick Carter, formerly of the Backstreet Boys, has published a new memoir called Facing the Music And Living To Talk About It. In his memoir, Nick covers his struggle with substance abuse and his relationship with Paris Hilton


This is some old gossip about celebrities we barely think about, but it’s mildly funny to me. Nick Carter, formerly of the Backstreet Boys, has published a new memoir called Facing the Music And Living To Talk About It. In his memoir, Nick covers his struggle with substance abuse and his relationship with Paris Hilton in 2004. They were together all of seven months. Nick has been sober for five years now, but he was deep in his addiction during his relationship with Paris. In interviews and in his memoir, Nick has said that Paris was an awful influence on him and called her “the worst person in the world for me to hook up with.” Paris has deigned to respond to Nick. She managed to shoot down his memory of what they shared, saying they only dated briefly, while bringing up the point that Nick was a rock star and that she wasn’t his only influence. She didn’t even deny that she was doing drugs at the time. Then she ended by wishing him well. Touche. Advantage Paris.

Paris Hilton is speaking out following Nick Carter’s claims that their relationship was unhealthy.

Access Hollywood spoke to the Backstreet Boy about Paris, who wrote about the socialite in his book, “Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It.”

“It is what it was. I was with someone who wasn’t good for me at the time. I might not have been good for her at the time,” he told Access of the former reality star.

In his book Nick wrote, “Paris was the worst person in the world for me to hook up with.”

The 33-year-old singer also told Access, “We had the partying in common. It just is what it is. That’s life. You go through, you have exes and you have past situations. But I don’t fault her for anything.”

On Wednesday, Paris – who dated the singer in 2004 – responded Nick in a statement to Access.

“I don’t believe I was a negative influence on Nick, we dated for a very short period of time almost 10 years ago and when we met he was already a successful pop star, I’m pretty sure that was the only thing influencing him at the time. I’m glad he got help for his problems and wish him all the best,” the 32-year-old said.

[From Access Hollywood]

In 2007, a storage locker was found with a ton of Paris Hilton’s personal effects. Among them were love letters between Paris and Nick that were pretty amusing and personal of course. They poured their hearts out to each other, and both declared their love. While Paris may be like “meh it was ten years ago and lasted a split second,” Nick may remember the intensity of what they shared. I’m just saying it sounds like he’s still a little hung up on her. Maybe I’m wrong though and he’s using Paris for publicity for his book, which would be a decent strategy five years ago. And as much as it pains me to say it, Paris’ statement is superb. Maybe her PR person wrote it, but she doesn’t sound bitter or defensive, just realistic.

Paris and Nick back in the day. From the now-defunct “Paris Exposed” website.


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