- Paris Hilton began to think of herself as asexual in her 20s despite her "sex symbol" image.
- "I only liked to make out. A lot of my relationships didn't work out," she told Harper's Bazaar.
Paris Hilton questioned her sexuality in her 20s and privately thought she might have been asexual because she "only liked to make out," rather than have sex.
In a cover story for the March 2023 issue of Harper's Bazaar, the 41-year-old businesswoman said that despite her status as a "sex symbol," and being romantically linked with many different Hollywood stars, "anything sexual terrified me."
Asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction to others, or low or absent interest in or desire for sexual activity. Though many asexual people avoid sex, they may still enjoy kissing, cuddling, and hand-holding.
"I called myself the 'kissing bandit' because I only liked to make out. A lot of my relationships didn't work out because of that," she said.
However, Hilton said that when she met her husband Carter Reum in 2019, everything changed.
"It wasn't until Carter that I finally am not that way," she explained, adding: "I enjoy hooking up with my husband."
Speaking about her husband, Hilton continued: "He's not famous. He's smart. He comes from a nice family. He's a good person. It was the opposite of what I had been used to when I was looking for guys.
"I just feel like after all the hell I've been through, I'm finally getting what I deserve, which is someone I can trust and someone to build a real life with."
In a separate interview with Glamour UK, Hilton also spoke about her experience being sexually assaulted at the age of 15.
Hilton said that before she was sent to Provo Canyon School in Utah, she was living with her maternal grandmother in Palm Springs.
However, as she told the outlet, she would return to Los Angeles to hang out at the Westfield Century City shopping center with her friends "almost every weekend."
"That was our favorite thing to do and these [older] guys would always just be hanging around the stores… we'd talk to them, give them our beeper [pager] numbers," Hilton said.
"And then one day, they invited us to their house and we're drinking these berry wine coolers," she continued.
Hilton said she "didn't drink or [do] anything back then," but that one of the men was particularly forceful in making her consume the beverage, which she later realized had been spiked.
"When I had maybe one or two sips, I just immediately started feeling dizzy and woozy," she recalled. "I don't know what he put in there; I'm assuming it was a roofie [Rohypnol]."
Hilton said she passed out and when she woke up a few hours later, she knew that something had happened.
"I remembered it," she said. "I have visions of him on top of me, covering my mouth, being like, 'You're dreaming, you're dreaming,' and whispering that in my ear."
Hilton and Reum got married in November 2021 and welcomed their first child together via a surrogate last month.
Announcing the arrival of their baby boy on social media on January 25, Hilton wrote: "You are already loved beyond words."
—ParisHilton (@ParisHilton) January 25, 2023
Hilton accompanied her post with a photo showing a closeup of her manicured fingers wrapped around a baby's hand.
Nearly a month after announcing the arrival of their baby boy via surrogate, Hilton shared the name of her and Reum's son on an episode of her "This Is Paris" podcast.
"My beautiful baby boy's name is Phoenix Barron Hilton Reum," the Hilton hotel heiress said in an episode released on Wednesday. "And Carter and I are so proud to welcome him into the world."
"As you all know, Carter and I have been blessed with the arrival of our baby boy. He is such a precious angel, and we're over the moon, so in love with him. We're just so excited to start our family, and we can't wait for you to see him," Hilton shared.