Paris Hilton claims her dumb-blonde persona was just an act

You can watch 'This Is Paris' on Paris Hilton’s YouTube channel. Photo: AP

When The Simple Life debuted in 2003, I described it as a new low in reality TV with "bubble-headed party girls who wouldn't know which end of the champagne bottle to chug from if their bodyguards weren't there to help".

Turns out the joke might have been on me.