I always forgot that Nicky Hilton has had a boyfriend for years and years. Honestly, though, I rarely think about Nicky. She’s the quiet Hilton sister, and I want to believe she’s smarter and nicer than Paris Hilton, but who knows? Anyway, Nicky was able to maintain a four-year relationship with David Katzenberg, son of DreamWorks mega-mind Jeffrey Katzenberg (coughcoughMONEYcough). David and Nicky have split up, but there doesn’t seem to be any kind of scandal with cheating or jumpoffs or anything.
Nicky Hilton has quietly split with longtime boyfriend David Katzenberg after four years, Page Six can exclusively reveal.
Nicky and David, the son of DreamWorks honcho Jeffrey Katzenberg, have gone their separate ways, despite hopes from her family that the two would eventually tie the knot. Sources tell us the split was amicable and happened after their work pushed them in different directions.
One friend told us, “They broke up quietly after four years together. The main reason was that they have been busy with their work schedules, and it has made it difficult to spend time together. Nicky has been back and forth traveling overseas a lot with her business. She has recently been in Asia promoting her jewelry line, and David is starting a new production company. Their schedules never seemed to match.”
The friend added, “There is no scandal or any third person — they remain close friends, they have been friends since they were teenagers.”
Despite the split, sources say Nicky and David talk regularly and have been tweeting one another.
Jeffrey, a creator of MTV series “The Hard Times of RJ Berger,” has set up KatzSmith Productions with Seth Grahame-Smith. He recently told Collider that the two are working on another MTV-scripted comedy and “trying to cross over into feature-land.”
“Right now, we’re just getting off the ground,” he said. “We have a comedy spec that we’re going out with soon. Seth is working on his next book. There’s a lot of stuff in the air right now, so we’ll see how things land and where they fall.”
Reps for Hilton and Katzenberg declined to comment.
[From Page Six]
Do believe that two hard-working, professional people can just split up because of schedules? Sure, I do. I’m not sure if that’s really what happened here, but who knows. I tend to think that the Katzenberg family probably wasn’t thrilled with the idea of David marrying anyone named “Hilton” but if David and Nicki have been friends for forever, maybe that didn’t matter. Still, I tend to think that they probably broke up because they just got to the point where they were either going to get married or end it all, and Nicky wanted to marry (or her parents wanted her to marry) and David’s family was all “Hell to the NO.”
Photos courtesy of WENN.
She may be smarter but I’m not sure about nicer, she gives off a snot vibe.
Love her denim dress in that last photo.
David went to my college (Boston University). He’s a dick.
But his dad donated money so that’s cool.
I went to high school with the Katzenbergs… David’s twin sister, Laura is ..um, a beautiful, sweet, wild, sexpot.. These days, Nicky is far tamer than Laura.(back when Nicky was in the press listening to Paris’ dumb advice she wad a mess, but she has a good head on her shoulders (conspiracy theory: she is adopted and not related to the awful women in her family??) I truly doubt that the Katzenberg parents (who are divorced vs Rick & Kathy Hilton) would care if he married Nicky so long as they were in love, which they definitely were. Also, Jeff Katzenberg left Disney on terrible terms… he left his wife on icky terms. I think its wonderful that the Hilton clan produced 1 non F-up, and its great that the Katzenberg twins, specifically David are so… well, they are the opposite of my other classmates such as ‘Greasy Bear’ Davis, etc. I put Nicky in the same boat as Nicole Richie– she used to be a tabloid, druggy Paris wannabe, but she chilled out and became a cool chick with a strong sense of family. When’s the last time Paris had a bf for 4 years? yup.
I’ll bet she was pissed that it has been that long and still no ring, but I am positive it had to do with his family not being into the idea of having the gaudy Hiltons as in-laws.
Who and who? Who gives a crap about these nobodies? NEXT
I think it is always sad when long term relationships break up. Don’t understand why women date men 4-7-10-14 years waitng and wanting to get married. By a certain time if he hasn’t proposed, he isn’t going to.
Didn’t she get married once in a Vegas trip (she went to Vegas with her sister and some other of their trashy bunch and got married to some guy she dated)?
Am I confusing her with someone else?
This family has been in business for close to 100 years and that is a large part of America’s history right there.
So it always amazes me that all it took to ruin their legacy’s image was one rat-faced descendent.
Nicky certainly got the looks in that family. I love her eyes too.
ps why am i still in moderation? every post this week >.<
“Don’t understand why women date men 4-7-10-14 years waitng and wanting to get married. By a certain time if he hasn’t proposed, he isn’t going to. ”
That’s presumptuous. Did she tell you she wanted to marry him?
Nicky got married to Jason Meister on a Vegas trip. They got divorced shortly thereafter and I think she subsequently distanced herself from her sister.
I’m trying to care. But it’s nice to see Nicky decided to be a real person, instead of like ..well Paris
@crtb, I understand that you are making a generalization about relationships. However, I used to read so many comments like yours and get all depressed. I waited 10 years for a proposal! Happily, I’m a Waity no more! I followed some advice from a Middle Eastern belly dancer. She said,”We are the most strong when we are soft.” Worked like a charm!
“Sources tell us the split was amicable and happened after their work pushed them in different directions.”
Excuse me, “work”??? Can someone please enlighten me on what exactly Nicky does for a living? Thanks.
Good thing he has money. The older he gets, the more he’ll look like later-years John Belushi/Joey Buttafuoco.
@ Ally, So very true. Run Nicky!
aww how sad! i always stomached nicki a helluva lot more than ol herp face!! nicki does seem like the more lowkey sensible one…like the white solange kinda!! and LOL@ get married and hell to the no!!! its sad when i hear couples breakup due to schedules or not enough time together…sometimes u gotta stick it out and its a matter of whats more important! i mean seriously neither one of them need to really work another day in their lives so i mean why couldnt ther be some sort of compromise or something??
Well, she is a least smarter about her press relations and is a good example of how pretty Paris could be if she had not turned herself into a Barbie doll.
P.S. I think the need to get married isn’t as stressed as far as societal standards, just because a guy isn’t proposing, doesn’t mean he’s not committed.
My husband went on a Vegas bachelor trip in June. His group ran into Nicky and Paris at The Marquee Night club. The guys said Nicky was totally nice, very cool and approachable. She talked to them for like 20-30 min.