When I saw the first part of Paris’ interview on Larry King I was kind of immune to her bland pleas that she was upset or hurt by jail. I wasn’t even convinced that she was glad to be out. She has such a flat affect and her voice is always so even that it all seemed like an act to me.

Then she read this passage from a note she wrote in jail, and as simple and common as the message is you can tell she really means it.

The say when you reach a crossroad or turning point in life it really doesn’t matter how we got there, but what we do next after we get there. We usually arrive there by adversity, and it is then, only then, that we find out who we truly are and what we’re truly made of. It’s a process, a gift and a journey [sighs] and if we can travel it alone, although the road may be rough at the beginning, and find the ability to walk it, a way to start fresh again. It’s neither a downfall nor a failure, but a new beginning.

– I just felt like this a new beginning for me, just being in jail, and I just used it as a journey to figure out myself and who I am and what I want to do, and there’s just so much more to me than what people think.

[Transcribed from the video available on YouTube.]

I am super tired and am going through a lot right now. This kind of touched me despite the fact that Paris wrote it, and I can actually relate to what she’s saying.

At that point after reading her note the whole interview changed and Paris started to seem more open and geniune. You can see that she’s vulnerable and is capable of being more than just a brand name. That only lasted a few minutes until she switched back to public Paris and got boring again.

It’s not like we shouldn’t take US Weekly’s lead and stop paying attention to her because she has a brief moment where she seems like a regular person. People go through much worse shit every day and don’t get 5 seconds of media coverage. Still, I think she deserves a break. Now if only we could get a break from her, too.

If she really did have a life-changing experience in jail maybe she’ll do some charity work behind the scenes without letting everyone know about it. It’s possible has no control over the amount of press she gets now, though.

Thanks to Splash News for the header image of Paris leaving the Larry King interview.