Every parent's worst nightmare came true for Kathy Hilton, mother to the Beverly Hills heiress, Paris Hilton, when the young reality star was sent away to boarding school. Paris, who was just a young teen at the time, suffered sexual and emotional abuse while staying at Provo Canyon School.
After releasing her documentary detailing her abuse, Paris Hilton admits the trauma she suffered, and This is Paris became a beacon of hope for many young girls that suffered the same fate.
Kathy Hilton was finally ready to watch This is Paris
During her appearance on Andy Cohen Live, Kathy Hilton admitted she wasn't ready for over a year to watch the documentary detailing her worst nightmare, but shares she finally sat down with her daughter and braved the film.
Kathy told Andy Cohen, "She said to me, 'It's very important to me, Mommy, that you, that you watch this.'" She went on to say that when it came out, she threw a viewing party for her daughter, but left before the documentary aired.
"I had the party here for her when it came out," she said. "Outside, we did a big screen and it was too much after just watching a lot of the little clips, you know, the promos and trailers."
She then went on to say although she realized it wasn't about her, knowing what Paris endured was too much to handle at times.
"I'm not one of those people, 'Oh this is about me,' because it's not about me, but yet it really was so devastating the way I was told," she said.
Kathy also shared that the two went on a trip to Washington recently, and Paris asked her mom once again to watch the film.
"For her to keep that in for 20 years… I said to her finally like a few weeks ago, and then when I went to Washington with her, I said, 'I'm still not ready to watch it,'" she said, before admitting that when they got back, she finally agreed to see the movie.
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Kathy Hilton went on to share that she and her daughter held hands for the entire film, which was a pivotal moment in their relationship.
"So when we got back, I did watch it and we held hands and I could see how important we held hands for an hour watching this thing. And just the energy that I was feeling from her and how relieved and happy that she was, that I would watch it," she said.
She continued, "But it put me into such a depression that, I mean, a lot of people understood that we are trying to help our daughter. You know, we were trying to save Paris… we were worried she was living in New York. She was sneaking out and sometimes didn’t come back home for three days. Not going to school."
"We had met with school placement people," she continued. "It was handled extremely professionally. And we were told, in fact, I found out after this came out, there are people that you and I both know that have had these problems or sent their child to the school. And then finally that they talked about it. You know you feel kind of ashamed."
Watch the clip below for the whole interview.
