Kathy Hilton Opens Up About Paris And Drew Barrymore's Childhood Friendship
Fans were surprised to learn that both Drew Barrymore and Paris Hilton went through abuse in their childhood at the Provo Canyon School in Utah during an episode of "The Drew Barrymore Show" in September 2020. The two famous women with vastly different public images both faced different healing journeys in their adulthoods. Even Paris' mother Kathy Hilton didn't know about the abuse until Paris discussed it in her 2020 documentary "This is Paris."
"We're closer than ever," Paris said of her relationship with her mom on Barrymore's talk show. "I think just talking about it just brought us even closer than we were." Both Barrymore and Paris have taken the reigns on their fame and Paris even has her own show documenting her wedding called "Paris in Love." Now they have both deviated from the paths we thought they would take, though it should be no surprise that these two strong women became who they are together. After all, they started out together, too.
Paris Hilton and Drew Barrymore were childhood friends
Beyond their celebrity upbringings, Drew Barrymore and Paris Hilton shared more than being in the spotlight. The two were also childhood friends. On a recent episode of "The Drew Barrymore Show," Paris and her mother Kathy Hilton guest starred and Kathy dished on the two stars' playdates. Kathy said the two were "tomboys" and loved spending time together. Barrymore reminisced that she would get dropped off at the Hilton house on a Friday and go home on a Monday, so sleepover dates were aplenty for Barrymore and Paris.
"You would get on the bikes, we had the big driveway. It was so cute," Kathy Hilton recalled. "After we moved from Los Angeles here, the only non-tomboy thing was when Ariel came out [from] the Disney movie [The Little Mermaid, Paris] got the red wig and costume. She wanted to put it on every day after school. I'd go to the market, she'd have this ratty wig. I mean we couldn't even get a brush through it! She loved it and would wear it every day."
Kathy also mentioned that Barrymore would ask for chocolate chip cookies. Can you imagine the little sister from "E.T." asking you for cookies? Yes! Take them all! We hope Barrymore and Paris got to toast with milk and cookies after this episode taping — a toast to old friends.
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