Paris Hilton isn't exactly a genius, but she's miles smarter than most of her "collegues" from that era.

Huh. Good to know!

Paris was ignored by wealthy parents and sent to one of those abusive youth camps. That's the root.

Too many coincidences. She does the reality show with Nicole Ritchie which is fine. Nicole has problems with eating disorder, Paris gets more tabloid attention. Paris becomes friends with Lindsey Lohan (big star at the time), Lindsey goes off the deep end. And then the same thing happens with Britney Spears and that producer dude that Paris dates (I think he was twice her age and left his wife because of her). He produces an excellent album for her actually. It's hard not to see a pattern. And even with regular drug abuse people usually don't fall apart as badly and as publicly as those three did.

huge amateur radio

So that's where the H in hamradio comes from!