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- Paris Hilton opened up about potentially running for office during an interview on Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
- Hilton joked that she’d run only if she could “paint the White House pink”
- Co-host Jenna Bush Hager joked that she could “build a ballroom”
Paris Hilton isn’t ruling out a potential run for office, but there are conditions.
The DJ and heiress has been focused on her advocacy work on behalf of the “troubled teen industry,” which has naturally led to talks of a political future.
During an appearance on Today with Jenna & Sheinelle on Wednesday, Jan. 28, the 44-year-old was asked by co-host Jenna Bush Hager if she’d ever consider running for public office.
“Every time I go out, they all say that to me. They’re like, ‘You get more done than our government,’ ” Hilton said, laughing.
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Bush Hager, whose father is former President George W. Bush, noted, “Would you or no? Wait, that’s not a no!”
Co-host Sheinelle Jones agreed, adding, “I was just about to say, this is like a whole thing, I feel it.”
Hilton, who has been known to alter her voice, adopted a more nasally tone before joking, “Only if I could paint the White House pink.”
The comment prompted Jones and Bush Hager to burst out laughing, with Bush Hager adding, “Well, you could build a ballroom!”
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President Donald Trump is in the middle of a $400 million ballroom addition and renovation that has demolished the White House’s East Wing.
As for Hilton’s advocacy work, the Simple Life star has continued to promote her pro-children agenda.
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“I’ve now passed two federal bills and almost 20 state laws to protect children,” Hilton said.
Last week, Hilton appeared at the U.S. Capitol alongside Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a press conference highlighting the bipartisan support for the Defiance Act, which would offer legal recourse for nonconsensual deepfake AI pornography videos.
“It’s so scary with the world of AI because the laws have not caught up with it and there’s no regulations, and people are allowed to just make deepfake, AI explicit videos of children, women, people all around the world,” Hilton explained.
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