When it was revealed Paris Hilton welcomed a baby boy via surrogate last month, many people assumed she went the surrogacy route because of her age. She’s 42-years-old.
But during a new interview with Glamour, Hilton revealed she would have had a surrogate no matter her age. She talked about how her past trauma has impacted her life, referring back to the physical and mental abuse she suffered at a boarding school in Utah when she was 17-years-old.
I’m just so scared. I think, again, leading back to Provo of even being in a doctor’s office, just all of that. The shots, the IVs that they put in. “When I was in The Simple Life, I had to be in a room when a woman was giving birth, and that traumatized me as well. But I want a family so bad, it’s just the physical part of doing it. I’m just so scared … childbirth and death are the two things that scare me more than anything in the world.
Thankfully, there were other options for her. It was actually Kim Kardashian who helped convince her to try a surrogate.
Kim told me about that as well. I’m using the same doctor — Dr. Huang, who’s the best — and he has a concierge team that deals with everything and interviews the people [the surrogate] to make sure that they’re healthy.
Hilton and her husband Carter Reum decided to name their little baby boy Phoenix Barron Hilton Reum. Sources say they are adjusting to parenthood well.
We wish them all the best!
