Inside the Mind of Paris

Paris Hilton began by sucking up.

"I consider you an icon," she told Larry King.

After that, the King tried to plumb the depths of her psyche. Let's just say it didn't require any heavy equipment.

Okay, Larry was no Ted Koppel. Or Tim Russert. "Think you got a raw deal?" he asked. But that's his interviewing style.

Hilton's most disingenuous answer--this from a woman who spends every waking minute seeking publicity, from her sex video to her reality show to her underwearless party-going--was when she said she had "no idea" why she attracts so much attention. "I'm just living my life," she said. Right.

There were these revelations:

Being in jail was scary.

The jail food was horrible.

She doesn't like being alone.

It was her lawyer's fault that she drove with a suspended license.

Paris used a lot of therapy-speak: Life is a journey. She feels stronger now. She is getting to know herself. God makes things happen for a reason. I wasn't surprised when she admitted going to a therapist.

She used toddler-speak: Being imprisoned "gave me a time out in life."