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" Paris Hilton has claimed that the general public have a misconception of her as a result of The Simple Life. Hilton - who appeared alongside Nicole Richie on the reality series between 2003 and 2007 - said that producers told her to play the &amp;quot;ditzy blonde rich girl&amp;quot;.    \u00A9 Instagram  Paris Hilton on the set of her recent music video  She told Metro: &amp;quot;When we did that show, it was the first reality show. I had never seen a reality show. I&amp;#039;d never been on camera in my life. I didn&amp;#039;t really know what to do.  &amp;quot;The producers told Nicole and I, &amp;#039;Nicole you be the troublemaker and Paris you be the ditzy blonde rich girl&amp;#039;. I tried to play the character of Cher from Clueless mixed with Eva Gabor from the Green Acres show - that character. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t realize I would end up doing the show for five years and doing that character for five years.&amp;quot;    \u00A9 KeystoneUSA-ZUMA / Rex Features   The 32-year-old - who is currently appearing in Ibiza as part of her DJ residency - also hit out at assumptions that she doesn&amp;#039;t have to work to get where she wants to be. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a lot of misconceptions about me because people know me from Simple Life,&amp;quot; she added. &amp;quot;They didn&amp;#039;t understand that I was acting and I was being a character so they assume I&amp;#039;m a complete airhead and a lot of people think, &amp;#039;Oh she&amp;#039;s a Hilton, she doesn&amp;#039;t have to work&amp;#039;, and that&amp;#039;s not true.&amp;quot; She is currently planning a musical comeback and teased fans with photos from a music video shoot last month. Watch the video for Paris Hilton&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Stars Are Blind&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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