thempiers come on paris you know you play this game smartly you play it aggressively you use the media to make money are you really entitled to any privacy given the amount of your private life that you put out there for commercial gain paris when youre in this business this is what you sign up for therell be no privacy piers is that a price worth paying paris sometimes sometimes not ive really grown a thick skin over the years and ive had so many things said about me and its hard but i feel like what else could happen at this point everything bad that can happen to a person has happened to me piers paris you hang out with people like lilo some of whom have really fallen badly why do some manage to deal with fame and others just fall by the wayside paris i think it has a lot to do with your family i am so fortunate that my parents have been together forever theyre so supportive theyre there for me they love me for me and i think these other people you know their parents are living off of them and i dont know they just dont have that home life if i didnt have my parents i dont know where id be today i feel very lucky to have my mom and dad i have a lot of love my parents were very strict my mom i think was a little too strict made me rebel kathy well it was my first child and i thought this is you know my little china cup and i didnt want it to break and i was probably too overbearing and strict and thats why she would start to sneak out and piers the rest is history kathyyes piers paris how many current businesses do you have paris i have 17 different product lines i do everything from fragrances handbags clothing shoes sunglasses pet products stationery bedding piers what kind of volumes do these sell these things do you know paris i do but i dont like to discuss money piers why paris i dont know its something my mom taught me its obnoxious when people do that piers the most recent thing i read is you make about 10 million dollars a year i would imagine its more than that isnt it paris yes piers is it a lot more paris i do very well for myself i feel really proud of what ive accomplished piers what is brand paris if you were pitching it to me what do you personify paris fashion fun excitement and amazing products im passionate about every single thing i do and i really believe in everything i worked very hard to achieve all this piers do you know what youre worth do you keep a close eye on the money paris i dont like to be taken advantage of i feel like people when they think you have