Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie reuniting for new show 20 years after The Simple Life as fans rave they’ve ‘needed this’
PARIS Hilton and Nicole Richie will be reuniting for an upcoming reality show, reports have revealed.
The iconic duo previously worked together from 2003 to 2007 on The Simple Life.
Paris, 43, and Nicole, 42, are returning to television, but their new show will be different from what they filmed previously, sources told TMZ.
The news outlet also reported that the two TV stars have been talking about it for months and have been coming up with ideas.
Nothing has been filmed yet, and it’s still “very early in development,” but many production companies are interested in taking on the project.
However, according to TMZ, James Corden’s company Fulwell 73 received the rights.
On X, formerly Twitter, fans freaked out over the girls’ new show.
“I am so pumped for this,” one exclaimed.
“When I saw Nicole post her and Paris I knew something was definitely up because she rarely posts throwbacks,” a third said, referring to Nicole and Paris’ latest Instagram post.
GIVING HINTS
On Wednesday, Paris and Nicole posted a collage of the two stars throughout their friendship including early 2000s selfies and childhood snaps.
“From Day 1: Sill and Bill,” they captioned their posts, referring to the nicknames they gave one another on The Simple Life and even used the term “Sanasa” a lot as well.
Fans couldn’t get enough of their throwback posts.
“My teenage self was raised by you and Nicole lol The Simple Life was my fav show as a teenager,” one commented on Paris’ post.
Another claimed the duo were the “Inventors of Reality TV.”
A fourth fan said, “Icons for life!”
“Praying for the simple life reunion,” stated a fourth.
THEIR CLAIM TO FAME
The Simple Life followed Paris and Nicole ditching their glamorous life in Los Angeles, California to experience life outside their bubble by working low-paying jobs.
The first season aired on December 2, 2003, and documented Paris and Nicole’s one-month stay in Arkansas with a farm family.
A year later, Paris and Nicole headed out in a pink pickup truck where they participated in many different jobs, including fishing and working as maids, for Season 2.
During Season 3, the iconic duo worked several different internships across the United States, and in Season Four, they took on the role of being wives in a family.
In the final season, Paris and Nicole worked at a summer camp as counselors.
PARIS VS NICOLE
The first three seasons of the show aired on Fox. The show temporarily went off the air due to a rumored rift between Paris and Nicole.
It eventually returned for two more seasons on a different network, E!, as the stars put their arguing behind them.
In 2005, Paris gave an interview with People about her and Nicole’s rocky friendship.
“It’s no big secret that Nicole and I are no longer friends,” Paris dished.
“Nicole knows what she did, and that’s all I’m ever going to say about it.”
Months later, Nicole revealed that the two “grew apart.”
Lionel Richie’s daughter explained that the situation “just turned into a much bigger thing than it is.”
“It’s just not part of my life,” she said.
While what truly happened between the two hasn’t been confirmed, fans have discussed that Nicole showing an intimate video of Paris at a party caused the rift.
Since then, the girls have discussed that they still talk and seem to be on good terms.
Nicole attended Paris’ wedding in 2021.
