Paris Hilton finds Sarah Silverman’s apology for prison joke ‘genuine’

On Friday, Paris Hilton talked about Sarah Silverman’s apology during an episode of This Is Paris podcast. The former admitted being shocked and moved by Silverman’s thoughtful apology.

The 40-year-old said, “I was just shocked when I read [her apology] at first and pleasantly surprised…She was so genuine and so sweet and it really moved me”.

“I felt just emotional hearing it and I could tell that she really did mean what she said when she was apologizing” she added.

In 2007, Silverman insulted Hilton during MTV award show, she had said, “I heard that to make her feel comfortable in prison, the guards are going to paint the bars to look like penises. I just worry that she’s gonna break her teeth on those things”.

Earlier this week, the businesswoman said during her podcast that she “literally wanted to run out of the entire room” when she heard Silverman’s remarks about her.

She added, “But I just was trying to be strong and sit there as the whole audience was laughing. It was so painful, especially with what I was going through in my life, to then have people be so mean about it. It was really hard”.

Sarah on her podcast admitted and said, “I regretted the jokes not years later, but kind of immediately”.

She added, “So, here I am, 14 years later, telling you, Paris, that I am really sorry. I was then and I am, much more completely and with far more understanding, I think, now”.

Hilton was in jail for three days and was released and put on house arrest for 40 days, as per ABC.