Ditzy Rich Kids Now Reality TV Fodder
Dec. 3 -- They're young, they're good-looking and they're rich. And now they're TV stars too.
Young heirs including Paris Hilton and Ally Hilfiger are the new darlings of reality TV.
They're not your average Joe Millionaire or Survivor cast member looking to win a million, but the sons and daughters of the über wealthy, who already have their millions.
Kids who've grown up with names that exude wealth like Hilton, Johnson, Trump and Newhouse are popping up all over the airwaves, with their privileged lives in full view.
"I feel like I do not deserve all of this," said Ally Hilfiger, a native New Yorker who takes the Manhattan shopping scene by storm on the new MTV reality series Rich Girls. "We just prance around this damn city like it's our shopping haven."
Hilfiger is the daughter of fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, whose business is reportedly worth $715 million. She and her wealthy best friend, Jamie Gleicher, are the stars of Rich Girls, focusing on — what else? — their real world.
Annoying, Yet Exciting
"These are very rich people talking about what it feels like to be very, very rich," said Amy Barnett, managing editor of Teen People magazine. "I mean I think they put themselves in a position where you're going to feel envy, you're going to feel annoyance, you're going to feel excitement. It's complicated. You know, I think we're all excited by it. I'm watching."
And so evidently are many other people. HBO is airing, Born Rich, a tell-all documentary created by the 23-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical empire, Jamie Johnson. Born Rich is a no-holds-barred look at what it means to be privileged and pampered from birth.
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