Paris Hilton's supposedly $1M post-jail interview cancelled

So Paris Hilton is going to be released on June 26 from jail and she is already trying to get one of the major news networks to do an exclusive post-jail interview.

Supposeduly, NBC was going to offer $1,000,000 dollars to Paris Hilton to appear on the Today's show. The hotel heirness even called ABC's Barbara Walters to do another interview with her.

TMZ.com reported that NBC cancelled the interview. It could be surmised that the $1 million fee brought about a huge uproar from the public and that it would show that Paris would be "getting away with it." For a C-list rated celebrity, why would she command such a high price? As such, the media networks know it could score an exclusive ratings hit with the interview but at the same time, it would garner protests and boycotts. The public would hate it, but they would still watch the interview.

I would consider the option that the interview would go right ahead. We need to see if Paris is still sincere after her short stay in jail. Another step in the right direction would be for her to donate her fee to charity. But I really doubt it. Her dad is already planning a huge party bash for her when she is released, so it would be going back to "business as usual."

After her big return to partying, I am guessing she would stay low for a while, or who knows...she makes a stupid mistake again.

Update 6/24/07

So Paris Hilton will appear on Larry King's soundstage. Also, despite statements of denial by Hilton reps, they were playing ABC and NBC against each other. The Hilton family told the Alphabet network that its rival was willing to cough up between $750,000 and $1 million so that Today coanchor Vieira could be the first to land Hilton. News of the big-ticket Q&A rankled network executives, journalists and ethicists, despite Peacock executives describing the expense as a licensing fee for photos and videos, not a payout.

They rich and they still want to exploit Paris. Nice family.