Sunday, March 02, 2008

Paris and Kutcher Punk the Paparazzi

A few days ago Paris Hilton was seen with a gray-haired, orange-robed "shaman" who blessed her and urged her to give a diamond necklace to a total stranger. The press ate it up and followed her around as she was acting as if she had found spirituality.

"He's really changed my life," Hilton told paparazzi from her car, adding she offered the necklace "because the greatest gift is to give."

She could hook me up with some billet grilles right about now with summer rolling around ;).

Turns out, as some outlets later discovered, the "mystic" was an actor named Maxie Santillan Jr., who has appeared on CSI and My Name Is Earl. And though some accused Hilton of getting Punk'd, the joke's on them: The entire scene was staged for a new show from Punk'd producer Ashton Kutcher premiering Sunday on E! (10:30 ET/PT).

I have to say this is pretty damned funny. Glad to see someone taking the media for a ride once in a while.

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