'Hilton Rwanda' no TV show
2007-10-29 09:39
Los Angeles - A charitable organisation
on Friday denied that a planned trip to Rwanda it had organised
for hotel heiress Paris Hilton, and which has been postponed,
would have been filmed as part of a reality television show.
Earlier this month, Hilton told Newsweek magazine that she
was going to Rwanda to change her life and make a mark on the
world following a stint in jail stemming from a drunken driving
incident.
In the story, Newsweek quoted quoted Scott Lazerson, the
founder of charity Playing for Good that planned the trip, that
the trip was to be filmed in hopes of selling it as part of a
reality show called "The Philanthropist".
A spokesperson for Playing for Good said Lazerson was no
longer associated with the Spanish-based charity, the group
never planned to tape Hilton's trip in order to sell a reality
TV show and nor was Hilton linked to any such reality TV show.
The charity said on Thursday the trip was being postponed
due to what it called a "restructuring" in its organisation.