Paris Hilton and Benji Madden can’t fight off engagement rumors much longer. The girl who made ‘famous for being famous’ a job and turned “celebutante” into a word seems ready to settle down with her rocker boyfriend of 10 months, Benji Madden.
The rumors began after only 2 ½ months into their courtship, when the Paris was seen showing off a diamond-encrusted ring bearing the initials “BM”, a most unfortunate set of initials to have to wear at all. Madden, too, was seen sporting his own diamond-encrusted “PH” ring. Despite Paris Hilton’s checkered relationship history, it seems that it was too early even for her to promise herself forever (for now) to Benji. In the past, she was engaged to model Jason Shaw, tattooed “Nick” on her behind while dating Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, and the poor thing later had to request a smaller diamond from shipping heir Paris Latsis because the first of the engagement rings he bought for her was too heavy and it “made her hand hurt”. None of these men ever got even close to putting a wedding ring on her finger, but her collection of engagement rings grew and grew.
Things appear to be different with Benji Madden, the brother and bandmate of Joel Madden, who is married to Paris’s former best friend and co-star on “The Simple Life”, Nicole Richie, who is a celebutante in her own right. Although the relationship between these two appears to need its own flow chart, the couple remains solid, and exchanging wedding rings actually might be in their future. On “Late Night with David Letterman” in May, Paris gushed about her boyfriend and announced her intention to marry him. She said: “We want to stay together forever”. And she probably really believes that.
At one time, Nicole Ritchie was known as Paris Hilton’s sidekick. Suddenly, it was Nicole who was skinny and beautiful and photographed all over the place. When she got endless press for her pregnancy and marriage, Paris took note and not only jumped on the “Serious Relationship” bandwagon, but also the Madden bandwagon (tour bus?) as well. Lucky for Nicole there was another Madden brother available.
In a recent KIIS-FM radio interview, Ryan Seacrest commented that heiress was wearing a new ring on “a significant finger”. Paris giggled like a 4 year-old and, without specifically denying that it is an engagement ring, said that, when Madden gave it to her, he told her: “just that he really loves me”.
Ah, young love. Once again, Paris has found her One True Soul Mate. I’m sure the wedding of Benji Madden and Paris Hilton, should they ever have one, will be her next big role on her next very-own hit reality tv show.
