Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Kathy Hilton’s not ‘mad’ about being a grandma. Daughter Paris Hilton and her husband Carter Reum welcomed baby Phoenix Barron in January 2023 via surrogate. When they finally shared the happy news with her family eight days later, Kathy couldn’t have been more thrilled.
“I was so excited and so in shock,” she says now. “In a perfect world, would I have loved to have been part of the journey? Yes. But she said, ‘Mommy, if you are at the hospital, people are going to recognize you.’”
“When you are having a surrogate, you have to be thoughtful of their privacy as well,” Kathy told PEOPLE. “So I totally get it. I totally understand. Paris is a grown woman, and I’ve said this, this is she and Carter. This is their decision.”
Oops! They did it again
Once Phoenix was here, Paris and Carter started making plans for baby number two. They not only wanted their baby boy to have a sibling, they wanted him to have a baby sister. Their family wouldn’t be complete until they had a little prince AND a princess.
On Thanksgiving, the couple surprised their family again. After Carter gathered everyone in the living room, Paris walked in “carrying a pink blanket with [London], and everybody is sitting there like, ‘What?!'”
After keeping Phoenix’s birth a secret from even her mother, Paris explained. “I just feel like my life has been so public,” she told Kathy. “I just didn’t want to have the media and people talking about my son before he was born. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you before, but this is my baby.”
But Kathy was too excited and happy to be upset. “I’m just … blessed that I have a beautiful grandson and a beautiful granddaughter,” Kathy said. “I would’ve loved to have been a part of all that, but you know what? It’s none of my damn business. I’ve got to just stay in my lane.”
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