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The national fascination with Paris Hilton marched on Wednesday night, as Paris Hilton spilled all to Larry King.

Paris, as you may or may not know, can teach us all a lot about sales and how to market yourself.  And that was on full display tonight, as she talked openly about her grueling 20-something days behind bars, as reported by the CNN website:

But there were rough times, too, she said. The food "wasn't that tasty," she said. Being strip-searched was the most humiliating experience of her life and one Sunday visit from her parents was especially emotional for her, she said.

"It was my first Father's Day I couldn't give my dad a hug, and that was really hard on me," she said, describing how she was separated from her visitors by glass.

When she arrived at the Century Regional Detention Facility, her claustrophobia became too much to handle, she said. She couldn't sleep. She couldn't eat. She suffered from anxiety and panic attacks, she said.

Her deteriorating mental condition is what prompted Sheriff Lee Baca -- much to the chagrin of the judge who sentenced Hilton -- to release her to house arrest after consulting physicians.

"He thought it'd be better for everybody if I just went home," she said.

An angry prosecutor and judge demanded that she be returned to jail. "Ten minutes before the police arrived I'm yanked out of bed" and told the news, she said, describing the situation as "crazy; it was pure madness."

My initial thoughts:

1. Food that "wasn't that tasty" equates to "rough times"?  How low is the bar set for "rough times" here in our country???
3. All she gives her dad for Father's Day is a hug?  SHE'S PARIS FREAKIN' HILTON FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD!  I would have thought she'd buy him an island or a pro football team or something.
5. She's upset that she had to get out of bed after the police were there waiting for ten minutes?  Does she ever watch "COPS"?  I don't remember many times when police waited for ten minutes for anything.

Paris Hilton: The fascination continues, and sales professionals get more lessons in how to delicately balance self-promotion and selling your brand.