The Simple Lifewas a pure gem of reality TV and nobody can convince us otherwise. It had two queens of the early 2000s wearing unforgettable low-rise jeans, fake tans, and more blonde extensions than anyone has any business buying. If you're new to information technology, this evidence had Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie figuring out how to take intendance of themselves in rural country environments for a change, and the results had united states of america cackling. Here'south what happened when they had to clean their ain clothes:

"Do yous know how to do laundry?"

"I saw it in a movie."

When Paris had to cook for herself, she literally ironed slices of salary and served them to guests, saying "I hope yous enjoy the dinner I ironed." GIRL, WHAT. The quotes this bear witness gave us are just solid gold.

Whether or not yous were role ofThe Elementary Lifefandom at the time, we guarantee there are things you lot don't know about the show. We've found 20 behind-the-scenes secrets you've got to hear to decide for yourself merely how 'real' this reality show was - and whether or non it'due south worth a rewatch in 2019.

20 Nicole Richie Wasn't Their Get-go Casting Choice

Tin you imagineThe Simple Lifewithout Nicole? She's responsible for the bear witness's most iconic catchphrases, from "Sanasa" to "Things happen, it'due south 2005" - but the smashing minds behind the show didn't want her to be function of it at start. They approached Paris and her sister Nicky Hilton, but Nicky said no. Paris and then looked to her other friends, and Nicole was the only one willing to do information technology.

19 Paris Was Putting On a 'Baby Vocalisation' the Whole Time

Even Paris thinks her Elementary Life voice is extra. She told VICE that she used to use a "baby voice" to get what she wanted as a kid. Then when the evidence started filming, she brought that fake voice back. "I just was similar, 'This is your vox for the show, do it all the fourth dimension.' I think if you're actually like that in real life, it'south, like, beyond."

xviii The Show's Concept Was Not Original

Co-ordinate to Fame10, the show'south producers Brad Johnson and Sharon Klein were inspired after watching the old sitcomGreenish Acres,which followed a high-gild couple from Manhattan who move to a farm in the deep south. The producers essentially wanted to recreate that premise for the reality TV era, soThe Unproblematic Lifewas built-in.

17 They Had To Break From Filming for Nicole'southward Aridity

During shooting for the show in March 2007, Nicole had to take an extended break from the series which her publicity team blamed on so-called exhaustion. After receiving hospital treatment for dehydration and hyperglycemia, she was cleared to return to filming and that flavor was able to wrap upwardly on schedule - with audiences beingness none the wiser.

16 Camp Shawnee from Season v Wasn't a Real Place

OnThe Simple Life's fateful last season, the girls 'work' as camp counselors running events like canoeing, cooking, and crafting. According to journalist Julia Havey, everything from the campers to the other counselors to the army camp itself was fully faked. The people at the military camp were paid actors and the camp site was JCA Shalom in Malibu, not 'Camp Shawnee' in the middle of nowhere.

15 They Told Paris to Play a 'Ditsy Character'

Paris came clean well-nigh her Elementary Lifepersona existence totally faux when she gave an interview to Admission Hollywood in 2016. "Well, basically, the producers of the prove told united states of america to play these characters," she explained. "Paris yous be the ditsy, you know, airhead. And we didn't realize - I had no idea I'd have to continue playing this character for five years."

xiv They Made Nicole Play 'The Troublemaker'

In the aforementioned Access Hollywood interview Paris revealed what the producers wanted from Nicole, too. Instead of merely letting the girls exist themselves, she said they wanted exaggerated characters that each brought a different vibe to the table. "They said, Nicole you be the troublemaker," explained Paris. We can all agree that she lived upwards to that part. Then many Midwestern boys will never exist the same.

13 The Girls Never Got a Break From the Cameras

Because reality Television was a fairly new matter, producers didn't quite know when they would get the all-time footage. It wasn't likeKUWTKnow, where scenes are filmed based on a schedule. In Nicole's words to Marie Claire: "Nosotros were filmed 24/7: in the bedroom, in the automobile, in the living room. This inverse subsequently on, merely at the starting time information technology was reality at its finest."

12 The Spilled Milk Was Staged in the Dairy Farm Episode

Recall the girls scrambling to fill bottles at 'Danny'south Dairy Farm,' and spilling milk everywhere? Danny himself tells the girls that the milk is unpasteurized, and smart viewers at RealityTVWorld.com note that information technology's illegal to sell unpasteurized milk in Arkansas. That milk could never actually be sold, making the crazy blitz to fill bottles and fact that they sloshed water into half of them nothing to worry near. All faux.

11 They Tried (And Failed) to Send the Girls to Mexico

For the show's quaternary flavour producers planned to send the girls to Mexico, co-ordinate to Fame10. Could you imagine how crazy a flavor of these socialites running around a strange state would have been? Unfortunately this never happened due to the tense human relationship betwixt Nicole and Paris at the time. The producers didn't call back they could risk having them in such close quarters without the pair completely falling out.

10 They Tried (And Failed) to Send Them to Maui, Too

AddThe Simple Life: Hawaiito your list of dream shows that never really existed. Fame10 reports that the Maui flavor was in the works when FOX unexpectedly pulled the plug on the show altogether in 2005. Who knows if the girls would have reconciled under the magical Maui-an lord's day if they'd had the adventure? Sounds similar a missed opportunity to u.s.a.. When these girls come together, it's TV gold.

ix They Had to Schedule Filming Around the Girls' Jail Sentences

In season 5 not only did Nicole need to exist hospitalized, BOTH girls needed to serve jail sentences for driving under the influence. Paris was sentenced to 23 days in jail, while Nicole struck a plea deal involving only 4 days backside confined. Production for that season had to wrap before the girls' courtroom-ordered jail times were served. Occupational hazard of working with early 2000s reality stars? Nosotros remember and then.

eight The Funeral Abode Ashes They Spilled Were Kitty Litter

Think back to the 3rd flavour of The Simple Lifewhen Paris and Nicole visited (and wreaked havoc on) a funeral habitation. Remember them pushing coffins around, knocking an urn to the floor, and vacuuming someone'due south ashes upwards? According to the mortuary possessor John Podesta, everything was staged. He says the "cremains" that Nicole and Paris spilled were only kitty litter and cement. Phew!

7 They Were Never Really Lost in the Mountains

Who tin forget Paris wandering the wilderness with Nicole by her side, calling 911, and asking to be rescued without actually having whatsoever idea where they were. As she puts it: "Hi, um, we're up in the mountains and nosotros need to be rescued. We're in between, like, five mountains with trees everywhere." According to IMDB, the girls were perfectly prophylactic with crew members and producers alongside them in Malibu.

6 A Schoolhouse Episode Never Aired Because Parents Complained Too Much

According to Diply, there was supposed to be an episode when Nicole and Paris are working for a school, but at that place were so many complaints from parents that producers couldn't clear the episode for airing. This makes sense to united states - have you heard the kinds of things that come out of Nicole's rima oris? Producers should accept hired kids like they did on season 5 (see list item 16).

5 Paris Did Really Know What Walmart Was

"What'southward Walmart? Do they sell like wall stuff?"

According to PopCrush, The Simple Lifeproducer Nicole Vorias claims that Paris admittedly knew what Walmart was. Not just that, Paris came up with the joke by herself. "Call up that line when she was like, 'What's Walmart?' She knew what Walmart was. She [created the line] herself and made it something that she knew [would] exist like a water cooler [moment]."

iv The Girls Were Responsible for FOX Cancelling the Bear witness

Have you ever wondered why FOX stopped airingThe Simple Lifewhen it seemed similar such a huge ratings success? Fame10 reports that it was the feud between Paris and Nicole that made the station pull out of the show in 2005. They couldn't see how information technology would work if the girls wouldn't work together. Thankfully E! had some ideas virtually getting around that and kept the evidence alive longer.

3 Kelly Osborne Turned Down Their Offering For a Spin-Off

AfterThe Elementary Lifewas cancelled for good, Due east! pitched a spinoff series that would feature Kelly Osborne (who was an angsty TV teen at the time) and beau stone royalty offspring Kimberly Stewart. The testify was trashed after just a few days of filming, when Kelly stormed off, calling the whole premise "demeaning and juvenile."

2 The Fight That Concluded Flavour iv Was Completely False

Remember season iv's dramatic 'to be continued' ending? It involved a Paris Hilton lookalike and some iconic dorsum-and-forth between the girls: "How could you exercise this to me?" "How could you wear blue fur?"

Producers staged the fight to explicate away their falling-out onscreen, when in reality the pair are thought to accept split after Nicole aired Paris' famous dwelling video at a political party earlier that year.

i The 'Revival' with Lindsay Lohan Was Never Going to Happen

Years afterward, speculation surfaced that E! was going to 'revive'The Simple Lifesimply feature an even more bankable star in Nicole'southward old position: Lindsay Lohan. (Nosotros tin can run across why people fell for this. Lindsay totally fits the early 2000s jailbird role!) The rumor got people talking well-nighThe Simple Lifeover again, but Paris shot it downwardly in June 2019. "There's no truth to information technology," she told People.

Sources: PopCrush.com, RealityBlurred.com, NYdailynews.com, VICE.com, Fame10.com, Diply.com, RealityTVworld.com, People.com/Idiot box

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