Paris Hilton says 'I have a new outlook on life'

June 28, 2007

Los Angeles - Paris Hilton, in her first interview since being released from jail, told CNN's "Larry King Live" she has a new outlook on life and sees her time in jail as a "blessing in disguise."

Paris Hilton, in her first interview since being released from jail, told CNN's Larry King Live she has a new outlook on life and sees her time in jail as a blessing in disguise.

Hilton served a 23-day sentence for violating her probation on an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction.

"I think in life, everyone makes mistakes, and you have to learn and grow from them," Hilton said. "I've been a little immature in the past and made some wrong choices, but I've learned from them, and that makes me the person that I am today ... I have a new outlook on life."

Hilton, 26, described jail life to King, saying her meals consisted of "mystery meat" and "jail slop" but countered reports of drastic weight loss, saying she had only lost a couple of pounds. Her fellow inmates were "really nice," she said, and the hardest thing for her was speaking to her family through glass -- particularly on Father's Day when she could not give her father a hug.

Asked whether she took any portion of her sentence lightly, Hilton said, "I was locked in a cell for 3 1/2 weeks. It was a horrible experience. I did my time."