
Benji Madden and Paris Hilton have definitely broken up, according to multiple reputable sources. Paris doomed the relationship from the start by constantly yapping about how Benji was the love of her life and all the babies she wanted to have right away with him. Paris ended the relationship, and Benji was said to be fairly upset about it. According to Fox News’ Pop Tarts, Benji is known to be somewhat controlling, and he and Paris were constantly butting heads about it. It sounds like it’s all for the best, and now Paris can get back to doing what she really loves: skanking it up.
Paris Hilton is fed up with being out of the spotlight and has dumped her boyfriend of nine months, Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden, to resume partying. Hilton publicist Alanna McCarthy said yesterday the two “remain very good friends.” But the heiress caused quite a splash in Miami over the weekend, when photos surfaced of her coyly whispering into the ear of her ex Stavros Niarchos at Liv nightclub in the rebuilt Fontainebleau hotel. “Paris was with all her BFFs from the show,” one source told us.
Missing in action was Benji, who was in New York Sunday. Our source told us that Hilton was the one who ended it, and, “Benji was really upset when the photos [of her and Niarchos] came out.”
[From Page Six]
Pop Tarts says that this isn’t the first time Benji’s control issues broke up a relationship, and that they were a big factor in Sophie Monk ending their engagement. They also hint that Benji was jealous of Paris’ empty flirting relationship with Prince William.
So went wrong between the joined-at-the-lip twosome? It seems that Hilton and Madden recently sealed a rumored six-figure deal to swing by Australia on New Year’s Eve to attend the launch party for a new social online networking system, Bongo Virus. Paris is booked to be the host of the bash, while Benji is set to do the spinning.
According to an insider associated with the Australian company, Prince William may have had plans to meet up with Paris to ring in the New Year, having spent quite some time with her while she’s been filming her “My BFF” show in London.
So did Prince William’s extra attention irk Benji? According to an inside source, the ultra-quiet Benji can be well, kind of controlling, which apparently played a significant role in his split from former fiancée Sophie Monk. And given Paris’s perennial partying lifestyle and love of the nightlife, things just weren’t smooth sailing.
[From Pop Tarts]
If their characterization of Madden is right, he probably thought he could get Paris to settle down and behave herself the same way Joel got Nicole Ritchie to. Of course Joel had to get Nicole pregnant first, something Benji was smart enough not to do with Paris. Considering how often Paris has blabbered on about wanting babies, I’m pretty surprised that she’d pick partying over Benji, controlling or not. I always thought she seemed like the sort who would sacrifice every part of her identity for a guy, but I guess I was wrong. I don’t know if the breakup means Paris is smarter than I thought or even more stupid. But I do know every eligible male on both coasts better start popping some Valtrex, just to be safe.
Here’s Paris in Beverly Hills on Tuesday at Portofino airbrush tanning salon. Images thanks to Fame.