But it turns out that one of those things didn’t happen at all.
Although you might have seen Hilton wear the controversial shirt, it was photoshopped, according toHilton’s Instagram.
In fact, the graphic shirt she did wear was way more iconic and aged super well.
Hilton has worn her fair share of unique outfits.
Heck, she even wore a whopping10 dresses to her wedding.
She’s worn everything from a fur halter top to the iconic chainmail halter dress (viaW Magazine).
Honestly, in the early 2000s, you never really knew what Hilton would wear next.
There was no dress too short or heels too high.
But while her outfit choices were bold, they were never cruel or mocking.
In anInstagram video, Hilton says that she never wore the “stop being poor” tank top.
She says that it was actually aphotoshoppedmoment that went so viral, people remember it to be true.
“So there’s this photo online of me.
I’m sure you’ve seen it,” Hilton says in the clip.
“I never wore that shirt.
This was completely photoshopped.”
This proves that not everything you see on the Internet is true.
That’s the point that Hilton is trying to make.
“Everyone thinks it’s real, but that’s not the truth,” she says.
“Don’t believe everything you read.”
According to her video, the shirt she wore read, “stop being desperate.”
Hilton wore the shirt on the catwalk for her sister Nicky Hilton’s clothing line Chick, as perPeople.
Oddly enough, the fake shirt went viral instead of the one she actually created.
The fact that the shirt reads “stop being desperate” is pretty iconic in itself.
None of them were ever as rude as “stop being poor,” though.
When Hilton wore the shirt, social media wasn’t a thing.
Instead, there were blogs and tabloid newspapers, both of which featured Hilton regularly.
They often wrote their own narrative about her.
AsVoguepoints out, with the help of social media, she’s able to reclaim her image.
She’s not the only celebrity to have done so.
She used Instagram to bring attention to the injustice.
It’s incredible to see celebrities set the record straight and take control of their narrative.
