Paris Hilton and her husband, Carter Reum, have been together for nearly 5 years. But did they marry because they love each other or for a completely different reason?
There are so many bizarre aspects of Paris and Carter’s dynamic. The real reasons they decided to settle down and start a family together are shocking.
When the first season of Paris in Love started streaming in November 2021, the ups and downs of Paris and Carter’s relationship were revealed to the world. At first, many viewers thought that something seemed a little bit off between them. But they ultimately seemed happy enough together.
However, after season two dropped last fall, it became easier to see that Paris and Carter’s dynamic can be pretty unsettling at times. From their strange interactions to the red flags raised by their behavior, their marriage seems questionable at times.
It’s hard to believe that the main reason Paris and Carter decided to get married was because of true love. They each seemed to have their own motives for going through with the marriage.
Carter Became Bossy Around the Time of Their Wedding
His over-the-top demeanor exposed Carter’s reason. At first, Carter appeared to be the perfect partner for Paris because of how much he adored her and how supportive of her he was. But in reality, he seemed to be masking his true identity by acting like a total yes-man.
As their wedding date approached, the moments when Carter’s behavior completely flipped happened more frequently on Paris in Love. At around the same time, Paris and Carter had just gotten married in real life.
In January 2022, after they wrapped up their 7-week-long honeymoon, Paris made a guest appearance on an episode of Ellen. She couldn’t stop talking about how Carter was the first nice guy that she’d dated and how perfect he was. But what she said about the start of their relationship was incredibly telling.
According to the Daily Mail, she and Carter met each other for the first time almost two decades ago. But they didn’t start dating until November 2019, when they reconnected in the Hamptons. In February 2021, they announced their engagement.
Since most of their relationship happened during the Covid pandemic, Carter had seen a muted version of her hectic lifestyle.
When everything started opening up again, she began booking more DJ gigs and appearances. His dark side was then revealed.
Carter was really bossy about Paris planning their wedding and when he wanted their future children to be born. He seemed to have everything planned out.
But when he asked her what bothered her about him, he was somehow taken aback by her response. Then, he made a weird remark that seemed to be his way of justifying his bossiness. After that, Carter started to get even more controlling about his expectations of Paris and their life together.
Carter Was Obsessed with Paris
During a solo confessional scene, she mentioned that she hated conflict, which is probably why she usually stayed silent during those conversations with him. But she was clearly NOT happy about him constantly being so pushy.
In one episode of Paris in Love, he guilt-tripped her for not being at home with him, even though he knew she was working at a huge event. At one point, she was even worried that when they had kids, he would try to make her a stay-at-home mom.
Not to mention, Carter was ridiculously patronizing whenever he wanted to prove a point to Paris. He spoke to her like she was a child and acted like he knew better than her. When she wasn’t keeping up with wedding planning, he shamed her in front of his entire family.
But right after they got married, he made a creepy confession. At their wedding reception, Carter gave a speech that was more for Paris but in front of everyone. He read aloud the text exchange that he had with one of his friends from college, who mentioned how crazy it was that he was finally marrying Paris.
Apparently, Carter had been captivated by Paris for years. He had pretty much dreamed of marrying her ever since he was in college. At the end of his speech, he said: “Paris, I am literally obsessed with you, and I love it.”
Carter acted like he was fascinated by the idea of Paris Hilton and the clout that came with being her husband. That seemed to be his main reason for marrying her. But when it comes to who Paris actually is a person, he doesn’t appear to be quite as impressed.
Paris Had Second Thoughts Before the Wedding
However, Paris didn’t exactly seem to have the greatest reason for getting married either. Even before Carter started showing his true colors and controlling nature, it didn’t look like she had much chemistry with him.
After they got married and walked back down the aisle together, Carter saw a camera and stopped to kiss Paris. But what she did was unbelievable.
That’s not the only time that Paris has visibly shut Carter down. They recently attended the Grammy’s together, but when he tried to kiss her on the red carpet, she didn’t hesitate before rejecting him.
Paris also showed how uninterested she was in actually committing to Carter by refusing to hyphenate or change her last name after they got married. She made it clear that she wasn’t going to take his last name, no matter how many times he tried to convince her.
Before Paris married Carter, she had been having so many second thoughts that she broke down in tears over her uncertainty. Even though a huge part of her wanted to call off their engagement before it was too late, she couldn’t back out. But the reasons why Paris felt like she had to go through with marrying Carter were honestly insane.
That made it seem like she was just settling for Carter. But the reason she revealed next was extremely superficial.
Their Marriage Seems to be Based on Convenience
Her public image was more important than marrying someone she truly loved and legitimately made her happy.
The next reason she brought up was just as alarming. Paris’ main motive for marrying Carter was because she wanted to have kids sooner rather than later.
If she’d called off the wedding, she wouldn’t have been able to start a family right away. The timing of it all was more important to her than who the father of her children was, which is absolutely bizarre.
Paris and Carter’s marriage definitely seems to be based more on convenience than love. Even though they had separate reasons for wanting to get married, their motives were completely self-serving.
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Carter seemingly wanted to be known as the guy who married and had kids with Paris Hilton. Meanwhile, Paris wanted to have children with someone whom she could also call her husband. Since Carter was willing to start a family right away, he was an ideal candidate.
She was also tired of being alone and portrayed in the media as a failure for calling off her previous engagements. Even though Paris and Carter don’t seem to be genuinely in love with each other, maybe their marriage will actually last.
They probably know that they’re both in it for selfish reasons, which might help them feel more secure. As long as they keep acting like they got married because they love each other and not because of clout, kids, or desperation, both of them will benefit.
