New mom Paris Hilton is ‘forever grateful’ to her best friend and former assistant Kim Kardashian for helping to guide her through her surrogacy – and now feels as though the reality star has become ‘a part of her family’.
Although Paris, 42, and husband Carter Reum, 42, kept the pregnancy news a secret from Kathy, 63, and sister Nicky, 39, during the surrogate’s pregnancy, a source tells DailyMail.com exclusively that she was able to confide in lifelong pal Kim, 42, throughout the process.
‘Kim has been Paris’s rock during the entire surrogacy,’ the source says, adding that Kim – whose daughter Chicago, five, and son Psalm, three, were both born via a surrogate – helped Paris ‘every step of the way’
‘Paris saw what an amazing experience using a surrogate was for Kim and confided in her from when the baby was just a thought until now.’
New mom Paris Hilton has been leaning heavily on Kim Kardashian for surrogacy and parenting advice after welcoming her first child with husband Carter Reum
Kim, 42, has been a ‘rock’ to 42-year-old Paris throughout her surrogacy, a source close to the heiress revealed to DailyMail.com
It marks a new role for the billionaire SKIMS founder, who worked as Paris’s personal assistant in her early career before her rise to superstardom (seen together in 2006)
In fact, Paris even used the same doctor that Kim used, Dr. Huang.
‘Kim just made sure that Paris got the best of everything in terms of care and resources,’ the source tells DailyMail.com.
‘She devoted so much of her time to making sure that Paris had the beautiful experience that she had with surrogacy.’
‘Paris is forever grateful and she considers Kim a part of her family now more than ever.’
According to the source, Paris is now leaning on baby Pheonix’s grandmother Kathy and his aunt Nicky, who has two kids of her own with James Rothschild, a daughter Lily-Grace, six, and son Teddy, five.
‘Paris has been getting some serious pointers on how to handle an infant from them,’ the source says.
‘Kathy plays such an active role in her grandbabies’ lives and Phoenix will be no different.’
On the socialite’s recent This Is Paris podcast, she said that Kathy did not meet her newborn until a week after he was born.
As well as Kim, Paris has also turned to her sister Nicky and mom Kathy for motherhood advice
The heiress and her husband stunned the world when they made the surprise announcement about their son Phoenix Barron’s birth – having kept his arrival a secret even from their own families until a week after he was born
‘When I introduced my mom to our baby boy, it was amazing to see the look on her face,’ Paris said when discussing the moment Kathy met her grandson.
‘She was so surprised — just the look on her face, it was priceless.’
So why did she choose to keep her bundle of joy a secret for so long?
‘I just feel like my life has been so public, and I’ve never really had anything be just mine,’ she told her podcast listeners.
‘So, when we were talking about it, I really felt that I wanted this journey to be for us only,’ Paris said on the podcast, referring to her husband Carter, who she wed in November 2021 after being friends for 15 years.
Paris and Kim are closer than ever after Kim helped guide her lifelong best friend and former boss through her surrogacy
‘We were so excited and wanted to tell our families, but we were just nervous because if you tell a person, then they tell someone, and all the sudden, it’s in TMZ or Page Six, and I’ve had enough of my life like that.’
‘So, Carter and I literally made a pact together that we would not tell anyone, and no one knew until just recently.’
That is, except for Kim, who once worked as Paris’s personal assistant prior to the billionaire SKIMMS founder’s rise to superstardom.
In an interview with Glamour magazine, Paris said that Kim was the one who convinced her to freeze her eggs, which started her journey.
‘I went and did one round of IVF, because Kim had told me about it,’ she said. ‘So, I had eggs frozen.’
In a statement to PEOPLE, Hilton talked about how happy she is to finally start a family.
‘It’s always been my dream to be a mother and I’m so happy that Carter and I found each other,’ she told the outlet.
‘We are so excited to start our family together and our hearts are exploding with love for our baby boy.’
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