Why Paris Hilton Says She & Britney Spears “Created the Selfie”

There may be nothing easy about Paris Hilton and Britney Spears‘ affect through the mid-aughts.

In truth, the heiress reminisced about one in all their outings, sharing a slew of selfie-style snaps with the “Poisonous” singer from 2006. And as Paris maintained, the photographs seize extra than simply popular culture historical past.

“17 years in the past, Britney and I created the selfie!,” she captioned the Nov. 19 publish. “Tag me in your most epic selfies to have fun essentially the most iconic invention.”

The snaps present Paris and Britney posing with their heads collectively and smiling for the digital camera. The final slide captured the buddies giving angle whereas making kissy faces.

The Paris in Love star adopted up the publish the following day by asking followers on X, previously Twitter, “Within the 2000s, I invented the selfie. What have you ever achieved with my invention since then?!”

After all, Paris has lengthy spoken about being an early adopter of the photograph model.

“If a beeper had a digital camera, I’d have taken a selfie with it,” Paris informed W Journal in 2017. “I believe I’ve a selfie from after I was somewhat child, like on a disposable digital camera.”