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Reaction to Paris Hilton's first post-Lynwood TV interview came swiftly, with the majority of critics finding the model/singer/social person's Larry King Live performance somewhat lacking in the sincerity department. A round-up from around the web:
· Hilton's life is described as a "virtual pop opera," but the interview is found to be sorely lacking on "crucial points" such as her claustrophobia, her reported $1 million interview asking price, and the fact that all her writings looked suspiciously to be scrawled in the penmanship of Elliot Mintz—suggesting her P.R. manservant had pulled an all-nighter forging 23 days worth of inspirational, jail cell scribblings. [LAT]

· Others think Hilton "didn't come off so badly," but balk at her comment that her prison strip search was "the most humiliating experience of her life," suggesting that title might already belong to the heiress's most famous screen turn, in night vision classic 1 Night in Paris. [NY Times]
· THR notes the singer, desperately in need of reinvention, had to "appear chastened, slightly victimized by an unfair justice system, brave, vaguely philanthropic, spiritual and determined to jettison her wild way." Sadly, she fell slightly short of conveying all that, despite gamely dropping her voice one octave and punctuating every statement with a satisfied smile and swift head nod. [THR]
· Us Weekly still vows the upcoming issue will be (gasp!) Paris-free, and now their web presence announces it will be joining the ban...but not before they just make one little point: Hilton claims to have never used drugs. But there's video! Of Paris smoking pot in Amsterdam! She lied to us! (Sad face.) [UsMagazine.com]