- Paris Hilton refuted claims she photoshopped Britney Spears into an Instagram post.
- Hilton called accusations she inserted Spears into a picture "absolutely ridiculous."
- According to Hilton, Remini, an AI enhancer, was responsible for the photo's distortions.
Paris Hilton denied accusations that she inserted a picture of Britney Spears into a photo snapped at a birthday party Saturday.
Hilton posted several photos of herself with friend Cade Hudson to her verified Instagram account to celebrate the talent agent's birthday. One of the images featured Hilton, Spears, and Hudson together.
Some of Hilton's 21.4 million followers accused her of photoshopping Spears into the snapshot. They criticized what appeared to be missing portions of Spears' fingers and necklace. Several users noted that they thought it was strange that Paris's account did not tag Britney in the photos. Drew Barrymore, Tiffany Haddish, Emma Roberts, and Hilton's sister Nicky were tagged in other pictures with Hudson.
Hilton addressed the accusations by updating the caption for the post. She also dropped her response in the comments.
"To all of those asking. Some of these photos were taken on an iPhone so they ended up being blurry. So they used this app called Remini to make it look unblurry," Hilton explained. "Sometimes the AI distorts images," she added.
Hilton said she was reluctant to respond to the criticism in her comment section. "Didn't want to even dignify this with a response. But some of these conspiracy theories are absolutely ridiculous," she added, emphasizing her message with a facepalm emoji.
Remini is an AI (artificial intelligence) photograph and video enhancer on the Apple and Google Play app stores. Its website promises to "improve, sharpen and unblur" users' files instantly.
Hilton considers Spears to be one of her good friends. The "Stars Are Blind" singer and "Cooking with Paris" star turned down an opportunity to DJ for President Biden and other leaders to attend Spear's wedding to Sam Asghari in June 2022.
"I was actually asked to DJ for the president and all of the other presidents around the world for the dinner, but this was more important to me," Hilton said, referring to the ninth Summit of the Americas, during a June 2022 episode of her "This Is Paris" podcast.
Spears has not publicly commented on the origin of the pictures.