Paris Hilton to give Larry King post-jail interview

Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:51pm EDT

LOS ANGELES, June 23 (Reuters) - Hotel heiress and reality TV star Paris Hilton will give her first post-jail interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Wednesday, the show's spokeswoman said on Saturday.

"She will be on for the hour," Bridget Leininger told Reuters. "We had (filmmaker) Michael Moore originally scheduled for that time."

News of King's exclusive comes the day after two major U.S. broadcast networks, NBC and ABC, both passed on Hilton interviews amid reports and subsequent denials that they were willing to pay for the first interview.

Leininger said "'Larry King Live' does not pay for interviews."

Hilton, 26, is expected to be released from jail on Tuesday after serving roughly half of her 45-day sentence for violating probation in a drunken-driving case.

((Reporting by Mary Milliken, editing by Philip Barbara; Los Angeles newsroom 213 955 6760)) Keywords: HILTON/INTERVIEW

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