$2M RING MAKES PARIS ROB TARGET
AFTER she lost her $2 million pear-shaped engagement ring while partying in Miami Friday — then miraculously found it in an ice bucket at another table — friends of Paris Hilton say they “fear for her safety with that huge rock on her finger. They are scared she’ll be robbed like Kim.”
Page Six exclusively reported that Hilton, 37, went into panic mode after her gigantic 20-carat ring from fiancé Chris Zylka flew off her hand while she was dancing to a set by British DJs Above & Beyond in the early hours of Friday at RC Cola Plant. The massive venue is nearly 50,000 square feet and holds up to 7,000 people.
Luckily, after an exhaustive search of the VIP area by Zylka, 32, and security, Hilton’s ring was found in an ice bucket two tables down from where she’d been dancing. Now she is asking her jeweler to make a fake replica of the ring.
A source close to the hotel heiress told Page Six, “Paris and her friends are afraid she’ll end up being robbed like Kim [ Kardashian], because everyone knows she’s got $2 million on her finger.” Kardashian was robbed in Paris in 2016 by a gang who tied her up and demanded her $4 million engagement ring from Kanye West.
The source continued, “Paris DJs at clubs all over the world, so it isn’t hard to find out where she will be on a particular night. Her fiancé, Chris, has been encouraging her to get a replica made with an inexpensive stone that she should wear when she’s in public. After the ring scare on Friday, Paris agreed, and is having the replica made.”
Hilton was also unnerved by a stranger who seemed to be following her around Miami that same night, and feared he was after the ring. The source added, “She’s going to be taking her own security more seriously from now on.”
Hilton exclusively told Page Six on Friday of losing the valuable bauble, “It was literally one of the scariest moments of my life . . . The ring was just so heavy and big that while I was dancing it literally flew off my finger into an ice bucket a couple of tables over. Thank God by some miracle my fiancé found it before someone else did.”