Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie finally reveal the reason behind 2000s feud

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The Simple Life fans are in for a treat, as Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie officially return to screens for a three-part special titled Paris & Nicole: The Encore.

Forthe blissfully unaware, The Simple Life serieswas of cultural significance for most millennials. It followed the life of Hilton and Richie, two twenty-something socialites, who embarked on their quest to live and work as "normal" people.

With their credit cards confiscated, they worked on farms, in fast food chains, as cleaners – and weren't afraid to get their hands dirty or speak their minds.

It all came to a halt in 2005, however, when the best friends seemingly had a fallout and went on to film the show separately.

Now, in a new episode of Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast they finally revealed what actually happened. Or rather, what didn't.

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Richie said the reason would never "be good enough" for press and fans, because "nothing really happened."

Hilton added: "Back then, the media was just so toxic and they loved starting feuds between people because, obviously, that sold tabloids, so it was mostly the media just spinning things and creating drama that didn’t exist, which was normal in the 2000s. They did it with everyone."

Richie added how the pair were in their early twenties and "didn't know how to communicate with each other."

She went on to suggest that rather than approach one another, they would simply assume it was true.

"We didn’t have the communication skills we have right now to have check-ins, which is so important," she said.

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