Actually the Hiltons and the Jacksons have known each other and been friends with each other for a long time. Kathy Hilton as a teenager went to school and was friends with Michael Jackson, Marlon Jackson, and La Toya Jackson. So Kathy has been a friend of the Jackson Family since the 70s. And then her husband and then later kids also became friends with the Jackson family as well.
Here is Kathy Hilton talking about her friendship with Michael and the Jacksons.
Kathy holding Paris as a baby
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More pictures of members of the Hilton family and members of the Jackson family together:
Kathy is the blond girl in this school picture with Michael
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