Kathy Hilton gives an update on Paris Hilton's cloned dogs

Kathy Hilton shares a fascinating update about daughter Paris Hilton's cloned dogs.

“The two little twins that have been cloned stay together, they walk together, they kind of curl up together and lie together like twins,” Kathy, 64, told exclusively We weekly on Thursday, January 18, while promoting her partnership with Smirnoff ICE.

Paris, 42, announced that she had cloned her beloved dog Diamond Baby during a season 2 episode of Paris in love, which aired in November 2023. She kept the two cloned puppies, aptly named Diamond and Baby, under a blanket before revealing them to Kathy. Earlier this season, Paris made a similar revelation when she introduced Kathy to her then-newborn son Phoenix.

Paris previously appealed to her Instagram followers for help finding Diamond Baby in September 2022 after the pup ran away from home.

“My family and friends helped me search throughout the neighborhood, going door to door, but we still haven't found her,” Paris wrote at the time, noting that the Chihuahua was “truly like a daughter to me.”

Although Diamond Baby was never found, Paris was able to honor her memory with the cloned canines.

“[These are] your little-doggie babies. This is Diamond and Baby, Diamond's clones,” Paris told her mother on the Peacock reality show before explaining how her husband, Carter Reum“found a company” that can clone animals.

“They can just take the cells of a dog and make the exact same dog,” Paris explained. Kathy became emotional as she hugged the two new additions to the family.

Earlier this season, Paris told sister Nicky Hilton Rothschild her cloning plan, in which she explained that she had saved some of Diamond Baby's stem cells from when she was sterilized, “just in case something like this happened.”

Rothschild, 40, expressed her doubts about the situation during a subsequent confessional.

“Call me old fashioned, but the way I grew up, we have a pet and we love them, and it passes, and we bury it in the backyard. So this concept of cloning is a bit strange,” Rothschild said, before adding that the unconventional coping method was “very peculiar” to Paris.

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Paris Hilton is excited about getting the chance to become a mother following the secret arrival of her and Carter Reum's children, son Phoenix and daughter London. In January 2023, Hilton announced on social media that she and the venture capitalist welcomed their first child together. (Reum also shares a daughter with ex Laura Bellizzi.) […]

In addition to being a dog mom, Paris shares Phoenix, 12 months, and daughter London, 2 months, with Reum, 42, whom she married in 2021. The couple welcomed both children through a surrogate mother.

Kathy told me Us that Phoenix is ​​“a little ham” who “loves” his new sister. “He pets her head like a little puppy. He's very gentle,” she said.

After noting that it was “really special” to see Paris become a mother, Kathy shared a funny moment from her daughter's parenting journey.

“I have to say that a few months ago I really broke down. I taught her some things [and I] I forgot to put the diaper over the genitals and Phoenix started peeing and it went all in [Paris’] face,” she said, laughing. “So she's learning little by little. And I think anyone who loves animals like she does knew she would be a great mother.”

Kathy loves her role as the grandmother, but she recently stepped into the new role of General Noff in Smirnoff ICE's SMASH TEA PARTAY: A SMIRNOFF ICE MUSICAL.

“I had a fantastic time. It was so much fun,” Kathy said of the new promo. “When I arrived on set, it was literally like we were making a movie.”

The reality star told Us that her favorite flavor of Smirnoff ICE's new SMASH tea is peach, adding that it goes perfectly with “a picnic on the beach in the evening.”

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi