Best Friends (not)Forever

The New York Daily News dishes out why Paris kicked Nicole's scrawny little ass off the show and out of her life!

You just don't mess with my girl!!!

The Splitsville Hilton

Paris Hilton has two words for her former BFF Nicole Richie: You're fired.

Pals of Hilton claim that the "Simple Life" socialite ditched her childhood friend - both on camera and off - after Nicole started a jealous whispering campaign.

"Its no big secret that Nicole and I are no longer friends," Hilton said in a statement. "I will not go into the details of what happened. All I will say is that Nicole knows what she did and that's all I am ever going to say about it."

Hilton loyalists wonder if Richie may have had something to do with the incident at Nicky Hilton's apartment, where a group gathered to watch a tape of Paris hosting "Saturday Night Live." When the tape was placed in the VCR, it was not "SNL" but Paris' infamous sex video.

Richie, 23, is also said to have made her own "Simple Life" highlight reel to show friends - with Hilton edited out.

An insider says Fox wants to shoot a fourth season of the hit show with a top-tier co-star to replace Richie. But while their wish list includes names like Lindsay Lohan and Mary-Kate and/or Ashley Olsen, Paris is holding out for her pal Kimberly Stewart, the wild child daughter of rocker Rod Stewart and Alana Hamilton.

"Fox haven't yet said 'yes' to Kim, but the show makes so much money that Paris is likely to win this one," says the source.

Both Fox and Richie's rep say no decision has been made about her participation in a fourth season.