The search for Paris Hilton’s new best friend is proving to be challenging, mostly because your average person would rather be friends with a plate full of anthrax and cholera than befriend Paris Hilton. According to MSNBC

The turnout at the New York City casting call for “hot bitches and fierce guys” turned out a paltry 40 to 50 people.

Hilton reacted… by posting to MySpace for damage control, [claiming] there were “NO open calls for the show” and that “every event is exclusive and hand-picked by invitation only.” [However], casting calls [were in fact] listed on Web sites such as Realitywanted.com.

Additionally, the waiver for the show included the following not made-up question: “If Paris was getting all the spotlight and paparazzi were only taking pics of her and not you, what would you do?” See if you can guess the best possible answer from my list of choices:

A) Start a fire
B) Put Paris in a fire
C) Kick Paris in the puss with a steel-toed boot near a fire
D) All of the above, plus something with grizzly bears and a taser

At Mahiki in Mayfair, where she earned $140,000 for 2 hours of partying: