The end of the Paris Hilton/ Paris Latsis love affair should come as no surprise to Star readers! Less than a month after their May 25 engagement, Star was first to report that friends of the hard-partying hotel heiress, 24, and the Greek shipping/oil/banking heir, 22, doubted the couple would ever make it down the aisle — and that Latsis' family was dead-set against the union. Now Star can reveal:
The argument that led to their breakup: A source says Hilton called Latsis a "pathetic mommy's boy" because he wouldn't stand up for her to his family.
Just a few hours after Hilton's Sept. 30 statement saying she was "sad to announce that I've called off my engagement," she began partying up a storm at three Hollywood nightclubs.
Notorious boyhound Hilton has already set her sights on another young Greek tycoon — Mary-Kate Olsen's boyfriend Stavros Niarchos!PARIS IS BURNINGParis and Paris began dating in December 2004, and when the engaged couple arrived in Greece last July 4 to holiday with Latsis' family — including his father Gregory Kasidokostas and mother Marianna Latsis — it appeared as if the duo were well on their way to a real romance. But Latsis' family actually harbored strong objections to the union, especially due to Hilton's reputation as a Hollywood wild child and for her role in a notorious homemade sex video, says a source close to the family. Says the source, "Paris became furious that her fiancé wouldn't stand up to his family. She screeched at him: 'Are you just going to agree with your mother's order [not to marry], or are you capable of making up your own mind?' And eventually, when it became obvious to her that Latsis was going to side with his parents, she called him a 'pathetic mommy's boy!' Paris finally described Latsis' parents as 'stupid' — she felt the family made her look ridiculous. By early September, the relationship was in tatters." And what about Hilton's 24-carat, $5 million diamond engagement ring? A friend says, "Paris loves it; I can't imagine her giving it back!"The Hilton family seems to have wasted no time launching a public relations war in the wake of Paris' breakup announcement. A source claims mom Kathy Hilton said of Latsis, currently a student at UCLA: "My daughter made $20 million last year. At least she works!" Meanwhile, Latsis' family doesn't seem to be shedding any tears. "I said last month that the relationship was effectively over, and this has now been publicly confirmed by Paris Hilton herself," says Latsis' dad Gregory Kasidokostas. "My son is fine, in a good state of mind and focusing on his studies. That's what is most important for us."TALL ORDERSources say Hilton has already traded in Latsis for a taller Greek heir — Mary-Kate Olsen's boyfriend of more than five months! Hilton and 6'3" hunk Stavros Niarchos III, 19, were first seen together at a Teen Vogue party on Sept. 20, then showed up at L.A. club Mood the next night, where, an eyewitness says, "they were talking closely and left together holding hands at 2 a.m." The couple has since traveled to New York, Miami and L.A. together — and were spotted kissing at Hollywood's Club Element on Oct. 1."She told me she's been sleeping with Stavros," says a friend of Paris."If Mary-Kate knew Stavros might be fooling around with Paris, she'd be devastated," says a friend of Olsen, 19. "But she's probably blinded by love. I don't think she'd believe he's cheating on her unless she walks in on him in bed with another woman." At this point, that's most likely to be Paris! Stay tuned.
