Paris Hilton set to reveal traumatic childhood incident in new YouTube documentary

Paris Hilton is set to discuss a period of trauma from her childhood for the very first time in a new documentary on her YouTube channel.

In a clip that was released Tuesday, Paris, 39, is heard saying: ‘Something happened in my childhood that I’ve never talked about with anyone. I still have nightmares about it.’

The YouTube Originals documentary This Is Paris will see the hotel heiress talk frankly about the mental abuse she endured as a teenager while at boarding school in Utah, PEOPLE reports. 

It is not yet clear what The Simple Life star will be revealing in the documentary, but she previously described the experience of making it as ‘therapeutic’ while appearing on The Talk. 

The dramatic new clip shows Paris preparing to tell her story, while admitting that the situation is making her so nervous she is unable to eat. 

“‘No one really knows who I am,’ she adds in the teaser. 

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Per the report, the documentary has been described as uncovering ‘the hidden past of the international icon’ meaning Paris. 

The description reads: ‘As Paris confronts the heartbreaking trauma that forged who she is today, this deeply compelling portrait tells the real story of a teenage girl desperate to escape into a fantasy and sheds new light on the insta-fame culture that Paris helped to create.’

Her sister Nicky Rothschild Hilton, 36, and their mother Kathy Hilton, 61, are also to appear in the film, which has been directed by Emmy-winning talent Alexandra Dean.

Speaking on The Talk earlier this year, Paris said about making the feature: ‘I started thinking about my past and what I’ve been through and realized just how much it’s affected my life and how I was holding on to so much trauma for so long.’

Life and soul: Paris, 39, is about to reveal a new side to her in her new documentary