Paris Hilton called Barbara Walters yesterday and spoke with her regarding her state of mind and her stay in the slammer. Paris told Barbara that since being in jail she understands now that she must make some changes and clean up her act.

“I used to act dumb,” she told Walters in the exclusive phone conversation. “That act is no longer cute. Now, I would like to make a difference. … God has given me this new chance.”

During Paris’ first three days in jail, she told Barbara that she wasn’t eating or sleeping…”felt as if I was in a cage…it was a horrible experience”. Well duh!! Jail is not a piece of cake heiress Paris. Barbara will talk more of her conversation with Paris on “The View” later this morning.

Paris released this statement to TMZ over the weekend:

“Today I told my attorneys not to appeal the judge’s decision. While I greatly appreciate the Sheriff’s concern for my health and welfare, after meeting with doctors I intend to serve my time as ordered by the judge.

This is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. During the past several days, I have had a lot of time to reflect and have already learned a bitter, but important lesson from this experience.

As I have said before, I hope others will learn from my mistake. I have also had time to read the mail from my fans. I very much appreciate all of their good wishes and hope they will keep their letters coming.

I must also say that I was shocked to see all of the attention devoted to the amount of time I would spend in jail for what I had done by the media, public and city officials. I would hope going forward that the public and the media will focus on more important things, like the men and women serving our country in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world.”

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