"I'll always love celebrating her and the incredible impact she's had on all of us," Hilton says of her friend & icon.
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Paris Hilton and Britney Spears at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards at Paramount Pictures Studios on September 7, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. Chris Polk/FilmMagic
What is Paris Hilton‘s costume for Halloween 2026? It’s Britney, b—h (again)!
In photos exclusively shared with Billboard on Friday (Oct. 23), the mogul debuts her spooky-season tribute to longtime friend and pop icon Britney Spears, specifically channeling her performance of “I’m a Slave 4 U” at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2001. In the snaps by Brian Ziff, Hilton models a re-creation of the Princess of Pop’s green bandeau and bejeweled shorts — and yes, she even topped it off with an albino Burmese python resembling the one Spears famously carried on her shoulders on the awards show stage 25 years ago.
“Britney is one of the most iconic artists of our generation, and ‘I’m a Slave 4 U’ will always be such a legendary moment in pop music,” Hilton tells Billboard exclusively. “The song, the choreography, the fashion — it was everything. I’ve loved re-creating her different looks over the years because each one represents such a special moment in music history.”
She added: “Britney is not only an icon, but also a dear friend, and I’ll always love celebrating her and the incredible impact she’s had on all of us.”
This isn’t the first year Hilton has transformed into Spears for Halloween. In 2025, the DJ sported a shiny red jumpsuit and a teased ponytail to emulate the “Oops!… I Did It Again” music video, and the year before that, she re-created Spears’ schoolgirl look in the “… Baby One More Time” visual. In 2023, she celebrated Hallow’s Eve in a blue flight attendant getup à la Brit in the 2003 “Toxic” music video.
At this point, it’s clear that Hilton is one of Spears’ biggest fans — and the love goes both ways. The singer wrote in her The Woman in Me memoir that the Simple Life alum was “one of the people who was kindest to me when I really needed kindness.”
“I was crying when I read that,” Hilton later said of the passage on The Kelly Clarkson Show. “That really touched me. She’s just so strong. I love her so much, and I’m just so proud of her.”
See photos of Hilton as Spears circa 2001 below, and revisit the full VMAs performance.