Paris Hilton denies blowing up in a pet store

"I read [that I was] walking by some puppies for sale, and demanding that I be given a Yorkie puppy to be an accessory for a photo shoot," she wrote on her MySpace celebrity blog. (According to the press reports, a Melrose Avenue pet store refused to let her have the animal – making Hilton go "ballistic.")

"I wasn't looking for a new pet. I wasn't even at a photo shoot that day," Hilton insists. "Puppies are not accessories or toys and I love my own pets dearly. I treat them as if they were my children."
"It is sad that someone felt the need to invent a story about me throwing a fit for a dog that would 'go with my outfit,' " says the former Simple Life star. "These stories have gotten out of control."

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