Paris Hilton Proclaims Love For Britney; Spears (Wisely) Pulls Out of Award Show at Last Minute

Paris Hilton and Britney Spears went from near strangers to inseparable over Thanksgiving, spending almost every day together.

"I love her," Hilton gushed to Us Weekly (see cover below) while shopping in Malibu, Calif., on Monday. "She is the sweetest girl I know. She's so down-to-earth. I just want her to smile and be happy."

Somebody kill us now!

Hilton is doing her best to make that happen. She's taken Britney and her son, Sean Preston, shopping and agreed to give Mom a complete makeover.

In fact, as the pair party all over L.A. (they've hit Hyde, Les Deux, and Teddy's) they have been locking themselves in bathrooms all over town to make sure that they're camera ready.

After a meal at the Venetian's Tao Asian Bistro in Las Vegas, the ho train retreated to the ladies' room, where they locked themselves in a bathroom stall to primp for 20 minutes. In the process, naturally, our girl Britney Spears somehow lost the strangely sexy-looking black tie she had been wearing).

Spears, seen below after getting faded at Hyde (left) may be sexy and single now, but be careful about dissing that ass bag Kevin Federline in her presence. Reports say she was livid about host Jimmy Kimmel's skit featuring a K-Fed impersonator.

"When she found out it was a joke on him, she was really upset. He's a d-ck, but he is the father of her kids," a Spears friend said.

True. And what a great father he is. The guy probably hasn't called or seen any Jayden James pictures since his broke ass got thrown out the house.

Rumor has it that K-Fed might not be the only partner to be spurned by Brit of late. Despite a week of clubbing, partying and shopping with the trashier of the Hilton sisters, Britney abruptly pulled out of co-hosting with the heiress on the Fox Billboard Music Awards, scheduled to air on December 4.

"She pulled out," confirms a source with Fox. "She didn't give a reason."

Why did she renege? A scheduling conflict? Not enough money? We may never know. But regardless, Britney isn't the first to "pull out" of a "deal" involving Paris. Getting one's freak on is one thing, but no one wants to get that skank pregnant.