What's going to happen to Paris Hilton's $2 million engagement ring?

It's the big question of the day...
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Margaret Abrams21 November 2018

Paris Hilton, everyone’s favorite early 2000s socialite, just called it quits with her fiance Chris Zylka after two years together.

Unfortunately, this means there’s no lavish wedding on the horizon. We won’t see Paris bury the hatchet and ask former best friend Nicole Richie to be her bridesmaid, walk down the aisle in what she promised would be a "Disney Princess" wedding dress or give away bottles of her signature perfume as favors.

Instead, it means Paris has a tough decision to make - the heiress must decide what happens to her enormous engagement ring.

Proposal: Paris Hilton and Chris Zylka got engaged in early 2018 (Instagram / Paris Hilton)
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Whenever an engaged or married couple splits up there’s always the conundrum of the ring and who it ultimately belongs to. But usually, said bauble doesn’t cost upwards of $2 million, enough money to buy a private island in New England.

So who gets the giant bauble?

Paris Hilton's engagement ring
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Rumor has it that Zylka would like the ring to be returned, as Paris is the one who broke off the engagement. Though according to TMZ, Zylka received a major discount on the ring because the jeweler is close to Paris and wanted the publicity. So in many ways, Paris paid for the ring (in part) herself, using her 9.8 million Instagram followers as currency.

Paris Hilton and Chris Zylka
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But California law sees things differently. If Paris called off the engagement, the ring is legally his.

If she returns it, Zylka could offer it to another future girlfriend, or sell it in exchange for a private island - the options are limitless. But the couple has yet to reunite post-split (it doesn’t exactly sound like a conscious uncoupling), so Zylka has been unable to ask for his ring back.

At the moment, Chris might have more pressing concerns. A diamond is forever, but so is his enormous Disney inspired “Paris” tattoo. Maybe the 20-carat diamond is big enough to cover up the regrettable body art?

Or, Paris could always trick him and give back one of the three replicas she had made.

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