Not originally intended for release,[2] it was filmed primarily with a single, stationary, tripod-mounted camera using "night vision".

The video was released by Salomon shortly after Hilton's TV series The Simple Life debuted, causing a media sensation.

[3] In a 2006 interview with the British edition of GQ magazine, Hilton stated: "I never received a dime from the video.

American singer-songwriter P!nk parodied one of the scenes from the sex tape in her music video for her song "Stupid Girls".

[6] In 2021 interview with Vanity Fair, Hilton said the tape, which was released without her consent and caused a media sensation, was "humiliating" and is "something that will hurt me for the rest of my life.