Penelicious
08-05-2005, 10:29 AM
August 5, 2005 -- DON'T hold your breath waiting for the Paris Hilton-Paris Latsis wedding. During the couple's recent jaunt to Greece, the groom-to-be never even discussed marriage with his father, Grigoris Kasidokostas.
"If he hasn't discussed this with his own father, how serious could it be?" Kasidokostas asked The Post's Chris Erikson. "That should tell you the whole story."
Latsis — who's 22, not 27, as has sometimes been reported — "is much too young to even consider a subject like marriage," said Kasidokostas, the longtime mayor of the affluent seaside town of Vouliagmeni, outside Athens.
What's more, recent reports that Latsis plunked down $12 million for a Beverly Hills nest for the lovebirds and bought Hilton a $5 million ring are ridiculous, he said.
"All of it is lies," Kasidokostas declared.
He noted that his son doesn't have the cash, as the $7.5 billion Latsis family fortune is firmly in control of Latsis' mother, Mariana, and uncle, Spiro.
Also nonsense was a report that Kasidokostas told Hilton he wants grandchildren as soon as possible. "Every father wants grandchildren but only under the right circumstances," Latsis' dad said.
As for Kathy Hilton's recent announcement that the Hiltons would soon head to Greece to meet Latsis' clan, Kasidokostas said it came as news to him.
"That was the first I'd heard of it," he said. "I've never met her mother."
Hilton spokesman Rob Shuter insisted that Paris and Paris are serious about getting married, but he added, "They could be engaged for a while. They're not rushing down the aisle."
Kasidokostas, who speaks only rudimentary English, spoke through a translator, his longtime friend Marijo Gillis, a New Yorker who founded Welfare for Animals Global, Inc., a group that lobbies for animal rights in Greece.
The father denied his son is the jet-setting playboy depicted in the press: "He's a very, very good boy . . . a gentle, down-to-earth boy . . . not a playboy by any stretch of the imagination. He doesn't have a lot of experience with women."
Kasidokostas isn't dead set against his son's marrying Hilton — if that's what he wants a few years down the line. "I would have no problem with it," he said. "If Paris Hilton really loves my son, she'll have to be patient."
"If he hasn't discussed this with his own father, how serious could it be?" Kasidokostas asked The Post's Chris Erikson. "That should tell you the whole story."
Latsis — who's 22, not 27, as has sometimes been reported — "is much too young to even consider a subject like marriage," said Kasidokostas, the longtime mayor of the affluent seaside town of Vouliagmeni, outside Athens.
What's more, recent reports that Latsis plunked down $12 million for a Beverly Hills nest for the lovebirds and bought Hilton a $5 million ring are ridiculous, he said.
"All of it is lies," Kasidokostas declared.
He noted that his son doesn't have the cash, as the $7.5 billion Latsis family fortune is firmly in control of Latsis' mother, Mariana, and uncle, Spiro.
Also nonsense was a report that Kasidokostas told Hilton he wants grandchildren as soon as possible. "Every father wants grandchildren but only under the right circumstances," Latsis' dad said.
As for Kathy Hilton's recent announcement that the Hiltons would soon head to Greece to meet Latsis' clan, Kasidokostas said it came as news to him.
"That was the first I'd heard of it," he said. "I've never met her mother."
Hilton spokesman Rob Shuter insisted that Paris and Paris are serious about getting married, but he added, "They could be engaged for a while. They're not rushing down the aisle."
Kasidokostas, who speaks only rudimentary English, spoke through a translator, his longtime friend Marijo Gillis, a New Yorker who founded Welfare for Animals Global, Inc., a group that lobbies for animal rights in Greece.
The father denied his son is the jet-setting playboy depicted in the press: "He's a very, very good boy . . . a gentle, down-to-earth boy . . . not a playboy by any stretch of the imagination. He doesn't have a lot of experience with women."
Kasidokostas isn't dead set against his son's marrying Hilton — if that's what he wants a few years down the line. "I would have no problem with it," he said. "If Paris Hilton really loves my son, she'll have to be patient."