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According to Radar Online, Us Weekly west coast editor Ken Baker has more than a professional interest in his favorite journalistic subject, Paris Hilton. The proverbial insiders say that Baker has quite the crush, insisting that all Hilton coverage in Us maintains a positive spin, and he reportedly phones Hilton more frequently than her boyfriends:

What could the two possibly be talking about? According to a mag insider, Paris uses Ken to plant negative items about her enemies, like Nicole Richie. In fact, one of the memos found on Hilton s pilfered Sidekick tell ken about jess trying to bone JT was widely deciphered as a reminder to tell Baker that Jessica Simpson was stalking the wild Timbersnake. (The phone s address book, conveniently enough, contained Baker s digits, too.)

Baker, of course, issued a standard denial, noting that he hadn't talked to Paris in over a month. And what a long, sad month it's been. So dark, so lonely... Paris? Are you there? Why won't you call? Please? Just give him a call, you know, talk to him about your rabid monkey or whatever. Anything, really. Pick up the phone, girlfriend. Do the right thing. Call your Ken and keep him afloat. He'd give his left nut just to gaze longingly into your lazy eye.

Paris Hilton's Ken Doll [Radar]