This seems obvious to me, considering Paris Hilton and Benji Madden were together for 9 months and have only been broken up for a matter of days. But The “My New BFF” star told Ryan Seacrest all about her love for the ex “On Air” yesterday.

“Right now we’re just taking a break. We’re really good friends, we’re really close,” she says. “I love him, he’s such an amazing man. He’s my best friend. He’s been so great to me … I’m still in love with him.”

Paris says the split was mutual. “I think right now we’re just better off as friends. We’re both working so much, I’ve been traveling, he’s been working non-stop in the studio with his brother on a new record.”

She also cleared the air on rumors surrounding their breakup, saying, “There’s all these reports saying I dumped Benji, that’s not true. This was a decision we made together as two adults.” She says reports that she’s been snuggling up to her other ex, Stavros Niarchos III, are “ridiculous.”

The two were snapped saying hello in Miami, but she insists they’re just friends and that she has no interest in him. “[Benji] is not a jealous person,” she added. “I’ve never been treated so well in my life.”

The “we’re busy” excuse always makes me so mad. Careers don’t bring the same joy that sharing your life with someone does, but whatever.

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