Paris Hilton says she enjoys being single

Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton says she's enjoying The Single Life.

Hilton, who stars in E! Entertainment Television's The Simple Life opposite ex-friend Nicole Richie, told TV show hosts Regis and Kelly today that she's "single, for the first time" in her life, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

"I always have a boyfriend all the time, so I've never really got to know me and, like, have time for myself because I spend all my energy on the boyfriend," the 25-year-old hotel heiress-actress said.

Hilton, who ended her engagement to Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis last year, recently broke up with Stavros Niarchos, another Greek shipping heir.

What has she learned by not having a man on her arm?

"I'm a very strong woman. I don't need a man. I can be on my own," she said, according to AP.

As for her rivalry with Richie -- the two have feuded publicly in the past year -- Hilton said she hopes they'll patch things up.

"I've known her 20 years," Hilton said. "I look at baby pictures. It makes me sad that she's, you know -- we're going through something right now and we'll make up one day."