Paris Hilton being arrestedParis Hilton has claimed she was only handcuffed during her recent arrest because the police wanted to make a statement to avoid claims of special treatment.

She told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM show in Los Angeles: “I think [the police] wanted to make a statement. They even said ‘there are a lot of people watching. We don’t want them to think we are giving you special treatment’.”

She also said that she thinks the arrest has received undue attention: “Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.”

“I had one margarita (and) was starving because I had not eaten all day.”

“I was on my way to In-N-Out, which is probably three blocks away, and I’m in my [Mercedes] SLR, which is a little fast, so maybe I was speeding a little bit and I got pulled over.”

Self-proclaimed vegetarian Paris added she wasn’t driving erratically as the LAPD claimed: “I was just really hungry and I wanted to have an In-N-Out Burger.”

Paris also said, despite the handcuffs, the arresting police officers “were so nice” and “I was in [the police station] 15 minutes and out.”