( CNN ) -- Paris Hilton 's comments about gay men who use a cell phone app for sexual hook ups were expressions of concern about the dangers of unprotected sex , not homophobic slurs , her publicist said Thursday . The Hollywood socialite said , `` Gay guys are the horniest people in the world , '' called them `` disgusting '' and suggested `` most of them probably have AIDS '' in the short conversation secretly recorded by a New York cab driver two weeks ago , according to RadarOnline . The online celebrity gossip site did not identify the driver or reveal how much , if anything , was paid for the recording published Thursday . Hilton 's publicist , in a statement sent to CNN Thursday , confirmed the recording was authentic , but said , `` It was not her intent to make any derogatory comments about all gays . '' `` Paris Hilton is a huge supporter of the gay community and would never purposefully make any negative statements about anyone 's sexual orientation , '' the statement said . Paris Hilton makes DJ debut . Hilton was riding in a cab with `` an openly gay male model '' during New York Fashion Week in the early morning hours of Friday , September 7 , RadarOnline reported . The gay friend was showing Hilton the iPhone app Grindr , which advertises itself as the `` most popular all-male location-based social network out there , '' offering `` quick , convenient , and discreet '' connections , RadarOnline reported . `` Say I log into Grindr , someone that 's on Grindr can be in that building and it tells you all the locations of where they are and you can be like , 'Yo , you wan na f -- k ? ' and he might be on like , the sixth floor , '' the male voice is heard saying . `` Ewww ! Gay guys are the horniest people in the world , '' Hilton said . `` They 're disgusting . Dude , most of them probably have AIDS . ... I would be so scared if I were a gay guy . You 'll like , die of AIDS . '' `` Paris Hilton 's comments were to express that it is dangerous for anyone to have unprotected sex that could lead to a life threatening disease , '' her publicist said . America 's most overexposed celebs . RadarOnline was `` only provided a portion of the conversation , '' the statement said of the 50-second-long clip . `` The conversation became heated , after a close gay friend told her in a cab ride , a story about a gay man who has AIDS and is knowingly having unprotected sex , '' the Hilton statement said . `` He also discussed a website that encourages random sex by gay men with strangers . As she was being shown the website , her comments were in reference to those people promoting themselves on the site . '' Ironically , a sex tape was a major factor in boosting Hilton 's celebrity status . The great-granddaughter of hotel mogul Conrad Hilton was captured in a grainy video having sex with boyfriend Rick Salomon . It surfaced in 2003 , just days before the debut of her reality TV series `` The Simple Life , '' which subsequently registered high ratings . The man who 'made ' Paris Hilton . CNN 's Jane Caffrey contributed to this report .
`` Gay guys are the horniest people in the world , '' Hilton says in secret recording . `` Paris Hilton is a huge supporter of the gay community , '' Hilton 's publicist says . A cab driver recorded Hilton talking to a gay friend , RadarOnline says . The cabbie said he was told by his boss that she would not be fired if she didn't talk about her sexual orientation on air.