Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie to be Simple Wives?  9/23/05

Bosses of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie's The Simple Life have reportedly devised a way to shoot the upcoming season of their reality show - by having them play strangers' wives.

The childhood pals have been locked in a bitter feud for most of the year, prompting questions on how show bosses will be able to get the pair back onscreen together for the fourth season.

But sources say the beauties, both 24, will get around the problem by separately filming their segments of Simple Wife - which could include an inner-city family and a lesbian couple.

A source explains, "The girls will switch off with a different family each week. Since they are both engaged to be married, we thought it would be fun to have them be wives-in-training.

"Both of them are into it."