She’s been going out of her way to tell the world that her relationship with Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden is more than a fling, but Star Magazine is confirming that Paris Hilton is now single again. Tongues were wagging earlier this week when the serial dating heiress was spotted getting more than a little chummy with ex-boyfriend Stavros Niarchos in Miami. The exes were getting rather touchy-feely while Benji was noticeably absent. Sources say Paris kicked him to the curb because he was “too controlling” - which is code for “he had a problem with Paris screwing other guys.”

It’s splitsville for Paris Hilton and Benji Madden.
Days after Paris was “all over” her ex Stavros Niarchos, the heiress dropped the Good Charlotte rocker like a bad habit, telling him he was “too controlling” and that she needed her freedom back, a source tells Star exclusively.

Shortly after their breakup, which took place on Nov. 17, Paris let her hair down at Villa nightclub, where she partied with her sister, Nicky, and Nicky’s boyfriend David Katzenberg. The following night she was also without Benji when she hit the hot spot Apple Paris.

“Paris was fed up with Benji always telling her what to do and bossing her around,” says the insider. “She couldn’t take his overbearing ways anymore. It was stressing her out. He can be very aggressive and he was just too much trouble.”

Benji didn’t take the breakup well, says the source. “He fought for a second chance and asked if they could talk it out but Paris said she was done talking,” reveals the insider.

The demise of Paris and Benji’s relationship, after nine months of dating, didn’t happen overnight. “They’ve had “a lot of fights in the past,” says the source. The nail in the coffin was a showdown over Paris’ flirty night out with her ex-boyfriend Stavros on Saturday.

“Benji didn’t like it that she spent the evening with Stavros,” says the source. “He blew up and Paris felt victimized. He gave her a lot of grief about that.”

They bottom line is that they were just different people. “She felt she couldn’t cut loose and party,” says the source. “He doesn’t drink and doesn’t think she should either. She felt too fenced in.”

[From Star magazine]

Keep in mind that this is Star magazine- a publication only loosely acquainted with the truth on its best day. But it was strange that Paris was so public about cuddling up to her ex when she’s been telling everyone that she and Benji are serious. For the last nine months, she’s managed to dial back the sluttiness and behave like an actual girlfriend. No coke-fueled all-nighters, no cooch-flashing- just low-level annoying Paris idiocy. If she and Benji really are finished, does that mean we’ll see Paris the Hobag’s not-so-triumphant return?

Header photo of Paris Hilton and Benji Madden looking less than happy together at the premiere of her new movie, “Repo!” on Nov. 6. Gallery photo of Paris and Benji on Nov. 11, below, is the last time the pair was photographed together. Photos of Paris alone and looking glum today in West Hollywood. Photo credits: Bauergriffin.

Original article from: Cele|bitchy