Perry Taylor, the beefy naval academy dropout who caused a sensation in late May of last year when he was seen out with a lipstick-wearing no-longer depressed looking Britney, is now working for the bottomless pit of narcissism that is Paris Hilton. He seems to have been well prepared by his work with both Britney Spears and Jude Law.

Despite bringing the word “manny” to public consiousness and causing a stir during his tenure with Spears, Paris claims to have had the Manny first:

Paris stepped out with the hunky bodyguard/nanny (full name: Perry Taylor) in West Hollywood on April 11, a little less than a year after he accompanied Britney and her son Sean on a stroll in Malibu (above).

Perry, 29, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame last year, reportedly making Kevin Federline jealous because Britney and the manny spent so much time together while she and Kevin were estranged. (Britney and Perry both denied rumors of a romance.)

But despite his association with Britney, Paris actually met him first. “He was Paris’ security guard on the first two seasons of The Simple Life, in 2003 and 2004,” an insider close to the heiress tells Life & Style. “She still uses him from time to time as a private security guard.”

I was hoping that Brangelina would hire manny Perry to do double diaper and security duty while bringing a softer, gentler image to their thuggish security detail. He must be desperate if he’s now doing security for Paris.

In related trite Paris news, she was told to buy two tiny overpriced bikinis she tried on at Fred Segal because the heiress – who definitely doesn’t have crabs – didn’t wear underwear as required by law when she was trying on the garments. According to Mike Walker’s column in the National Enquirer, Paris refused to pay, said the suits didn’t fit and walked out of the store. [From The National Enquirer print edition, April 23, 2007]

Part of header image from Life & Style.