68 Facts About Perez Hilton

Perez Hilton's blog is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities, and for posting tabloid photos over which he has added his own captions or "doodles".

Perez Hilton's blog has garnered controversy for its attitude, its former practice of outing alleged closeted celebrities, and its role in the increasing coverage of celebrities in all forms of media.

Perez Hilton was raised in Little Havana and Westchester, Florida, and later attended Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, an all-boys Catholic school in Miami.

Perez Hilton graduated in 1996, and the aspiring actor received a scholarship to New York University.

Perez Hilton briefly worked as a media relations assistant for the LGBT rights organization GLAAD, was a freelance writer for gay publications, worked as a receptionist for the NYC gay events club Urban Outings, and was briefly the managing editor of Instinct, a gay men's magazine.

Perez Hilton says he started blogging "because it seemed easy".

Additionally, Perez Hilton has been known to speak out publicly against discriminatory behavior of celebrities and other public figures.

Perez Hilton called for the firing of Isaiah Washington from ABC television series Grey's Anatomy for making homophobic remarks and called for his readers to do the same.

In early 2007, Perez Hilton was criticized by The Hollywood Gossip blog for ignoring racist and homophobic remarks made by Paris Perez Hilton.

Perez Hilton often promotes his favorite up-and-coming musicians by posting streams of their songs under the "Listen to This" category of his blog.

In 2001, Perez Hilton made an appearance in the third episode of the third season of The Sopranos, "Fortunate Son".

On July 13,2007, Perez Hilton announced on the TV show The View that he would star in his own reality television show on VH1.

The series of six one-hour episodes, titled What Perez Hilton Sez, aired its first part on September 11,2007.

Perez Hilton appeared as a contestant on MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar, which debuted August 30,2007.

Perez Hilton was eliminated in week six of the contest by judges' vote.

Perez Hilton has appeared in reality shows such as Victoria Beckham: Coming to America, MTV Cribs, The N's Queen Bees, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Tori Spelling THS and Paris Perez Hilton's My New BFF.

Perez Hilton is a regular on series such as TRL, MuchMusic, and Extra where he appears via satellite from his closet studio to talk about gossip.

Perez Hilton co-hosted the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards and after Rick Astley did not show up to collect his award for best act ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards, Perez Hilton collected the prize on Astley's behalf.

On June 21,2009, Perez Hilton was a presenter at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto, Ontario.

On December 2,2009, Perez Hilton was a guest on the TV show The View.

In 2010, Perez Hilton guest starred as himself in the episode Victorious "Wi-Fi in the Sky".

In January 2015, Perez Hilton took part as a housemate on the fifteenth season of the British reality series, Celebrity Big Brother.

Perez Hilton became the seventh celebrity to be evicted on February 4,2015.

Perez Hilton won the competition and was crowned "Best of the Worst".

In December 2020, Perez Hilton was permanently banned from TikTok, where he had amassed 1.6 million followers.

Perez Hilton released a video of himself crying, in reaction to the ban, and begging TikTok 'influencer' Charli D'Amelio, who he had criticized, for help in having him reinstated.

In December 2021, Perez Hilton was a guest star on Red Table Talk: The Estefans alongside singer-songwriter Gabbie Hanna for a discussion about cancel culture.

Perez Hilton starred as himself in NEWSical The Musical, an off-Broadway musical which had a four-week run, beginning on September 8,2012.

Perez Hilton has appeared on The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

In March 2008, Perez Hilton announced on his blog that he would no longer blog about artists signed to Sony BMG.

On October 11,2007, a judge cleared the way for Hilton to be deposed in an ongoing defamation suit brought against him by DJ Samantha Ronson, after a post on PerezHilton.

Perez Hilton's report was a repetition of gossip initially posted on CelebrityBabylon.

On January 23,2008, Perez Hilton was awarded $85,000 by superior court Judge Elihu Berle in this lawsuit filed by Ronson.

Perez Hilton has attracted lawsuits due to his use of video footage of celebrities on his blog.

Perez Hilton defends his use of this material by claiming it under the fair use exception to the Copyright Act; that is, according to the Los Angeles Times, the photos are altered "to achieve a satiric or humorous end".

On March 9,2007, a judge ruled that Perez Hilton could continue operating his website while the lawsuit remained before the courts.

Days later, on April 26,2007, upon arriving in Sydney, Australia, to attend the MTV Australia Video Music Awards, Perez Hilton was served with a lawsuit by celebrity photo agency PhotoNews claiming C$4,200 in damages for his alleged unauthorized use of a single copyrighted paparazzi photograph of John Mayer and Jessica Simpson.

In June 2007, Perez Hilton's web hosting service dropped his site upon threats of liability in the cases outlined above.

On June 26,2007, Perez Hilton posted an open call on his blog to all of X17's photographers, both past and present, to contact him if they have not been adequately compensated for working overtime or pictures submitted in the past.

Perez Hilton has not used photos by X17 on his website since the suit.

On his blog, Perez Hilton is open about his homosexuality and about his desire to out those who he claims are closeted gay celebrities.

When former NSYNC member Lance Bass came out as gay on July 26,2006, Perez Hilton received criticism for having been partially responsible in the outing.

Perez Hilton served as a judge for the Miss USA 2009 pageant in Las Vegas on April 19,2009.

Perez Hilton responded that she believes marriage is between a man and a woman due to her upbringing.

In June 2009, Perez Hilton alleged in a video blog that he was assaulted by The Black Eyed Peas' operation manager, Polo Molina, following the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards after party, where the group's lead vocalist, will.

Perez Hilton later filed a lawsuit against Molina, seeking an unspecified amount over $25,000 to cover medical costs and as compensation for the "humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional and physical distress" that Perez Hilton suffered as a result of the attack.

The GLAAD called upon Perez Hilton to apologize for using an anti-gay slur against will.

Perez Hilton received little sympathy in the media over the incident, a fact he addressed in his video blog.

On June 25,2009, shortly after Michael Jackson had gone into cardiac arrest, Perez Hilton posted an article about Jackson's illness, claiming it was a publicity stunt.

Perez Hilton has received backlash for the incident, becoming entangled in a Twitter argument with Pete Wentz about the situation.

On June 13,2010, Perez Hilton posted to Twitter a message linking to an upskirt picture of then-17-year-old Miley Cyrus, that appeared to show Cyrus without underwear.

Perez Hilton responded to the accusations by claiming that the controversy was "fake" and that Cyrus did wear underwear in the photo in question.

In October 2010, Perez Hilton became involved in the It Gets Better Project started by Dan Savage, urging celebrities to support gay teenagers who were being driven to suicide by anti-gay bullying.

On October 13,2010, Perez Hilton posted a video on YouTube entitled "I'm Going To Be Doing Things Differently," in which he addressed his actions over the previous years, and apologized for bullying celebrities.

Perez Hilton vowed to change the occasionally malicious tone of his website, even if it meant losing readers and revenue.

Perez Hilton stated that his own son, Mario Armando Lavandeira III, will likely be bullied as well.

Gaga asked the Twitter user to enter the building and collect photographic evidence, before stating that Perez Hilton was stalking her.

Later that day, Perez Hilton published a statement on his website in which he denied stalking Lady Gaga.

Perez Hilton stated that he was looking for a place to live in New York after the birth of his son, and that he was shown the apartment without knowing Lady Gaga lived in the building.

In February 2014, after Perez Hilton criticized Ariana Grande's hairstyles, Grande's fans posted negative comments to Perez Hilton's social media, including threats against his young son.

Perez Hilton then tweeted Grande, her brother Frankie and her employer Nickelodeon with accusations that Grande had been seen using cocaine at a party.

Perez Hilton demanded that Grande speak out against her fans' comments.

Perez Hilton moved to Manhattan in 2013, stating, "I love New York and that is where me and my growing family want to call home right now".

Perez Hilton was referring to his first child, Mario Armando Lavandeira III, born on February 17,2013, conceived with a donor egg and carried by a surrogate mother.

Perez Hilton's daughter, Mia Alma Lavandeira, was born on May 9,2015, via surrogate.

Perez Hilton claimed he would not sign up his son for dance classes, if requested, because "dance class might make [his] kid gay".

On October 6,2020, Chicago Review Press published Perez Hilton's memoir titled TMI: My Life in Scandal.

Perez Hilton released a song called "The Clap", about gonorrhea, composed and produced by Lucian Piane.