Breadcrumb Home Cite Perez Hilton. Name at birth: Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. Perez Hilton has described himself as "the Internet's most notorious gossip columnist.
His name was a play on Paris Hilton , the celebrity socialite. The next year he changed the site name to PerezHilton. He has also landed himself in a number of scandals involving the rich and famous, including when his website falsely accused the death of Michael Jackson of being a hoax. In he announced: "I am beaming with joy and pride as I share with you that my family has grown yet again. Jump directly to the content.
Sign in. Nicole Richie turned up one day to complain in no uncertain terms about his mean-spirited coverage. Hilton rejects this specific charge, pointing to the countless celebrity magazines that preceded him. Maybe I was the first to do it online, and therefore, I'm a pioneer! However, there were other complaints about the website which prompted him to significantly change its tone. The LGBT community criticised him for outing gay celebrities, while others were upset by his use of nasty nicknames.
In , for example, Hilton repeatedly referred to Christina Aguilera as "Floptina" in an effort to damage her sales and boost those of his then friend Lady Gaga. Hilton's remorse for his behaviour makes for one of the most interesting sections of the book. That is something I no longer believe. Hilton, who is gay himself, received death threats when he outed former American Idol contestant Clay Aiken. But it was a social-action campaign that led him to change his ways. In , activist Dan Savage launched the It Gets Better movement in response to the multiple suicides of teenagers that year who had been bullied because they were gay.
Because I have to. He has not legally changed his name and says that some people still call him Mario. I love Perez Hilton though. But I live a blessed life — very privileged, and very grateful. He launched his blog, and Paris Hilton-inspired brand, in September And Hilton is the mainstream — the Hollywood. Hilton started his blog known as PageSixSixSix.
Asked if he had a specific breakthrough moment, Hilton lists two. Second, Hilton — who tried his hand at acting before moving into journalism — was relieved of his duties at Star magazine.
Because, by that point, I had already begun my blog, and had I not gotten fired, things may not have taken off the way that they did.
Helped by the nascent state of online journalism, Hilton broke some big stories — including the romance of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
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