Perez Hilton: In My Defense, I Don’t Actually Write That Crap
It’s an open secret that Perez Hilton can’t be bothered to blog all day long anymore. But for some reason he’s never copped to using ghost writers. Until now.
Hilton (nee Mario Lavandeira) is being sued for breaching a legal settlement that prevented him from mentioning Jonathan Lewandowski (a/k/a Jonathan Jaxson), the young blogger from whom Hilton allegedly solicited sex tapes, in exchange for promoting Lewandowski’s blog. When Lewandowski’s name cropped up in a post, Hilton was shocked — shocked! — that someone assumed he wrote PerezHilton.com. You see, it was really his sister, Barbara, who wrote the item.
A tipster forwarded us the lawsuit, which was filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court and you can find in full here.
The settlement required Hilton not mention Lewandowski, yet Lewandowski’s name appeared in a Feb. 3 post on PerezHilton.com. Hilton’s defense? Of course I didn’t write that. His lawyer wrote in a letter to Lewandowski’s counsel that Hilton’s sister wrote the post:
Hilton has hinted at his sister’s involvement; he told Time in the video above that he worked on the site with his “sister, who’s my assistant and helps a little bit.” But this is the first time he’s confirmed that he has a full-on ghost writer.
Guanabee, meanwhile, has reported that Hilton has had other ghostwriters going back to 2006.
Which wouldn’t be a scandal, if Hilton were to only acknowledge the help he gets. Yet he continues to hide the making of his gossip sausage, as though his readers are deeply invested in his oh-so-elegant image as an articulate man of letters and glamorous Hollywood gentleman. Hilarious.
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@God then he went to get an emeter reading at a scientology group.
Charlotte Rae's Web
I just can't get over that screen capture... it's like a horrible car accident, It's terrible but I can't look away.
DeadliestSin
Pfft, of course he has ghostwriters! How can he type when he's gotta suck Lady Gaga's dick AND jerk off various celebrities to keep in favor all the time? Duuuh.
straightbuggin
The fat fuck has employed writers a couple of years now. I'd be surprised if he even wrote a word of it these days. All he seems to do is those self-serving videos.
MahaliaGriffin
That 'dude' who tangled with will.i.am was actually his sister in a convincing papier mache Perez Hilton mask made from old copies of the National Examiner.
eleusiswalks
@irishflyesq: Sadly, a lot of people.
@Spirit Fingers: "Raging piglet" is an image that is really doing it for me today. Nicely done.
Looks like a penny rent boy is twisting his nuts.
miss_msry
@irishflyesq: Well he does have pageviews, so an even better defense is, "Who actually believes this crap?"
I think a better defense would be, "In my defense, who actually reads this crap"?
irishflyesq
After the MJ post - i haven't gone to his site since, and haven't looked back. I guess i shouldn't be proud as i did read it regularly before and he was just as repulsive, but hey every camel back knows its last straw.
@FaceMelter: True. The novelty eventually wears off and then you find yourself gagging on your stomach bile.
@Spirit Fingers: And the farmer's behind him saying "Squeal, lil piggie!" Cue banjo music.
Okay, none of this really surprises me as Perez is a pig, and having once read his site, you can tell the difference in the current writer....she isn't as hateful.
Anyway, that screen grab is instilling all kinds of feelings of hate for me this fine Friday afternoon. Must punch kitten. (Kidding!)
nikkilove
Good God, he looks like a raging piglet caught in a farmer's net.
Spirit Fingers
couldn't he just say this about any post on his blog that gets him into trouble?
"Sure, will.i.am, I won't write about the BEPs anymore...can't stop my sister from doing it though"
Charax
@kookla:
Laughing? I'm cringing over here. So much so that it's difficult to browse Gawker because that asshole's face is lingering in the top bar. The aura coming off of him is so fucking disgusting. Please make it stop!
FaceMelter
I used to read Hilton almost daily until his little fight with the Black Eyed Peas. When I realized he was both racist and a drama queen, I simply stopped. I've joined the fight against him, writing to his advertisers referring to his "fcking faggot" comment and the fact that he was so tempted to use the N word. One little email and one non-click can go a long way in shutting him down. Of course, I sign all the emails Carrie Prejean. I have to wonder, though, what all his gay celebrity friends think of this incident and if they will continue to flaunt their so-called friendship in the light that he's not above using gay slurs. Lady Gaga and Katey Perry come to mind -- their fans should be writing them about his slurs.
Cynner
I could barely get through the article, because I couldn't stop laughing at that screen capture. The comments are just a bonus. You guys crack me up.
While the rest of you get to be self-assured of your innate superiority--I found jezebel/gawker/et al. after one of the more recent Perez histrionics sessions. He's always been mean spirited, judgemental, and all too willing to publically insult children, where most other gossip sites actually don't seem to need to stoop to quite the same low levels.
What I enjoy about jezebel/gawker is that the commentary does seem to be more female friendly, with some interesting current event articles as well.
If his sister is a ghost writer then I feel badly for the family--between her bile laden text and his emo public antics, I can't imagine what family gatherings are like.
happygardeningmama
When the whole reason for your fame is what you write in a blog, you'd think one would want to keep the presence of ghost writers a secret. And pay attention to what words others are putting into your mouth. Like the whole Shakespeare debate.
He should stop hiring his relatives and try, perhaps, to get someone familiar with grammar, fact-checking, and general common sense.
The Dominant Glee Club
@God: Perez promised him he'd promote his work!
Ah, so he'll throw his own sister under the bus? Damn this guy is klassy!
I for one, am actually shocked by this revelation. Perez posts so many items per day. Double the amount of other gossip blogs that while he is a jerk of the highest order, I mistakenly attributed his endless toiling work ethic as his one redeeming quality. Now I see his just a hate filled man with no redeeming quality. Good to know.
BarryWembrey
@Diziet_Sma: subtle, I know.
Lindsey Graham is Perez Hilton's ghost-writer.
(Hey, might as well kill two birds with one stone.)
MizJenkins
@bluebears: That's drawn on?
@mina324: I can't wait until the part when he shaves his head. Though I hope he doesn't go through the fire crotch phase
Ms.Moneypenny
Please tell me he's wearing fake hillbilly Halloween teeth in the pic.
BoonsFarmersDaughter
who draws the dripping semen?
It really feels like karma is coming back around for this one, doesn't it?
jessisagoddess
Does he realize how quickly he's digging his own grave? It's almost like he's planning a hyper-dramatic downfall, except he's still not going away.
mina324
Satan and Prez Hilton totally had sex once. Satan came home crying and didn't talk to anyone for three days.
Perez who?
fringedweller
Well he does write in the first person plural--which I thought was weird--until now.
LouiseGnaeus
You know it’s still hard to digest how he fostered this persona of being a d-bag who put a blog together when it was really his sister and now he’s selling his sister out.
What a dysfunctional nutcase.
Wow, sucks for Perez, that he has to learn the hard way that shit rolls downhill...ho-hum
could you please remove his face from the header?!?!?
lafatamorgana
@irishflyesq: People who like crap?
Gossip sausage agh no mind burning .....
I'd be happy to provide the original stories I wrote - all six of them - that PH stole word for word. I sent him tips, he published them as though he wrote them himself.
LilahRockish