Perez Hilton Confirmed Racist

July 7. 2009

Perez Hilton

Since last year, I've accused blogger Perez Hilton of being a racist (click here). This week, he's unwisely confirmed it with his own mouth.

Remarking on the fight he had with the manager of Black Eyed Peas manager, over black group member, Will.i.am, Perez said he was going to call him a "nig*er" and is sorry he did not.

Perez Hilton Would Rather Be a Racist Than Bad for the Gays

Mon Jul 6 2009 - Perez Hilton called will.i.am a "fag*ot." Now, in an Advocate profile he desperately wants for you to know that he's not a gay hate-monger. He's just a racist. Some of his best friends are gay people. Best friends like... himself!...

But Perez tells me that, in the heat of the moment that night, he almost chose to use a different word. "I thought about calling him the n word," he says over the phone a week after the incident, "but I thought the f word was even worse. I was so filled with hate at that moment because I was hated on so much, and I reacted in the worst way possible. Then I went on to make a bunch of other mistakes. I shouldn't have made the video...

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