Perez Hilton Gets Black Eye (Pea’d)

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After reading the news of Will.I.Am’s alleged assault on Perez Hilton (the thought of which just makes me giddy), I feel like I need Seth Meyers to do one of his “Really?” news bits from Saturday Night Live. Literally, aside from giggling and imagining the hurt that could rain down on Perez from a Black Eyed Peas beat down, all I could do while reading about this was say repeatedly, “…really?”

First of all, when I get smacked up (which is, like, all the time), I don’t think about ways of fitting my injury into a Tweet. I do, however, think about calling the police. And getting a hug from my mom. Police first, though. Unlike everyone’s favorite Gossip Queen, I wouldn’t think of calling the police via Twitter (or assume that the PoPo are following me/checking their Twitterfeed every 4 seconds). I’m pretty sure the seven people following me on Twitter don’t care if I’m bleeding and Tweeting at the same time (although…what an accomplishment, no?).

I hope that Perez’s gut reaction to an (alleged) emergency doesn’t represent a trend toward alternative communication methods for emergency services. I can just see it now: 15 years in the future, my child (haha yeah, sure) will be in elementary school and the teacher will be explaining what to do in an emergency.

“Now children, take out your Blackberries and access your Twitter accounts. Make sure to describe your injury and ask several times for the police to come. They are totes following your feed. Also, it’s important to type ‘No joke’ at the end of your Tweet, because they will come faster and people will actually believe you.”

At least we all got some very enjoyable imagery from this…although I’m sure no one enjoyed it more than Will.I.Am. Next time I see him around (which, unfortch, isn’t nearly as often as I hear Boom Boom Pow), I’m gonna buy him a round and give him a high five. He deserves it!

katie says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 200912:08 pm

Why does this make you giddy?
He was asaulted and got hurt, does that really make you happy?
I know he is an asshole sometimes but does that make it acceptable for someone to beat him up? None of his remarks are especially hurtful or rude lately, its not like he has been racist or anything like that. Calling fergie fugly every now and then is nothing in comparison to physically hurting someone.

Lauren - University of Michigan says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 200912:14 pm

I’m sorry, but do you really think if this guy was SERIOUSLY hurt he would be Tweeting it? And he was later spotted out on the town with Gaga. He’s a famewhore and will do ANYTHING to get into the spotlight.

If you really wnana hurt this guy, you should just break his computer and cell phone. Whoever does that is my hero.

Caitlin-University of Alabama says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 200912:21 pm

He did call the police first, but the Toronto police claimed they would take a while because there were serious emergencies, so Perez went to his Twitter to get more people to call so they may come to his hotel faster. And they did after they received a bunch of calls from people supporting Perez. Go to his site, he has a video posted as his statement about what happened. Will.I.Am’s manager hit Perez, not Will.I.Am, but Will claims it was a random fan.

Regardless of if you like Perez or not, violence shouldn’t happen. It was completely unnecessary, as is any occurrence of violence.

Lauren - University of Michigan says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 200912:44 pm

PS: http://www.celebitchy.com/56757/perez_hilton_admits_he_called_william_a_fag_before_he_got_a_beat_down/

Perez called Will.I.Am. a nasty name first. If you want to pick a bitch fight, then prepared to get punched.

Sam says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 200912:49 pm

Violence definitely shouldn’t be used to solve problems. If he was so worried though, why didn’t he just go to the hospital and then have the Police meet him there are he got checked out? It’s all pretty silly.

Laura says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 20091:02 pm

Violence is never an answer as retaliation in a verbal altercation. It was wrong for whoever to attack no matter how ugly the names were.

I, however, think it’s quite ironic that Perez Hilton — who, mind you, has identified himself as an openly gay advocate and most recently took such a public crusade against Miss California in the favor of gay marriage — is going around throwing the term “gay” and “faggot” around as insults to people. Though name calling is less atrocious than punching someone, I personally think calling someone those names is NEVER ok, regardless of your sexual orientation.

Keightee says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 20091:21 pm

I agree with Laura above. I too was surprised that Perez chose to call Will a “faggot” – I thought that was considered offensive to people who are gay. Isn’t Perez putting himself down as a gay man by using that word as an insult?

As for the entire situation, I’ve seen both videos and am not sure what really happened. Neither verbal or physical violence solves anything.

Mami says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 20094:12 pm

AGREED. Everyone thinks there is this massive disconnect with things that they say and the consequences. You can’t be a little bitch and say whatever you want without getting smacked.

Liam says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 20096:09 pm

If you talk sh!t, you better be prepared to take a punch. That’s all there is too it!

Chelzz says:
Tue, 23rd Jun 20091:21 pm

Will I Am wasn’t the one who hit him it was a devoted fan. See MediaTakeOut.Com the picture from the fight is there.

But I agree with Liam, Perez just thinks that just because they are celebrities he has a right to hurt and disrespect them. And talking shit on the interenet is one thing, but saying shit in person? Don’t talk shit f you dont know how to fight, simple as that.

JJ says:
Tue, 23rd Jun 20095:39 pm

Bitch you be talking smack, you get smacked up – punk ass scumbag, you get your eyes blacked up.