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Perez Hilton loses advertiser over Miley flap; controversial blogger will discuss on “Behar”
Perez Hilton has been no stranger to controversy but he is currently embroiled in what might be his most serious case of backlash after posting an inappropriate photo of 17-year-old Miley Cyrus.
Hilton, 32, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira Jr., linked the offending photo (an up-the-skirt shot of Miley getting out of a car) on Monday. Along with the photo link, he wrote: “If you are easily offended, do NOT click here…Oh, Miley! Warning: truly not for the easily offended!”
Although he removed it later that day, some damage has already been done. TV Guide reports that a rotating banner ad promoting The View was pulled from PerezHilton.com on Wednesday.
“It’s not a matter of whether you like [Perez Hilton] or not, it has to do with the morality of the issue. Miley is a minor, period. There are ethics involved in running an ad on a site that potentially violated the rights of a minor, and that is what the conversation is about at the network level,” an ABC source told MSNBC.
Perez is set to discuss the controversy on The Joy Behar Show tonight. He has already posted a video comment on his site asking: “Do you think I’m stupid enough to post a photo of Miley if she’s not wearing any underwear down there? No! Sure I like to seem controversial, but I don’t want to go to jail.”
Comments
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Marilyn says:
Perez just went too far with this one. He will be lucky if he doesn’t get charged. I saw the original tweet and chose not to click on it because I thought ‘if Perez thinks it’s bad it must really be bad’. LOL.
Tim says:
There is one reason why I read this blog, firstly Greg you never have done sensational promotion, you have always been non judgmental and your postings have always been interesting.
I discontinued reading PZH blog awhile back and I am embarrassed that this man is gay, he puts all gay people in a bad prospective. I wish people would discontinue reading his blog, that way it would just go away.
But unfortunately with his stupidity and publicity it just makes people go to his site to see what it is all about.
Glad that your blog is here to keep us entertained as well as informed.
Karen says:
I also stopped reading PHiton’s blog and switched to your site.
Hayes says:
Can we please just stop feeding into this guy? He has nothing positive to contribute. I really just want to see him go away! You on the other hand, Greg, keep doing what you’re doing!