{"id":33917,"date":"2026-08-09T04:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T23:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33917"},"modified":"2026-08-09T04:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T23:42:40","slug":"perez-hilton-hospitalized-in-serious-but-stable-condition-and-will-need-surgery-family-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33917","title":{"rendered":"Perez Hilton hospitalized in \u2018serious but stable\u2019 condition and will need surgery, family says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit_1500w\/rockcms\/2026-08\/260805-perez-hilton-rs-6585ba.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-c8b126\" class=\"body-graf\">Perez Hilton was in serious condition Saturday at a Florida hospital after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/perez-hilton-hospitalized-reports-livestream-self-harm-rcna590901\" target=\"_blank\">he livestreamed<\/a> what appeared to be self-harm from his Miami-area home Tuesday night, his family said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c640c8\" class=\"body-graf\">The blogger, known for celebrity news and criticism, has been stabilized, but his injuries will require surgery, the family said on Hilton\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ad0560\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cHe experienced significant blood loss and sustained additional injuries that will require surgery in the coming days,\u201d it said. \u201cHis treatment and recovery will be a long process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-620db9\" class=\"body-graf\">The video appeared to show Hilton, 48, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, covered in blood with visible cuts and holding what appeared to be a knife. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-897e67\" class=\"body-graf\">The Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/perez-hilton-family-kids-fled-before-livestream-rcna591224\" target=\"_blank\">responded to a home<\/a> on reports of a person \u201clivestreaming acts of self-harm on social media.\u201d They \u201csafely recovered\u201d a person, who was then hospitalized, the office said in an earlier statement that didn\u2019t name Hilton.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3341a2\" class=\"body-graf\">TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/social-media\/perez-hilton-tiktok-video-renews-social-media-moderation-concerns-rcna590945\" target=\"_blank\">took down the livestream<\/a> after automated moderation systems flagged it, a company spokesperson said. However, a moderator error caused a delay in the stream being removed, a spokesperson confirmed. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a75e8f\" class=\"body-graf\">The family said in Saturday\u2019s statement that Hilton is hospitalized under the Baker Act. The Florida law allows family members, doctors, law enforcement or other professionals to seek emergency mental health services and temporarily hold a person over concerns for their mental health or propensity for self-harm.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5f7dfe\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cHis communication has been extremely limited and confined to immediate family, medical providers, and others directly involved in his care,\u201d the family statement said. \u201cHe has not communicated with the media or issued any public statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b31293\" class=\"body-graf\">The family said it \u201cremains focused on Perez\u2019s treatment and recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9bdb29\" class=\"endmark body-graf\"><em>If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 or go to <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>988lifeline.org<\/em><\/a><em> to reach the 988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com\/resources.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perez Hilton was in serious condition Saturday at a Florida hospital after he livestreamed what appeared to be self-harm from his Miami-area home Tuesday night, his family said in a statement. The blogger, known for celebrity news and criticism, has been stabilized, but his injuries will require surgery, the family said on Hilton\u2019s website. \u201cHe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-08\/260805-perez-hilton-rs-6585ba.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}