Perez Hilton Called Will.i.am A "F*gg*t" Pre-Fight

TORONTO — Police have charged the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly punched celebrity blogger Perez Hilton outside a Toronto nightclub. Hilton said he got into an argument with band members Fergie and will.i.am at the Cobra nightclub early Monday morning and was punched outside by Polo Molina, the band's tour manager. They were at the club following a Sunday night video awards show.

Molina turned himself in and has been charged with assaulting Hilton, Toronto Police Constable Tony Vella said. Molina is due in court Aug. 5.

Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, complained about the incident on the microblogging site Twitter. He tweeted at 4 a.m.: "I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke."

Hilton, who is openly gay, said in interview with The Associated Press that he called will.i.am a "faggot," a gay slur, inside the club after the musician told the blogger not to write about his band on his Web site.

"He was like 'You need to respect me.' He was in my face. He was obviously trying to intimidate me and scare me," Hilton said. "I was like 'I don't need to respect you. I don't respect you and I did say this, and I knew that it would be the worst thing I could possibly say to him because he was acting the way he was. I said 'You know what, I don't respect you and you're gay and stop being such a faggot.'"

Will.i.am said in a video posting on dipdive.com that he came to Hilton with respect and was called a "faggot."

Hilton, who was at the club with Lady Gaga, said he then left the club and was punched from behind. The pop stars and the blogger were among celebrities in Toronto for the MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday night.

A spokeswoman for the Black Eyed Peas declined comment.

Comments

[VanillaCreme]

One word: SISSY

[bliss0027]

isn't perez the same guy who spearheaded a massive campaign to get Isaiah Washington Fired from grey's anatomy for using the word F*gg*t???? (and succeeded!!)

what a joke.....I watched some of his video in response to the fight and he said "i just called him the worst possible thing I could think of""

okay i see...when other people use that word they deserve to lose their livelihood but when you do it, it's okay because you were "mad"

pot.kettle.black

[seakiev]

Agree completely! Perez should get called out on his provacative behavior....he is giving gays a bad name and only promoting his own name. What a hypocrite.

[Aabby]

exactly.

[danusgram]

Somehow Iwonder if this guy has racist issues hmmmm thanks for info I forgot about the Grey;s thing

[clearthinker2008]

Yup.

[clearthinker2008]

He's always especially hard on black on his blog in general.

[huffii]

Perez and his LGBT activists seem to have Obama cowering, so why not will.i.am ?

[Dystopic]

cowering? explain.

[loubque]

sorry i doubt Perez has Obama cowering.

[danusgram]

I do not condone violence I also think that the road manager received some other choice words from Hilton outside that Hilton omitted. Gay or straight some words do lead to a physical response.

[huffii]

Perez was lucky that's all he got for projecting homosexualism onto an uninterested heterosexual male.
he represents the the new LGBT hysterical attitude which see to intimidate heterosexuals.

[zaumbi]

Think before you speak, it helps.

[sydney01]

Perez Hilton in no way represents a new 'attitude" for the LGBT community. Just because he is gay, doesn't mean he represents the entire community.

That is the problem with America. People take one person of one group and assume they are all the same. That is called prejudice. Judging others based on the actions of one.

[hoppybunny]

no.

[bboyy]

you're thinking too much.

[garymc8]

Prejean came out with the statement that Perez is actually a raging heterosexual in an effort to destroy his career.

[deepsigh]

never read that you are a fibber

[lovbug]

This guy Perez has a problem. He can dish it out but he can't take it.

[foxbat]

True. Most closet bullies, no pun intended, tend to act like this.

[sb250guy]

Sorry.

I have been living in Japan for a few years. I try to keep up with stuff but I don't know who this Perez Hilton person is. Should I? Or should I just consider myself lucky?

[zaumbi]

Something tells me you're not missing much.

[Dystopic]

consider your self lucky, for living in Japan. You have missed nothing. You are even more lucky if you don;t know who Spencer Pratt is.

[GeneralDisarray]

or palin, or jindal, or ............................

[elfNW]

Don’t feel bad. I’d never heard of him either until the whole Miss America contest flap. From what I gather he’s sort of a mean spirited blogger about celebrities. The comparisons I’ve seen here to Truman Capote don’t seem fair, to Capote. Truman Capote was a brilliant writer who unfortunately later in life became sort of a nasty gossip. Perez Hilton went straight to the nasty gossiping; I suspect he doesn’t have the brilliant writer in him.

[raff169]

No you are lucky!

[ranch111]

Kettle, Meet Pot. Pot, Meet Kettle

[Smurfaveli]

Good. I'm glad he was punched. That's what happens when you insult people so boldy. Eventually someone will call you on it.

I really can't stand people who contribute to a confrontation and then go running to the police. No, you should eat that. Charge it to the game.

[elfNW]

Humm, two people who are inexplicably celebrities, both with the last name Hilton. What's up with that name.

[Xav7]

it's difficult to feel sorry for someone like perez hilton

[mudbones]

I can't stand Perez, he gives gay people a really bad name

[Lurker50]

Why is he famous?

[PWM]

I like this guy: he starts a fight then wonders why someone would punch him.

[BassguyGG]

Perez is a real snarky tough guy when he writes his column. He's gotten away with a lot. He inappropriately dropped the question on same-sex marriage on Miss California and then ruined her life when she didn't give the answer he wanted. He has totally character assassinated any number of celebrities.

Problem is, he doesn't understand the difference between real life and cyberspace. That is, when you talk tough in real life you better be prepared to back it up or suffer the consequences.

He totally had it coming. "You f**k with the truck, you get the tires!"