Perez Hilton: Will.i.am Assaulted Me, Call The Police

UPDATE 2: Perez and Will.i.am have both spoken out. Will denied it was him, while Hilton has a 12-minute video blasting the Black Eyed Pea as a "disgusting human being" and "a fucking liar."

He says the fight stemmed from his harsh posting about Fergie.

UPDATE: TMZ reports will.i.am is not the suspect:

But cops in Toronto tell us it was the general manager of the Black Eyed Peas -- Polo Molina -- who is under investigation and he turned himself in to police early this morning.

PREVIOUSLY:
Beginning just after midnight West Coast time, Perez Hilton tweeted a series of messages alleging that Will.I.Am and his security guards had assaulted him.

Hilton was in Toronto Sunday for the Much Music Awards:

-- I'm in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel now. Please.

-- I was assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards. I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke.

-- Still waiting for the police. The bleeding has stopped. I need to document this. Please, can the police come to the SoHo Met Hotel.

-- I spoke to my lawyer. I really need to talk to the authorities. Please come to the SoHo Met Hotel. Have called the police. Need them here.

-- The Toronto police are here now. Thank you. Please stop calling them.

The last message he posted on Twitter before this series of tweets came about two hours earlier: "Is there a gay bar that we can go to with GaGa now that like has a balcony or some place to have fun but be safe?"

It goes without saying that Hilton's claims have not been verified.

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Comments

[ANTIverson]

I'm sure if a random right winger had attacked someone you guys would be talking very differently.

[CryptoSolipsist]

Dude, this is about stupid celebrities acting stupid. Don't make it political - not everything has to be about US vs THEM or RIGHT vs LEFT or BLUE vs RED or APPLES vs ORANGES or whatever else you want to argue about.

[marchamlin]

Are you trying to be clever?

[AuntiepoppyCock]

He's a little catty and moody, but that doesn't mean pound his face in because he says nasty things about you. He's a blogger, blog back. Keep your hands to yourself. Now he can retire of Black eyed peas money. Will. i.am do good image will be slightly gangsterized.' That isn't a word, so what.

[MoeB]

Why? He didn't punch Perez, although if he did, I have to admit that Perez was a *little* deserving.

And before you say something, yes, violence is wrong, and I don't condone it...but still, if we're supposed to keep our "hands" to ourselves because it's wrong to physically assault someone, then I also think that we should keep our negative "words" to ourselves also, since it's also wrong to verbally assault someone.

Words can hurt just as much (if not more) than fists.

[drl15son]

This is payback for referring to a woman as a "B".

[rattler99]

yep - pound in one for me - preferably on the nose

[meede]

Yea well, the security guy can get jail time in Toronto. It isn't LA.

[GaObama]

Boom Boom Paw

[ramper]

Hissy fit out of control.

[wdmax]

Umm! This must happen to Hilton a lot. Please somebody save him from himself...

[AfroLatina21]

I find it completely funny that Perez calls someone the "F" word and yet he went on a whole tirade and called for the firing of Isaiah Washington for using that same word.

[LadyM9]

You're right--he's a big ol' HYPOCRITE.

[sturzl]

So if a black person uses a certain word starting with an "n", does that make them a hypocrite if they object to a white person using that word?

[AfroLatina21]

The "N" word shouldn't be used by anyone IMO......so there's your answer.

I'm sure you expected a different answer.

[UKgirl79]

Yes!

[johnosahon]

perez was using the word in a derogatary manner.

[TLaw]

YES! At least, I believe them to be and have called many coloureds "blacks" out on their hypocrisy!.

[MoeB]

Yes.

[Ergon]

Calling women the B word is ok with him.

[SameSo]

I hope will.i.am. sues hilton's PANTS off!!!!!!

[sturzl]

Actually if an employee for Will.i.am (Polo Molina) was the assailant, I think Perez will do the suing. Which sucks because it will give him a soapbox to get more attention.

[OkieIntellectual]

There is this neat little thing called "Libel" which means that it is illegal to defame or lie about someone in print, and yes it does apply to bloggers on the internet. If Perez is insisting that Will was the assailant when in fact he wasn't, Hilton finds himself in a VERY actionable position.

[mryoung7]

i will be going out today to buy the first album i've bought in nine years -- black eyed peas. and i don't like their music at all.

[AfroLatina21]

LMAO!

[Steamboater]

Obviously, they don't call themselves "Black Eye" fer nuttin'!

[praxitas]

what i don't understand is how 911 was harder to dial than it was to compose a tweet. my guess is there was no violence, but since the standards for effectively propagating smears and slander are generally lower than one would have to make for an arrest, he acted true to form.

[StacyJ]

He did call. He was told they would TRY to come but they had some actual emergencies to get to.
He talked about it on his blog today. He was in tears.

[eleanorhawking]

Perez and Natalie Maines could be brother and sister. The resemblance is uncanny.

[Milash]

Not even.

[Palemoon]

You GOP folks don't give up when it comes to bashing on those Dixie Chicks.

[masha2008]

will.i.am needs to make this right.

if he doesnt and keeps on lying, i say boycott them. he doesnt deserve our money.

he should stop taking himself seriously. he should take a cue from obama. if obama took all the bad things written about him seriously, he wouldnt be able to function as president.

do your thing and if people dont like it, so what.

[alguien]

how can i boycott something i never purchase anyhow?

[AfroLatina21]

So you must believe Perez Hilton's account of what happened?

If Will.i.am assaulted Perez Hilton then why didn't the police arrest him and only arrested the General Manager of the Black Eyed Peas. Perez needs to tell the truth and stop creating so much drama.

[tomale]

keep up with the updates. Perez identified the manager as the assaulter.

will.i.am, on the other hand, hasn't rescinded his comment that Perez was hit by 'a fan.'

so, some time later, will.i.am was unaware that his manager was the one who punched, not a fan, when he posted his video?
that's interesting. In some circles, that would be called a cover-up.

[We-Are-The-Ones]

I say boycott Perez

And if he is lying, he should be sued for defamation and slander.

[MoeB]

I will boycott no one except maybe Hilton. I was always raised that if you don't want to get the crap knocked out of you, don't go around saying things, horrible things, about other people when you KNOW you don't want to get into a fight. Most fights start with harmful words, you know.

The only thing William needs to do is get ready to go on tour. Perez needs to watch what he says to people...and if he chooses not to, then he needs to accept the reality that sometimes when you talk a lot of smack, you get your face punched. Deal with it.

[PCdoc]

instead of posting messages on Twitter for the police to come (assuming the police even have a Twitter account, wouldn't it have been better to, oh, I don't know, maybe, call the police himself?!?!

[NewOrleans4Obama]

if that's true, will.i.am just went way up in my estimation

[constitutionist]

Perez Hilton does more harm to the gay community than he helps. First he portrays himself in such a stereotypoical way his antics are to gay people what blackface is to African Americans. While Miss California deserved the criticism she got from her answer to Hiltons question. It was a question that had no place in a beauty contest in the 1st place, he deserved equal criticism for asking it in that venue

[feltdizz]

why did the Cali girl deserve criticism for her honest response to a question? Not everyone is for gay marriage and you shouldn't be demonized for it. Sure her quest for fame that followed was wrong...

No one should be demonized for their opinion on gay marriage as long as they are respectful.

[ebm]

Right on and she was respectful in her comment.

[BassguyGG]

He made it his business to ruin this woman's life and has done a very effective job.

[SparkyAdams]

Perez Hilton does more harm to the gay community than he helps. First he portrays himself in such a stereotypoical way his antics are to gay people what blackface is to African Americans.

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I agree totally.

He's to gays what Sarah Palin is to Christians.

[gatboy3]

Does that mean he's their hero?

Boy, what a crown - or tiara- to wear.

[Palemoon]

"First he portrays himself in such a stereotypoical way his antics are to gay people..."

That MIGHT have something to do with the fact that he is not, and never has been, gay.

[sturzl]

Right...and the Pope ain't Catholic.