By now you may have heard that there was a scuffle between celeb blogger Perez Hilton, Will.I.Am and other members of the Black Eyed Peas crew over the weekend.
Of course the entire drama was caught on video, and at one point, Perez can be heard saying to Will, “you’re not an artist, you’re a fucking faggot.”
I’ve already written about how peeved and disgusted I am that an openly gay man who advocates for gay rights and equality for gay people would use an obviouslyderogatory term to refer to anyone. Well, he done opened his fat mouth again.
GLAAD came out and demanded that Hilton apologize for using the word, sending the message that hate slurs are not okay no matter WHO says them.
Perez issued this response:
“I am saddened GLAAD chose to victimize me further by criticizing me for how I non-violently dealt with a very scary situation that, unfortunately, turned violent. While I doubt I will get an apology fromGLAAD , nor do I expect one, I would just hope people know how difficult it is to intellectualize a situation and think rationally when a thug disguised as a musician is screaming at your face and intimidating you. I am just very fortunate and grateful that nothing more serious happened to me.”
Let’s go line for line, shall we?
GLAAD is not further victimizing Perez Hilton, Perez Hilton’s head has gotten too big for his mouth, an just because he didn’t scratch anyone (yeah I said it, catty bitch…) doesn’t mean his words weren’t violent. I’m pretty sure that’s the message he advocates on his blog when gays are verbally attacked and harassed for how they live.
Second sentence…hell naw GLAAD isn’t going to apologize to his dumb ass!
“…think rationally when a thug…” hold the hell up. What? A thug? Wait, you want me to believe that Will.I.Am is a thug? I’m not saying he’s Mary Poppins but bruh-man is not some 290lbs gangster with tear drops tattooed under his eye either. I think by “thug”, you meant “black guy”. Also, Will.I.Am didn’t punch Perez, some other dude did, so while Perez keeps pointing to Will, it was someone else entirely. Perhaps he’s getting his black men confused, I can see that, after all, they all fit the description look alike anyway.
And finally, the last sentence- oh yes, all praises be, dearly beloved Perez Hilton wasn’t seriously hurt.
And apparently his ego isn’t too bruised either. What an idiot. It’s very simple Mr. Hilton, you should never use the word faggot. Never, ever, ever. Practice what you preach, home boy girl.
