{"id":717913,"date":"2026-06-06T00:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/717913\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T00:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:24:12","slug":"jennifer-tilly-defends-kathy-hilton-as-ally-amid-pride-parade-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/717913\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Tilly Defends Kathy Hilton As Ally Amid Pride Parade Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jennifer Tilly<\/a> is rushing to Kathy Hilton<\/a>‘s defense amid her WeHo Pride Parade controversy … she says her friend is getting a bad rap.<\/p>\n

The actress hopped on social media Friday and defended Kathy after the ‘RHOBH’ star was removed as Grand Marshal Icon of this Sunday’s West Hollywood’s Pride Parade … with Jennifer highlighting how much good work Kathy has done for the LGBTQ+ community<\/p>\n

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Kathy stepped aside<\/a> following backlash over her ties to President Trump<\/a> and allegations she used a homophobic slur back in the day, which she’s denied, but Jennifer says squarely … Kathy is an ally and an advocate.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer says Kathy’s actions speak for themselves … adding, “She has repeatedly opened her home, her heart, and her pocketbook for LGBTQ+ causes.”<\/p>\n

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Kathy’s hosted GLAAD award parties at her house, which Jennifer says she’s attended, and she hosts an annual children’s hospital benefit at The Abbey, a WeHo staple.<\/p>\n

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Kathy chatted with a photog<\/a> Thursday night after a Hermes fashion show in Los Angeles … making it clear it was important to not be a distraction during such an important event and celebration.<\/p>\n

She said plenty of folks would have liked to see her at the parade … and it seems Jennifer is among them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennifer Tilly is rushing to Kathy Hilton‘s defense amid her WeHo Pride Parade controversy … she says her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,44,82,865,866],"class_list":["post-717913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}