{"id":361402,"date":"2026-04-03T04:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/361402\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T04:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:51:10","slug":"perez-hilton-apologizes-for-selfish-behavior-after-finding-god-amid-medical-scare-i-didnt-care-who-i-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/361402\/","title":{"rendered":"Perez Hilton apologizes for &#8216;selfish behavior&#8217; after finding God amid medical scare: &#8216;I didn&#8217;t care who I hurt&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Perez Hilton in November 2025 in Las VegasCredit: David Becker\/Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5fa6173ffd7fb65730c2f68e28639e79.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Perez Hilton in November 2025 in Las Vegas<br \/>Credit: David Becker\/Getty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/perez-hilton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Perez Hilton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Perez Hilton<\/a> is coming clean.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial blogger apologized for his mistakes in a nine-minute video posted to his social media pages. The video came just over a week after he revealed that he&#8217;d been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/perez-hilton-reveals-stupidity-landed-223623969.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:hospitalized for 21 days;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">hospitalized for 21 days<\/a> for sepsis and infections \u2014 and that &#8220;God presented himself&#8221; to Hilton during the medical crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I made a lot of mistakes in my past. We all have. Nobody&#8217;s perfect,&#8221; Hilton said. &#8220;But my mistakes are very public. The internet is forever. Receipts are forever. I carry with me deep shame and regret. I&#8217;m sorry, I will continue to apologize. I have also reached out to make amends. I have apologized publicly and privately to dozens of people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilton continued, &#8220;Because I was so selfish, because I didn&#8217;t care who I hurt, I just cared about the views, the attention, the money \u2014 people hated me. Some people enjoyed it, but it felt like most people hated me. And last week, since I&#8217;ve been home, I haven&#8217;t been getting as much hate, and I&#8217;ve been getting love and prayers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Perez Hilton on TikTokCredit: @thatshowbizdude\/TikTok\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"272\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/81b035d1f0bbaae46993c386b40ada3b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Perez Hilton on TikTok<br \/>Credit: @thatshowbizdude\/TikTok<\/p>\n<p>The media personality also expressed confidence that his sins have been forgiven. &#8220;I&#8217;ve made a lot of mistakes in my past, but I know that God loves me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;God has forgiven me, and almost more importantly, I have forgiven myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilton recognizes that his approach to online reporting has earned him a subpar reputation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know there still are people out there who wanna see me suffer and wanna see me pay for the mistakes and the bad decisions and the hurt that I caused in the past,&#8221; he said. &#8220;&#8216;Karma.&#8217; And they&#8217;re entitled to that opinion. It is valid. I earned those thoughts, but I forgive myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Hilton also defended his line of work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t do gossip. I do celebrity journalism,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I have to provide for my family. I have three young children, and my mother that I also support, and my sister who works for me. I&#8217;m doing my best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Perez Hilton in Las Vegas in November 2025Credit: Denise Truscello\/Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"828\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/47e8c2bbf54e5b229fe406a26256b7ff.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Perez Hilton in Las Vegas in November 2025<br \/>Credit: Denise Truscello\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>The blogger added that he&#8217;s now &#8220;doing things differently than before&#8221; after his medical scare.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My heart is filled with gratitude and love and repentance,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry. I forgive myself. I forgive you. If you want bad things to happen to me, then I send you love. I send you all love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his previous video announcing his hospitalization, Hilton reflected on his religious transformation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the most special things about this experience is that God presented himself to me,&#8221; he said last month. &#8220;It was not a feeling. God presented himself to me. And I grew up Catholic. I was baptized, had my communion, confirmed, went to Jesuit school for seven years. But I was never a believer until now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/perez-hilton-apologizes-past-behavior-found-god-amid-medical-scare-11942010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perez Hilton in November 2025 in Las VegasCredit: David Becker\/Getty Perez Hilton is coming clean. 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