{"id":728175,"date":"2026-08-05T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/728175\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:36:08","slug":"perez-hilton-recovering-in-hospital-after-self-harming-during-tiktok-livestream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/728175\/","title":{"rendered":"Perez Hilton recovering in hospital after self-harming during TikTok livestream"},"content":{"rendered":"

US blogger Perez Hilton is recovering in hospital after members of the public reported that he had appeared to self-harm during a TikTok livestream.<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to his home in Miami on Tuesday after concerned viewers reported a man “livestreaming acts of self-harm on social media”.<\/p>\n

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office told US media that an individual had been “safely recovered” and taken to “a local hospital, where he is receiving medical attention”.<\/p>\n

Police added that their crisis response unit and licensed mental health professionals were also “on scene providing support and resources to the individual’s family”.<\/p>\n

If you are affected by any of the issues in this story, help and support is available at BBC Action Line<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, was home alone during the time of the live stream, police confirmed, and had his TikTok account suspended soon after.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued to outlets including the LA Times, Newsweek and Rolling Stone, the Miami sheriff’s office did not name Hilton but confirmed they had attended to reports of a man harming himself.<\/p>\n

After speaking with family members at the scene, deputies decided to “tactically disengage while continuing to monitor the situation”, police said. <\/p>\n

“In many incidents involving a person experiencing a mental health crisis or actively harming themselves, deputies prioritise de-escalation by creating time, distance and opportunities for communication,” their statement said.<\/p>\n

“Unless there is an immediate threat to others, slowing the situation and utilizing crisis intervention techniques can reduce the likelihood of a suicide-by-cop encounter and minimise the risk of injury to the individual, deputies and the public.”<\/p>\n

Suicide by cop is a US term for when individuals try to end their lives by behaving in a way that will provoke police into killing them.<\/p>\n

In a later update, the Sheriff’s Office said the man had been transported to a hospital, adding that mental health professionals were at the scene “providing support and resources to the individual’s family”.<\/p>\n

BBC News has asked representatives for Hilton for comment, and also contacted TikTok and Miami police. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US blogger Perez Hilton is recovering in hospital after members of the public reported that he had appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-728175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}