MIAMI, Fla. (CBS) \u2014 Celebrity gossip journalist Perez Hilton was taken to a hospital in Miami on Tuesday night after livestreaming “acts of self-harm” on social media, police said.<\/p>\n
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said it received multiple calls about the incident and responded to the scene. Deputies spoke to family members and learned Hilton was alone inside the home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the livestream, which has since been taken down, Hilton appears to be bloodied and in a distressed mental state.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, was taken to a local hospital for medical attention, law enforcement said.<\/p>\n
“The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Crisis Response Unit and Licensed Mental Health Professionals are also on scene providing support and resources to the individual’s family,” the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n
Hilton, 48, grew to prominence in the 2000s when he started a controversial celebrity blog. The journalist has courted many controversies<\/a> over the years for his unfiltered take on celebrity life, not hesitating to criticize those celebrities who he disliked.\u00a0<\/p>\n If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or a suicidal crisis, you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline<\/a> by calling or texting 988. You can also chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fla. (CBS) \u2014 Celebrity gossip journalist Perez Hilton was taken to a hospital in Miami on Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-363392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}