Perez Hilton whips up a Twitter firestorm after being accused of 'likening black women to Hitler'
The ever-controversial Perez Hilton has whipped up a Twitter firestorm after stating that 'inside every gay man is a fierce black woman.'
The openly gay gossip columnist, who has a one-year-old son through surrogacy, posted the remark yesterday and was quickly branded 'racist' and 'ignorant' as a result.
But adding further insult to injury Mr Hilton, 35, then stated that he wasn't sorry for what he'd said and brazenly tweeted: 'Some present logical arguments but then Hitler attempted to justify the holocaust too.'
Under fire: The ever-controversial Perez Hilton has whipped up a Twitter firestorm after stating that 'inside every gay man is a fierce black woman'
Within the space of a few hours, the news site Jezebel.com announced: 'Perez Hilton Just Compared Black Women to Hitler on Twitter.'
And Clutch Magazine also called him out for the tweet.
Britni Danielle wrote in an article: 'Over the course of several tweets, Hilton went from trying to explain what he meant (apparently, giving Black women props) to asserting that he was “not sorry” for what he said.
'After being taken to task for several hours, Hilton then compared those who had the gall to call him out on lazy stereotyping of both black women and gay men to the Nazi leader, because….who even knows.'
Some commenters noted how Mr Hilton's remarks have become more outlandish the more successful he's become.
'I remember when Perez Hilton’s “headquarters” was located in a local Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Hollywood!' one mused.
Source of controversy: The openly gay gossip columnist, who has a one-year-old son through surrogacy, posted the remark yesterday and was quickly branded 'racist' and 'ignorant' as a result
But adding further insult to injury Mr Hilton, 35, then stated that he wasn't sorry for what he'd said and brazenly tweeted: 'Some present logical arguments but then Hitler attempted to justify the holocaust too'
'In recent years, he has become even more mean spirited, to the point I can’t read his blog any more!
'The insults and outing of gay people (those of which who may want to keep their lives private for whatever reason) is just too much.'
Mr Hilton, born Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. is an American blogger and television personality.
He runs Perezhilton.com from New York. He moved in 2013 from Los Angeles with his first child, Mario Armando Lavandeira III, born via surrogate in February last year.
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