Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m not blaming the victim here because I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think Perez was a victim.

Thank You! Exactly how I see it too.

At this point, with the latest “apology,” I think Perez simply is doing the best he can. He seems to be working through it a little. Maybe slowly but surely he’ll get there. Or maybe he’s too emotionally stunted and limited to ever see this incident for what it is — something he caused, provoked, and ultimately encouraged in his own special way…

What he is right now is an attorney’s nightmare. Twittering your every thought, after filming a video rant, er, statement?! LOL Good luck with that lawsuit, Perez. :rolleyes_tb: :thumbdown_tb:

Seriously. Does this mean all the celebs heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s been mean to all of these years can sue HIM for all the emotional distress heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s caused. I think Dustin Lance Black should be the first in line.

Damn right! I still can’t believe what he did to him.

too funny liberty

and true rbidol in days of old, PH would have been challenged to so many duels he wouldn’t have survived very long

I forgot he had to file his lawsuit in Canada -it is rare to sue someone for battery around here and usually those folks are truly beaten up, with massive dental and other bills not covered by our universal health care or permanent disabilities, we aren’t as big on punitive damages like the American system. So it is quite likely a Canadian judge will look at this and roll his or her eyes. A defamation countersuit on the other hand?

Actually that is a good legal question if you defame someone by Twitter or the internet is that libel or slander? I am not up on how the defamation laws fit with the new internet world order. Balanced with fair comment of course and the anonymous quality of some parts of the internet.

PerezHiltonI’m sorry. http://bit.ly/2k83X2

“People make mistakes. I have made many in my life, but this past week I have made more than I can count on one hand.

I am sorry. And I mean it. No one is forcing me to write this. I am not feeling pressured to say this. I am speaking out because I realize that the last few days have been more hurtful to me – and many others – than the repeated blows I suffered to my head in Toronto this past weekend.

I have been filled with incredible sadness and regret.

I am sorry that any good work I have done for promoting equality may be tainted by me reclaiming a hurtful word – that’s been personally used against me and the gay community – to hurt someone that was verbally attacking me. It was stupid.

Apologizing for me is not easy. Writing this was not easy. Life is not easy. But everything happens for a reason and I will take away a lot of valuable lessons from this experience.

Violence is never the answer. Never.

Victims should not be mocked.

The “F” word will never be uttered from my lips again. Just as others use the “N” word to insult and hurt – or as part of their everyday speech – I challenge them to remove it from their vocabulary as well.

Hindsight is always 20/20, they say. I should have been the bigger man and walked away from an unfortunate situation. Instead, I chose – in a very misguided way – to stand up for myself and only made things worse by how I – under pressure and diress – handled the situation.

I am sorry.

I am NOT apologizing to GLAAD. I could care less about them, my former employers.

I am apologizing to the gay community, to anyone who was hurt by my my choice of words, and to all the people who have ever emailed me to thank me for all that I have done to fight for gay rights over the last few years.

I have reached out to Isaiah Washington, someone I incorrectly labeled a homophobe in the past, despite his own public statements that he was not.

I will be donating any moneys collected from my lawsuit against Polo Molina, road manager for the Black Eyed Peas, to the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

And I will continue to speak out for equality and support the great work done by LGBT organizations, such as LAMBDA Legal and HRC.

Sincerely,

Perez”

It is not right to use violence to show you dont like someoneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s comments. I dont care if the person à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“deserved ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. I do not agree AT ALL!!

Perez wasn’t hurt. He is a big baby. He needs to get a backbone. If you wanna play, get ready to pay, baby!!! His name should be Mr. Chicken.

It is not right to use violence to show you dont like someoneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s comments. I dont care if the person à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“deserved ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦. I do not agree AT ALL!!

Yes. It’s also far worse to clog up the 911 lines by asking your followers to call the police after you already called them and they deemed it a non-emergency. Toronto is a big city. Not cool. What if someone was actually experiencing domestic violence and couldn’t get through fast enough because Perez encouraged his followers to call the Toronto police department on his belhalf?

Oh, and there’s the fact that he tweeted that will.i.am attacked him. When he didn’t.

But, what would he use for an example ?

And for the record, celebrity or not, if a loved one of mine was repeatedly called ugly or slut on his site, a site seen by millions? You better believe it would take very little to get me to punch him in the face a few times.

There is a difference between celebrity gossip and outright cruelty. Is what he does legal? Yes. Is it right? Not in my mind. Is what happened to perez legal? Probably not. Was it right? HELL YES.