Surprising: 'View' Not Amused by Perez Hilton

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The media might finally be tiring of the profane, misogynistic blogger Perez Hilton. On his Dec. 2 interview on "The View," the five female hosts of the show relentlessly fired at him from every angle, ranging from his exploitation of children to his infamous reputation of outing gays. This was especially surprising considering the way Hilton has been treated by the media elite in the past.

For years, broadcast and cable networks and even newspapers have presented Hilton's offensive blog - dubbed a "tastemaker" by the LA Times - as harmless and entertaining. In 2007, ABC's Jake Tapper called it "snarky, amusing, cool and fishy," and, in 2009, CBS correspondent Erica Hill called Hilton's commentary "a little tongue-in-cheek, maybe some snide remarks here about some perhaps not so flattering moments."

Yesterday, though, during his appearance on "The View," Hilton might have finally realized that his love affair with the media won't last forever.

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At the outset of his interview, Sherri Shepherd questioned Hilton for his notorious attempts to "out" gay celebrities.

"Do you think that's right to do that?" Shepherd asked.

"I don't like to call it outing," Hilton replied. "I call it reporting because it's facts. It's the truth."

Shepherd countered, saying, "But if it's their private business and you put it out there, now they have to go out and make an announcement. Do you think that's right?"

At this point, Hilton reverted to the tired argument that "when you're a public figure, you kind of have no private life anymore."

Unfortunately for Hilton that brought in the agitated Whoopi Goldberg who said, "No, no, no, Perez. I tell you this every time I see you! I tell you this: You are, in fact, entitled to a private life."

Goldberg then asked Hilton if his views on privacy included "kids." She was, of course, referring to Demi Moore accusing Hilton of peddling child pornography after he posted offensive photos of Moore's 15-year-old daughter, Tallulah Willis, back in September.

"There were provocative photos of [Moore's daughter] and you posted a link for it," explained Elisabeth Hasselbeck (who Hilton calls Elisabitch on his blog). "Demi was pissed and she tweeted about it."

Hilton argued back that the girl's a "public figure" because "she's an actress." To which Shepherd and Hasselbeck responded in unison, "She's a child."

Shepherd then turned to another sore subject, saying, "You wrote a lot of controversial things in your book. One of the things you said was ‘nobody cared about Michael Jackson or Farrah Fawcett until they died.' Now, this man [Jackson] has some of the best-selling albums in the history -  in the world. How could you say that?"

Hilton falteringly replied that for the past few years Jackson had been "mainly known for, you know, not his music and that's the truth." But by now perhaps Hilton felt like he needed to appease the lion's den because he quickly added, "But now it's all about the music. And he was on his way towards a comeback, definitely."

Hilton also called the Kardashians and the Gosselins "faux-lebrities," which led Goldberg to ask, "Are you considered a faux-lebrity?"

"I hope so," Hilton replied. "I'm working hard at it. I'm on ‘The View.' Hey!"

"Whoopi, what does that say about us?" quipped Barbara Walters. "From Afghanistan to Perez Hilton."

"We're eclectic," Goldberg replied dryly.

As for Hilton, maybe the timer on his 15 minutes of fame is winding down.

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"faux-lebrity"

More like 15 minutes of shame.  damn flaming jerk!! 

"I don't make jokes.  I just watch the government and report the facts." - Will Rogers

Fine and Dandy but....

All fine and dandy but I don't recall such a solidarity in outrage when it was Sarah Palin's daughter being the object of the attention or abuse.  The hens weren't nearly as vocal....

"I don't like to call it

"I don't like to call it outing," Hilton replied. "I call it reporting because it's facts. It's the truth."

So as long as it's true, the entire world is entititled to know every detail of one's life?

I would say I hope something similar happens to Hilton, but I doubt there is anything in the world that would embarrass him.

The man is shameless. Low as The View is, they are embarrassing themselves by having him on.

You're wrong.  I have it

You're wrong.  I have it on reliable sources that he's straight.

Let's see him survive that revelation. 

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

Clown

How does a clown like this even get on TV.

If he was around back in the 70's in my high school days he would get beaten up every week for doing this crap. Today, he get's to be a celebrity. Gotta love the media.

Calling Him a Clown

is insulting to clowns.  Perez is not even suitable for fertilizing soil.  He's a waste of skin...nasty.  He should be shunned by respectable gays as he currently represents the meanest, the most hateful of bully gays.  He is what pops in to the minds of people when they hear someone pleading for laws to protect gays...protect gays!  He is out there bullying and inciting violence on a daily basis.  Protect his kind? He's is slime.

How???

Just look at who's show he's on. It's a freakin' circus of clowns (with the exception of Elizabeth). 

 

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This is Shocking.

You mean, the View hosts have a spine, somewhere in their bodies? That is shocking news. I wonder if they were feeling the heat from their defense of Polanski? 

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Contain Your Praise

It's only for liberals....conservatives, in their VIEW get exactly what the deserve even when it parallels the abuse, hostility, or mistreatment of a liberal (progressive).

This waste of DNA is worse

This waste of DNA is worse than a celebrity--he's a derivative celebrity.  He uses a name derived from someone who is famous only for being famous, a persona derived from the stereotypical "flaming faggot", and a "career" derived from the activities of others.

At least pond scum is self-sustaining--this loser can't even manage that much. 

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

At least pond scum is self-sustaining

One of the best lines of the year!

 

Gun Control - The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.

What a piece of fiilth

Loved it when Will i am gave him what he deserved. See him turn on the flood gates at 2 minutes. Warning bad language

I am a human being?

Sure could have fooled me. A piece of worthless human debris-YES.  

Semper suprene nitens 

Good riddance

As for Hilton, maybe the timer on his 15 minutes of fame is winding down. 

Can't happen soon enough or to a more deserving fellow.  The sooner we purge these losers from the public sphere, the better our society will be.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

Hate to say it, but...

It doesn't look like they will be purged too much.  The Hate Crimes bill just made them even stronger.  They can say and do what they want and the rest of the country can't have their opinion without being persecuted.

Can't we just send them to Dubai and let them all just have their own little island? Have their own Sodom and Gomorrah... and we all know what happened with that. 

"I don't make jokes.  I just watch the government and report the facts." - Will Rogers

An unemployed bum, living

An unemployed bum, living in his mother's basement, on the internet 24 hrs. a day because he is too lazy to look for work; blogging about celebrities becomes famous for crude sexual drawings he puts on top of celebrity photos. Wow.

If someone like this can become famous through the internet, it shows you how far down our society has gone. This guy is the epitamy of untalented, unlikeable loser jerk.

Whatever happened to "one must have talent and drive to succeed?" It seems not anymore.

"Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty."

Talent and Drive

That ended when Paris Hilton became a celebrity just for making a sex tape. 

If you're not outraged at the media, you haven't been paying attention.

Point Taken

:-)

"PeeWee Hit-lon" disgusts

"PeeWee Hit-lon" disgusts me, but still - where did provocative photos of Demi Moore's daughter come from?  I'm reasonably sure there are no provocative photos of my daughter floating around out there...

You reap what you sow, Demi.  Quit complaining. 

Like mother like daughter...

Like mother like daughter... Remember when Demi's husband Ashton Kutcher left his phone in cab in Germany (I think) and they were upset because there were nude photos of Demi on it?  Not something I would let my husband do for that exact reason!

But understand this, that

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress.  For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit,  lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,…

2Tim 3:1-5

I think of these verses over & over when I read NB and the other websites I frequent. 

perez is a douche bag, case

perez is a douche bag, case closed.  i wish he would just go away.

Hilton on the View?

Who would have thought that these females on The View actually had some gumption regarding this disgusting individual? It still doesn't erase past sins made by these gabby girls.

Perez  Hilton truly is a repellant human being.  He has no respect for anyone, and only pushes his own opinions and agenda.  He fits into the Hollywood scene perfectly.

Hopefully, this little mosquito of a man will be gone from the limelight soon.  Perez Hilton is repugnant, detestable and needs to go away - far away.

Huh?

Barbara Walters has made a career off Perez Hilton types and this just extends that path.

Without the exposure this creature would wither and die.

 

I had forgotten...

...that someone punched him.  That's hilarious! 

Hilton is disgusting but

Hilton is disgusting but those women aren't much better.  Whoopi crying out celebrities are entitled to a private life.   Well then don't go on tv everyday spouting your opinions as if you have the answer to everything if you want a private life.

I still maintain that Perez Hilton is going to cross a line...

...one day and pick on the wrong person, and they are going to find his bullet-riddled corpse in the dumpster out behind Pink's in LA.

-Dave

Our elected representatives have failed us.  

15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2...

This loser has got to be on his last minute of fame.....

FAME????

Who decided he had fame?

Nobody asked me.

"he's a jackass" -  berock hussien muhammad alla ackbar obama

Perez

This thing gives Sickening Aberrations and Freaks of Nature a bad name.

 

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Say Sailor!

I think he needs some Rear Admiral shoulder boards on that shirt.

So for Whoopi a 15 year old

So for Whoopi a 15 year old is "kid" when they're the child of a celebrity and someone releases provocative photos of them but when they're an unknown 13 year old at the mercy of a much older celebrity who sexually assaults her we need to relax since it's not really a "rape rape"?

EAXACTLY

             Proud HillBilly from NNY

But . . .

It's not really ''Exposure Exposure''.

Relativism - at a Leftist show near you. 

 

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