« Quote of the Day | Main | A Token Of My Extreme »

June 22, 2009

The Black Eyed Perez

They're my new favorite band

TORONTO (AP) - Police have charged the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly gave celebrity blogger Perez Hilton a black eye outside a Toronto nightclub.

Hilton said he got into an argument with band members Fergie and will.i.am at the Cobra nightclub early Monday morning and was punched outside by Polo Molina, the band's tour manager. They were at the club following a Sunday night video awards show.

... Hilton, who is openly gay, said in interview with The Associated Press that he called will.i.am a "faggot," a gay slur, inside the club after the musician told the blogger not to write about his band on his Web site.

"He was like 'You need to respect me.' He was in my face. He was obviously trying to intimidate me and scare me," Hilton said. "I was like 'I don't need to respect you. I don't respect you and I did say this, and I knew that it would be the worst thing I could possibly say to him because he was acting the way he was. I said 'You know what, I don't respect you and you're gay and stop being such a faggot.'"

Hilton should be charged with a hate crime for using such language.

Or punched.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at June 22, 2009 03:07 PM

Comments

Perez Hilton is totally full of WTF? and not the good kind, either.

What really gets me is that he will apparently do stuff to people that, if it were done to him, he'd probably have his lawyer on the phone to them over.

Posted by: ricki at June 22, 2009 04:33 PM

I saw a post (HA or Ace, I think) that included Perez twittering to his fans to call the police for him. Heh.

Posted by: Retread at June 22, 2009 04:37 PM

Hilton deserves to have his other eye blackened just for his hair "style".

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 22, 2009 06:20 PM

Two words: Jury Nullification.

The victim had it coming.

Posted by: Bill at June 22, 2009 08:34 PM

Two words: Jury Nullification.

The victim had it coming.

Posted by: Bill at June 22, 2009 08:35 PM

Bill, you don't even need outright nullification. What you're arguing is the affirmative defense of provocation: that the victim provoked the defendant sufficient to elicit a violent response from a reasonable person of ordinary temperament.

Posted by: Dave J. at June 22, 2009 09:09 PM

Or: Don't let your mouth write checks that your ass can't cash.

Posted by: mojo at June 22, 2009 09:11 PM

I'd like to buy Polo a beer.

Posted by: Jim - PRS at June 22, 2009 09:14 PM

Perez Hilton, neo-barbarian.

Posted by: JeffS at June 22, 2009 10:55 PM

Beer AND a bump I think, Jim. I'll cover the bump.

Posted by: Dave E. at June 22, 2009 11:10 PM

Hard to think of anyone, offhand, who deserves a punch in the eye more. Ace had another point, though: what kind of chickenshit (paraphrasing) when insulted won't sully himself but has his manager dole out the thumping? So this episode hasn't made me a convert to the Black Eyed Peas.

Posted by: Steve Skubinna at June 23, 2009 12:30 PM