Overview
- Perez Hilton appeared to harm himself on a TikTok livestream on Tuesday, prompting Miami deputies to perform a welfare check and transport him to a local hospital.
- Hilton’s family said he suffered significant blood loss, remains in “serious but stable” condition and will need surgery in the coming days.
- TikTok suspended Hilton’s account after the livestream showed apparent self-harm, and the incident has drawn broad media attention and public concern.
- Actor Jared Padalecki posted a message of support over the weekend, then deleted it and apologized on Sunday after followers highlighted Hilton’s history; Padalecki wrote he had “absolutely no idea” about the extent of Hilton’s past actions.
- Hilton’s long record of outing and mocking celebrities has complicated public sympathy, raising questions about how peers, audiences and platforms should respond to online mental-health crises and emergency interventions.