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Perez Calls Lance a Fag
LAist likes the gossip blogs, we'll admit it. We're secret members of the JJB; we check in daily with JustJared, WWTDD, goldenfiddle, CityRag, Defamer, the Go Fug Yourself girls, and we're totally stoked that Trent is enjoying his recent move here to LA.
We're fans of Linds, Paris, Mischa, Britney, Mariah, Xtina, Scarlett, KFed, Jake, wait did we say KFed, scratch that.
Anyways, we don't think it's cool to call someone a fag
while you're outting them
on your blog
with anonymous sources,
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If a guy has waited 20-30 years to reveal something as private and personal and controversial as something like that, and if for some reason he wants to announce it in People magazine, you'd think a gentleman might let him do that.
And if that gentleman was in the business of reporting news about celebs, and if his job included telling his readers what to expect in the upcoming gossip mags, it wouldn't kill that gentleman to be gentlemanly about it.
We know Perez thinks he's funny. We hope Perez ment it as a sort of welcome-to-the-club,
but "fag" scribbled on your photo is a sort of shitty welcome-to-the-club,
which is probably why Perez Hilton has a long way to go to become the official greeter at the WeHo Wal*Mart.
LAist doesn't care who's gay, who's not, nor who's allegedly gay like Lance Bass. We're not huge fans of N*Sync. And we don't hate Perez Hilton.
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We just wish he'd take a breath before he plays mean next time to someone .
And think about how Trent would do it.
And be nice to boybanders, they have enough problems.
photo by Perez Hilton
[update via People.com:]
"The thing is, I’m not ashamed – that’s the one thing I want to say," he explains of his decision to come out. "I don't think it's wrong, I'm not devastated going through this. I'm more liberated and happy than I’ve been my whole life. I'm just happy."
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