Perez Hilton‘s family released a statement as they spoke out for the first time since the Internet personality was hospitalized following a TikTok livestream which saw him self-harming with a knife on Tuesday night.
The following day on Wednesday, his loved ones broke their silence saying that the celebrity blogger – real name Mario Lavandeira Jr, 48 – was still being treated in hospital in the wake of the alarming incident.
‘We are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming outpouring of love, support and prayers,’ the statement read.
‘We can confirm that Perez is receiving medical care and our family’s focus right now is
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