Wow. Wow. Wow!!!!

June was a record-breaking month on PerezHilton.com!

We'd like to thank YOU, our longtime Perezcious supporters, for being with us all these years and helping make it all possible!

Last week, was our busiest week ever on the site!

And, the month of June was our most visited month in the website's history.

According to Sitemeter.com, we had 268.9 million page views last month.

That's insane!!!!

Our previous record was 249.9 million in February of this year.

And, just a year ago, in June of 2008, we "only" had 207.3 million page views for the month.

So, we are incredibly incredibly happy for the growth and for the record breaking month we had.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you ALL!

xoxo

Your Gossip Gangstar
Perez

[Painting by Iceman.]

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CLICK HERE to do the Perez Hilton Scavenger Hunt we came up with!!!!

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"People make mistakes. I have made many in my life, but this past week I have made more than I can count on one hand.

I am sorry. And I mean it. No one is forcing me to write this. I am not feeling pressured to say this. I am speaking out because I realize that the last few days have been more hurtful to me - and many others - than the repeated blows I suffered to my head in Toronto this past weekend.

I have been filled with incredible sadness and regret.

I am sorry that any good work I have done for promoting equality may be tainted by me reclaiming a hurtful word - that's been personally used against me and the gay community - to hurt someone that was verbally attacking me. It was stupid.

Apologizing for me is not easy. Writing this was not easy. Life is not easy. But everything happens for a reason and I will take away a lot of valuable lessons from this experience.

Violence is never the answer. Never.

Victims should not be mocked.

The "F" word will never be uttered from my lips again. Just as others use the "N" word to insult and hurt - or as part of their everyday speech - I challenge them to remove it from their vocabulary as well.

Hindsight is always 20/20, they say. I should have been the bigger man and walked away from an unfortunate situation. Instead, I chose - in a very misguided way - to stand up for myself and only made things worse by how I - under pressure, anger and extreme emotion - handled the situation.

I am sorry.

I am NOT apologizing to GLAAD. I could care less about them, my former employers.

I am apologizing to the gay community, to anyone who was hurt by my choice of words, and to all the people who have ever emailed me to thank me for all that I have done to fight for gay rights over the last few years.

I have reached out to Isaiah Washington, someone I incorrectly labeled a homophobe in the past, despite his own public statements that he was not.

I will be donating any money collected from my lawsuit against Polo Molina, road manager for the Black Eyed Peas, to the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

And I will continue to speak out for equality and support the great work done by LGBT organizations, such as LAMBDA Legal and HRC.

Sincerely,

Perez"

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From the heart:

"Words can hurt. I know that very well, from both sides of the fence. The other night in Toronto, after feeling physically threatened by a verbally abusive Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas, I chose the most hurtful word I know to hurl at him. I was in an out-of-the ordinary situaton and used a word that I would not utter under normal circumstances. My intention - however misguided it may have been - was to stand up for myself and tell this belligerent man that I had enough of his badgering and was not going to continue to let him berate and intimidate me. I wanted to hurt him with the word I chose, not anyone else. Unfortunately, the one who got hurt was me and, subsequently, a lot of other people. I wish none of it had happened. I can't take it back. I did what I thought was best at the moment to stand up for myself in a non-violent yet still assertive way. Clearly, I am not homophobic. Also, I am not nor have I ever claimed to be a spokesperson for the gay community. I am just speaking for myself, a gay man. One who is labeled "flamboyant" in the media. An American that is not granted equal rights under the law. I will continue to speak out for equality and I will continue to say things that upset both gay people and straight people. Who I am as a person and what I do for a living are two separate things. I've come to terms with all my incongruities and am proud of who I am and what I do. In closing, words can hurt. But words should not provoke someone to violence. Stripped away from the mask of Perez Hilton, I have been extremely bothered by the public reaction to my assault. Violence should never be condoned with such statements as "It's Karma" or "I don't believe in violence but….". In fact, several television and radio shows over the past couple of days echoed the sentiment "He had it coming". Would they have said the same thing if I was a woman? Would I have "deserved it" if I had been stabbed? Or shot? Or killed? I was attacked from behind without warning and repeatedly punched in the head in a cold, disgusting and unnecessarily violent manner by Polo Molina, the road manager for the Black Eyed Peas, who I did not even speak with that evening. I did not share any words with him and his assault on me was completely unprovoked. I feel like everything happens for a reason and I leave this traumatic experience as a person with more compassion. Specifically, there was an instance last year when actor Jesse Metcalfe was attacked outside of a Hollywood nightclub by a fellow entertainer. I did not condone the violence, but I did make light of that situation. I regret that. Sincerely. There are many ways to deal with disagreements, both good and bad, but violence is never the answer. Never. I now know that first-hand. It should not be condoned, promoted or accepted. No one "deserves" to be the victim of violence. No one "has it coming." NO ONE. And victims should not be ridiculed. I look forward to marching for equality in Washington, D.C. this October. And I look forward to standing up for my rights in a Toronto courtroom shortly, as I fully intend to seek every lawful remedy against the man that attacked me."

- Perez Hilton
June 23, 2009
Los Angeles, California

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It's Jacob Black and Perez!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dressed in our gay superhero attire, we attended the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday - our fourth year in a row attending the big event!

Perez is part of the MuchMusic extended family, appearing weekly via Skype on MuchOnDemand, and we can't thank them enough for their love and support all these years, and for their love and support after the ceremony as well.

We got to do a skit with the Jonas Brothers - so cool!

And, we got to meet Taylor Lautner - super dooper cool!

Plus, our beloved GaGaloo set the stage ablaze - literally - and delivered the most talked about performance in recent MMVA history!

In addition to expressing our gratitude to MuchMusic, we'd like to thank….

- Matt Williams of Haus Of GaGa for the styling
- Dana Dynamite for the Ben Sherman jacket
- Lady GaGa for our custom-made NO Pants
- Kanye West for his Yeezy Nike sneakers
- Samantha Pickard of Strut Entertainment for arranging the grooming
- Greg May from the Greg May Salon for the hair
- Jessica Lloyd for the makeup

And thanks to our Perezcious readers for their continued support all these years as well!

xoxo

P.S. CLICK HERE to look at more pictures of Perez's faboosh outfit!

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The truth about how I was attacked in Toronto!

There were MULTIPLE witnesses. What I say above is fact and it will be corroborated as such.

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Perez is going to be a presenter on the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards, featuring performances by Lady GaGa, Jonas Brothers, Kelly Clarkson, Black Eyed Peas and more.

Ch-ch-check it out!!!!!!

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Who's the husband and who's the wife?

Depends on the night!

So what do we do backstage at a Lady GaGa concert?

We take silly pictures, try on wigs, and have lots of girltalk!

Specifically, GaGaloo was telling us about how amazeballs her performance is going to be at the MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday, which Perezaloo is going to be a presenter at.

The MMVAs are even building a very cool set - just for her!

The wifey and I had so much fun in Toronto on Friday night. We love this city. We love this country.

Canada is faboosh, bbs!!!!!!

[Perez's t-shirt courtesy of Coconut Records.]

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