Speaker 1: Hey, that folks. It is Sunday, August ninth, and we
Speaker 1: have just gotten an update on Perez Hilton. And in
Speaker 1: that update, his family is asking the public to give
Speaker 1: his kids something he was accused of not giving a
Speaker 1: lot of celebrity kids over the years, privacy. And with that,
Speaker 1: welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. We should
Speaker 1: start with I guess the update ropes. He's still in
Speaker 1: the hospital, still recovering, but it sounds like he's got
Speaker 1: a little ways to go.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: According to the latest reports, his family has said that yes,
Speaker 3: he's been stabilized, but that he actually suffered such severe
Speaker 3: injuries that he is actually going to need surgery. So
Speaker 3: they say he lost a lot of blood and had
Speaker 3: additional injuries. Not quite sure what those are, but yeah,
Speaker 3: since he has to have surgery, so he's going to
Speaker 3: be in the hospital just physically for his condition for
Speaker 3: a while.
Speaker 1: And he's in the hospital now and is remaining in
Speaker 1: the hospital involuntarily, if you will. Now we don't have
Speaker 1: exact word from him, but he's being held there under
Speaker 1: a specific law we'll get into in a moment, a
Speaker 1: specific Florida law that allows people to be held yes
Speaker 1: against their will if they are possibly a mental health
Speaker 1: threat to themselves. I guess everybody remembers this was. Oh
Speaker 1: my goodness, we're not even a week ind this was
Speaker 1: last Tuesday night, this happened. We wake up to the news.
Speaker 1: His name is trending all over the place, thinking what
Speaker 1: the hell was going on in Ropes. It was a
Speaker 1: scary scene that a lot of people saw online.
Speaker 3: Yeah, unfortunately I saw more than I wanted to see.
Speaker 3: I don't know how long I lasted, maybe thirty seconds,
Speaker 3: but it was right out of a horror movie. It
Speaker 3: was really difficult to watch and to see other people
Speaker 3: who were watching along with him and begging him to stop.
Speaker 3: And he was literally covered head to toe in blood,
Speaker 3: and he had a knife in his hand and he
Speaker 3: was cutting himself.
Speaker 1: I mean, it was awful night. Authorities got to the
Speaker 1: house robes and I don't have a full understanding of
Speaker 1: what's you understanding of who was in the house with
Speaker 1: him at the time.
Speaker 3: From what the family said, it sounds like there was
Speaker 3: his sister and the children, and so there were like
Speaker 3: I believe two adults possibly and then his three kids.
Speaker 3: And oh and there was a cousin visiting too. Like
Speaker 3: I had a nephew or a niece. It was basically
Speaker 3: family and the adults got the kids out immediately or
Speaker 3: as soon as they could once they saw what.
Speaker 1: Was going on. So, yes, authorities went that night in
Speaker 1: Robes that you've been explained why they weren't going in right,
Speaker 1: They were trying to de escalate the situation and we're
Speaker 1: trying to talk to him and talk him out of it.
Speaker 1: They didn't just go in and go after him. So
Speaker 1: this was a situation that went on for a while,
Speaker 1: but they finally got him in an ambulance. He ends
Speaker 1: up in the hospital and yes, of course there was
Speaker 1: some type of mental health break going on, so he
Speaker 1: remains in the hospital. We just got the update Robes
Speaker 1: from his family. They gave us an initial one just
Speaker 1: saying thank you for your thoughts, your prayers. He's being
Speaker 1: looked after this update Robes. Yes, there's an update about
Speaker 1: his health. But it seems like they wanted to get
Speaker 1: a message out about the conversation that's been happening in
Speaker 1: public about what happened to him.
Speaker 3: Yes, and so this was we can go ahead and
Speaker 3: just read you the family statement.
Speaker 2: Here.
Speaker 3: They begin with there are many false and inaccurate reports
Speaker 3: circulating in the media regarding Perez and the circumstances surrounding
Speaker 3: this situation. We want to confirm that Perez remains hospitalized
Speaker 3: under Florida's Baker Act. That's what you just referenced. His
Speaker 3: communication has been extremely limited and confined to immediate family,
Speaker 3: medical providers, and others directly involved in his care. He
Speaker 3: has not communicated with the media or issued any public
Speaker 3: statements to that.
Speaker 1: It is a little confusing. There is some video he
Speaker 1: had from several months ago. I don't think it was
Speaker 1: years of another hospital state.
Speaker 2: He was in the hospital. Yes, it was a few
Speaker 2: months ago.
Speaker 3: He actually had a sepsis issue, I believe there he
Speaker 3: had some bacterial infection that became life threatening and he
Speaker 3: was in the hospital for three weeks. Yes, and that's
Speaker 3: where you'll hear him talk about finding God and reading
Speaker 3: the Bible. And he did have a lot to say
Speaker 3: following that hospitalization. Who's very vocal about it. All right,
Speaker 3: So they go on to say Perez's condition remains serious
Speaker 3: but stable.
Speaker 2: Oh sorry, excuse me.
Speaker 3: The only statements regarding Perez that should be considered credible
Speaker 3: and authorized are those published directly on Perez Hilton dot com.
Speaker 2: They wanted that to be clear there.
Speaker 3: Are false reports out there about him making a statement,
Speaker 3: so they directed people only to his website. Then they
Speaker 3: said Perez's condition remained serious but stable. He experienced significant
Speaker 3: blood loss and sustained additional injuries that will require surgery
Speaker 3: in the coming days. His treatment and recovery will be
Speaker 3: a long process. We are grateful that Perez was able
Speaker 3: to spend time with his mother and sister yesterday. As
Speaker 3: our family remains focused on Perez's treatment and recovery, we
Speaker 3: also need the space and privacy to care for everyone
Speaker 3: affected by this situation.
Speaker 1: Can we stop?
Speaker 2: Oh the irony?
Speaker 1: Yeah, oh the irony. You don't want to get on
Speaker 1: to them for it, and they should be able to
Speaker 1: ask for that and they deserve it. That's tough for
Speaker 1: a lot of people in the stomach that particular sentence,
Speaker 1: and not for me. I understand where people are coming from,
Speaker 1: but yeah, you don't want to throw it in their faces.
Speaker 1: But that's what it just, Yes, ropes the irony of
Speaker 1: someone now in a desperate, terrible situation that's playing out publicly. Yes,
Speaker 1: And you want to do this and to heal in private,
Speaker 1: and he just didn't give it to countless people. And
Speaker 1: right now he deserves it, baby, no matter what he
Speaker 1: did in the past, and he deserves it as a
Speaker 1: public figure. He does.
Speaker 3: But holy hell, one can hope that this will be
Speaker 3: the irony won't be lost on him. One can hope
Speaker 3: that this look he had already in the last several
Speaker 3: years said he was making changes, He regretted being so mean,
Speaker 3: but that is how he rose to fame, and he
Speaker 3: certainly leaned on it for decades, or at least for many, many,
Speaker 3: many many years. You and I both have been the
Speaker 3: subject of some of his cruelty, and so yes to
Speaker 3: then look, and we've been in that situation. We understand
Speaker 3: where he's coming from, where his family is coming from.
Speaker 2: But then do no harm. Then you have to own
Speaker 2: what you did. You have to.
Speaker 3: I just think hopefully this will be an unbelievably.
Speaker 2: Significant teachable moment for him. But here's the next paragraph.
Speaker 1: From the family. And they bolded this next line, by
Speaker 1: the way, this next parent.
Speaker 2: I thought you bolded it.
Speaker 1: I did not. They did on the website.
Speaker 3: So this is the thing they want each and every
Speaker 3: one of us to take away more than anything. There
Speaker 3: is absolutely no reason for members of the media or
Speaker 3: the public to remain outside side the family's home. We
Speaker 3: again respectfully ask members of the media to leave the
Speaker 3: home and surrounding area, stop following family members, and cease
Speaker 3: photographing Perez's children. We also ask photo agencies not to purchase, publish,
Speaker 3: or distribute any photographs of the children that may have
Speaker 3: been taken.
Speaker 1: It's right, they should. They deserve this, The kids deserve this.
Speaker 1: That is all understandable. Man, that's just to be in
Speaker 1: this position now is unbelievable.
Speaker 2: If only he had extended that same respect.
Speaker 1: Baby. That's all to others, that's all. And it's not
Speaker 1: every part of that right because they know how this works,
Speaker 1: and folks will purchase these photos that guys are jumping
Speaker 1: out of bushes to get. And that's why they're jumping
Speaker 1: out of bushes, because they are of value. And they're
Speaker 1: asking everybody in that whole ecosystem to not participate. That's touff.
Speaker 2: It is tough.
Speaker 1: That is it's unbelievable that this level of irony is
Speaker 1: showing up.
Speaker 2: It actually is like jaw droppingly shocking.
Speaker 3: And then they went on to say for more than
Speaker 3: a decade Perez Hilton dot Com has maintained a no
Speaker 3: kids policy, meaning the site does not publish photographs of
Speaker 3: children unless they are attending a public event or their
Speaker 3: family has chosen to make those photographs public on social media.
Speaker 3: Notice the for more than a decade, look.
Speaker 1: Okay, around more than two decades.
Speaker 2: He's yes, exactly.
Speaker 3: Perez's children remain safe and are being cared for by
Speaker 3: immediate family. Please allow them and the rest of the
Speaker 3: family the peace and privacy they desperately need during this
Speaker 3: incredibly difficult time. Thank you for your continued support, compassion,
Speaker 3: and understanding.
Speaker 1: I think it's all of that is fine. It's all
Speaker 1: of that is okay, babe. All of that is exactly
Speaker 1: what they should be asking from the public and what
Speaker 1: they deserve. I do believe all of that is true
Speaker 1: and he deserves or despite how he behaved all those years.
Speaker 1: Ropes do unto others, right do unto others.
Speaker 2: This is the moment.
Speaker 3: It's easy to be kind and respectful to people who
Speaker 3: are kind and respectful to you.
Speaker 2: That's easy.
Speaker 3: The part where, yes, where you lean on your faith
Speaker 3: or your moral compass, is when it's hard. That's when
Speaker 3: you have to still do the right thing. And this
Speaker 3: is exactly one of those moments.
Speaker 1: It's this moment. This is the one robes and I
Speaker 1: know it's hard for a lot of people, including some
Speaker 1: celebrity kids who are also commenting on this story. We
Speaker 1: will share that in just a moment. But the Baker Act,
Speaker 1: I did want to explain what that was. They mentioned
Speaker 1: it in There is just a law down there that
Speaker 1: allows them to hold somebody for seventy two hours against
Speaker 1: their will. They need to if they display certain violent
Speaker 1: or suicidal signs of mental illness. I meant to look
Speaker 1: up how many states possibly have something along these lines,
Speaker 1: but they have it there in Florida, which allows them robes.
Speaker 1: He meets all the criteria they listed three He met
Speaker 1: all of them.
Speaker 2: But seventy two hours is not that long.
Speaker 3: I mean, obviously he's in the hospital also for his
Speaker 3: physical injuries. But it is interesting that they made the
Speaker 3: point to put that in the press release that he's
Speaker 3: being or he is in the hospital via the Baker Act.
Speaker 3: So they're basically that's letting us know he's there against
Speaker 3: as well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know when the clock started either on
Speaker 1: that seventy two hours, because like you said, he needs
Speaker 1: to be in the hospital, no matter what his physical injuries.
Speaker 1: How long after that? When does that clock start? But
Speaker 1: stay with us, folks, We did mention there are some
Speaker 1: people who have long memories, robes of how Perez Hilton
Speaker 1: talked about them or talked about their kids. And we
Speaker 1: are hearing from some of them, and Robes one in particular,
Speaker 1: who is showing us the way how even when somebody
Speaker 1: has wronged you, you still extend them a little grace Stare.
Speaker 1: We continue here on Amy and TJ getting the updates
Speaker 1: from the family of Perez Hilton, his condition in the
Speaker 1: hospital and also asking having a request Robes that they
Speaker 1: leave his kids alone. The kids he had three, has
Speaker 1: three kids, single dad, Yes.
Speaker 3: Sarah Dad, Vias, Sarah gat. He had three children. Not
Speaker 3: sure of their ages, but I'm fairly certain they're pretty young.
Speaker 1: I think they're middle I saw a picture. I think
Speaker 1: I thought they were middle aged, middle school ageg.
Speaker 3: So okay, so middle school age, maybe just young tweens
Speaker 3: and old enough to know what's going on, old enough
Speaker 3: to know how scary it was, and certainly old enough
Speaker 3: to understand when people are trying to take your picture.
Speaker 2: That's tough, know, anyone who.
Speaker 3: Has been in that position, and we certainly have you know,
Speaker 3: take my picture all you won't believe my kids out
Speaker 3: of it.
Speaker 2: Understand that.
Speaker 3: But the problem is if you're dealing with someone who
Speaker 3: spent and absolutely made a living off of doing that
Speaker 3: very thing, it's tough to.
Speaker 1: Hear it is. And Rose he was apparently over the years,
Speaker 1: really awful. I don't remember a lot of this stuff,
Speaker 1: but really awful to people. I mean sexual. He's been
Speaker 1: accused of sexualizing, Yes, the children of some celebrities robes
Speaker 1: when they were very young, pointing things out about how
Speaker 1: they dressed and whatnot. I did not know how bad
Speaker 1: some of this stuff was, and a lot of it
Speaker 1: doesn't need to get repeated, but we're going to share
Speaker 1: something in particular here from one of those young ladies.
Speaker 1: She is an adult now, but you knew the name
Speaker 1: as soon as I said I wouldn't have recognized her.
Speaker 3: Oh absolutely, Ireland Baldwin. She's the daughter of Alec Baldwin
Speaker 3: and Kim basing her. And I just know it because
Speaker 3: al like Balder, remember all the trouble he got into
Speaker 3: about leaving that voicemail.
Speaker 1: Which his daughter Piggy That was.
Speaker 3: Ireland Baldwin and so look, and she'd had photos taken
Speaker 3: of her from the moment she was born. She was
Speaker 3: always i mean two of the you know at the
Speaker 3: time world's most beautiful Hollywood stars. Hav a gorgeous blonde hair,
Speaker 3: blue eyed baby girl.
Speaker 2: And yes she was. Her picture was everywhere.
Speaker 1: And she remembers that. Robes and so she has posted
Speaker 1: something on Instagram since all this went down with Perez Hilton.
Speaker 1: Now there have been some other messages out there. I
Speaker 1: won't share. People still going after him for what he did,
Speaker 1: and again, like you say, pointing out the irony, but
Speaker 1: she took a different tact and Robes, I applaud her
Speaker 1: for how she handled this.
Speaker 3: You know what, she is a kid who has handled
Speaker 3: a lot of crap in the public eye, and it's
Speaker 3: you know, instead of it breaking her, it looks like
Speaker 3: it built her into a pretty remarkable young woman, because
Speaker 3: she'd have to be to write something like this. You
Speaker 3: said it actually brought tears to your eyes.
Speaker 1: Because I talked to you about this ahead of time.
Speaker 1: I don't even know if we decided to put this
Speaker 1: to do an episode or not, but I said, Babe,
Speaker 1: this is the moment like we need to extend, like immediately,
Speaker 1: I think, Wow, this is a test for us all
Speaker 1: that we have to extend something to this guy he
Speaker 1: didn't do for anybody else. He was vicious, vicious, vicious
Speaker 1: he was. But does that now mean we're supposed to
Speaker 1: give it back to him? No? And this is a
Speaker 1: perfect example example Ropes of doing unto others, and you
Speaker 1: have to do it sometimes, Robes, when it's inconvenient.
Speaker 2: And that's when the test is.
Speaker 3: As you pointed out, that is when you actually do
Speaker 3: have to do the right thing, when it's hard, when
Speaker 3: it's not easy, when it would feel so good to
Speaker 3: do the opposite, to give it right back to him, right. No.
Speaker 2: Ireland Baldwin posted this, and this.
Speaker 1: Is just beautiful.
Speaker 3: Perez Hilton has publicly humiliated my family for years, sexualized
Speaker 3: me from a young age, commented on my weight and
Speaker 3: body as a child, made unforgivable comments about people in
Speaker 3: my family, drew gizz coming out of my mom's and
Speaker 3: friends mouths, and has always been a despicable human being.
Speaker 3: But his children deserve better and a healthy father, and
Speaker 3: I am so sad for all of them.
Speaker 2: I hope he gets the help he needs and heals.
Speaker 1: Wow, Robes, it's more powerful hearing just how painful it
Speaker 1: was and some of the crap they went through. So
Speaker 1: despite this, and she used like awful examples yes, and
Speaker 1: then turned they deserve and I thought she was gonna
Speaker 1: leave it at just focused on the kids, right right,
Speaker 1: they deserve the end there say the last.
Speaker 2: Part, his children deserve better and a healthy father.
Speaker 1: And a healthy father. That's a nod Robes to be
Speaker 1: able to say I wish him well, a guy that
Speaker 1: brought this much harm to me and my family.
Speaker 2: That's hard to do.
Speaker 3: That is very hard to do because it is deeply personal,
Speaker 3: that's correact.
Speaker 2: And this is a girl who.
Speaker 3: Yes, had people weighing in on her, her whole life
Speaker 3: and her weight, yes specifically, and that's you know, oh
Speaker 3: so such a no no now right, But she went
Speaker 3: through it, and he was a huge part of the ridicule.
Speaker 3: So I think we can all learn from Ireland Baldwin.
Speaker 3: What an awesome, awesome thing to put out there. And
Speaker 3: I do appreciate that she wanted to acknowledge what he
Speaker 3: said and even despite that, just to remind everybody, because
Speaker 3: I do think we forget just how vicious he was.
Speaker 2: And then to say in the same breath. I hope
Speaker 2: he gets the help he needs.
Speaker 1: I wanted to bring you that update, Robes on a
Speaker 1: story that, as awful as it was initially, has given
Speaker 1: us things to talk about, giving us lessons themed to
Speaker 1: learn about self harm. I did no videos were all
Speaker 1: over the Internet and people were doing I had no idea.
Speaker 1: And now thank you miss Ireland Baldwin for showing us
Speaker 1: how it's done. And with that, we appreciate you spending
Speaker 1: time with us on TJ. That's my dear Amy Robot.
Speaker 1: We'll talk soon.