Monday, August 18, 2008

Perez Hilton Keeps Giving Me Reasons to Think He's a Douchebag

In addition to being the least funny commentator on VH1, ruining the Hills special for me, being completely politically ignorant and hypocritical and running a celebrity blog that steals from other blogs without crediting, Perez Hilton has done something else to make me hate him (and it's not just being fat).

Today he said this about Gwenyth Paltrow, an actress I happen to like and admire very much:

"Can Gwyneth Paltrow get any more unlikeable???? Animal rights groups are up in arms about Gwennie's decision to whore for the Italian brand Tod's. She's pictured in fox fur and wearing fur-lined boots in the company's new ad campaign. Mark Glover, director of Respect for Animals, said, "Gwyneth Paltrow should be ashamed. I can only assume that Paltrow either is ignorant of the facts or lacks human decency and compassion."

The actress is married to vegetarian Chris Martin and has won praise for her impeccable green credentials and is a fan of holistic practices and yoga. She's even super good friends with Stella McCartney, the animal rights activist who refuses to use fur or leather in her designs.

Did Gwennie sell out cuz she's desperate to get her face out there and Tod's were the only one calling? Doesn't seem like it. She's just a money-grubbing whore!"

I know this isn't anything particularly astonishing, it just pissed me off for a couple of reasons. First off, who is Perez to call anyone unlikeable. He is objectively about the least likeable person in the entire world. Secondly, he is not a vegetarian, so where does he get off criticizing Gwenyth for posing in fur? And being green has nothing to do with being an animal activist. A lot of green pushers are also animal rights pushers, but one does not need to be an advocate for animal rights to be green. And so what if her husband and her friends are vegetarian. Does that revoke her constitutional right to make her own fucking decisions? Maybe Gwenyth accepted an endorsement because she liked the clothes you fatass douchebag. She doesn't need to put her face out there. She's an oscar winning actress, who was in the second most successful film of the year thus far, and was on the cover of Vogue a couple months ago. A billboard and some pages in a fashion magazine aren't going to do shit for her career. And as for Perez and his disgusting Hot Topic line and shameless self-promotion, maybe he should look in the mirror to see a money grubbing attention-desperate whore. At least Gwenyth has the talent to back it up.

And to close, a taste of his own medicine:

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