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Perez apologises
Superstar blogger Perez Hilton posted another apology on his blog today in response to cries from fans and GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) that calling Will I Am from The Black Eyed Peas a "F*****" was highly derogatory.
The F-word scandal has caused more of a stir than the event that caused it, where Will confronted Perez about negative comments that have recently been posted on www.perezhilton.com about his band - resulting in a physical confrontation.
"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 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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