Perez Hilton sustained several broken bones after falling repeatedly on the same night he appeared in a self-harm livestream earlier this month.
The 48-year-old celebrity blogger remains hospitalized as he continues to recover from injuries suffered after he cut himself with a knife during an August 4 TikTok livestream.
On Monday, Hilton’s brother-in-law Tom said the extent of his injuries was more serious than first understood, sharing the update during a new episode of The Perez Hilton Podcast with Chris Booker.
Tom, who is married to Hilton’s sister Barbara, explained that Hilton fell multiple times that night, with the falls ultimately leaving him with broken bones.
He also said physicians still have not determined what triggered Hilton’s apparent “mental break.”
In addition to the fractures, doctors identified other “unrelated” medical concerns that also need treatment and are believed to be connected to Hilton’s battle with sepsis in March.
Perez Hilton, 48, suffered multiple broken bones after falling on the night of his self-harm livestream earlier this month
Asked about Hilton’s mental state now, Tom said the blogger is “lucid,” though he is unsure how much Hilton remembers from the night in question. For now, he added, doctors have been concentrating primarily on treating his physical injuries.
The Hollywood columnist was treated for an overdose, ‘significant’ blood loss and undisclosed injuries after the self-harm incident.
His sister Barbara, 42, discovered Hilton naked and covered in blood in the bathroom of the Miami home he shares with his mother Teresita Lavandeira, 72, and his three children.
She ushered the children into her car and drove away as Hilton chased them into the street and banged on the windows, according to a police report.
The gossip then locked himself inside the house and cut himself with a knife before first responders were able to coax him out and treat him for lacerations and an overdose.
Last week, The Daily Mail exclusively revealed that Hilton will need ‘psychiatric clearance’ before he can see his three children again.
His mom Teresita filed for temporary legal custody of Mario, 13, Mia, 11, and Mayte, eight, after the incident.
A Miami court agreed this week that Teresita should have sweeping authority over their schooling, healthcare and ‘all things necessary for the care of the children.’
Hilton was hospitalized under Florida’s Baker Act, which allows for the temporary involuntary detention of individuals in mental health crisis.
The act’s provisions will kick in when he’s medically discharged from the hospital, giving doctors a 72-hour window to transfer him to a psychiatric facility and evaluate him.
Hilton could walk free when the clock runs down if they decide he’s not a risk to himself or others.
But that’s a ‘long shot’ according to Mark Astor, a veteran Florida attorney specializing in Baker Act cases.
The celebrity blogger is still recovering from his wounds in the hospital after he cut himself with a knife during an August 4 livestream; pictured in hospital earlier this year
On Monday, his brother-in-law Tom revealed that Hilton fell several times during the night of his livestream, resulting in broken bones; Hilton seen in 2025
‘You don’t just get to walk out of there after 72 hours,’ Astor previously told Our News Outlet. There are three possibilities, according to Astor, a former prosecutor, defense attorney and partner at Astor Simovitch Law.
‘Number one, they could release him. Number two, they get him to agree to stay on a voluntary basis.’
‘Or number three, they could file what’s known as a petition for involuntary placement,’ Astor explained.
The latter would involve a Miami-Dade judge holding a hearing within five days to decide whether Hilton should remain locked up. The case would be confidential – with media barred from attending or hearing any of the details.
