Perez Hilton recently found himself confronting another serious health issue, necessitating emergency surgery. This comes on the heels of a frightening brush with sepsis that nearly claimed his life.

The 48-year-old celebrity blogger, who has previously shared that he experienced a spiritual encounter during his 21-day hospitalization, revealed that he required surgery after doctors identified a perilous blood clot in his leg.

In a candid Instagram update from his hospital bed, Hilton explained, “We caught this early. I went to the surgeon today—really good timing—and last night I started having real soreness and pain in one of my legs.”

He went on to describe the severity of his condition, adding, “This morning, it was way worse. I couldn’t even walk; I had to use my walker.”

An ultrasound uncovered that Hilton was suffering from deep vein thrombosis. Reflecting on the situation, he expressed, “I am so thankful to God that we caught this early because if that blood clot had gone to my lungs or my heart, it could have been real bad.”

Following a successful surgery, Hilton shared a hopeful message with his followers, proclaiming, “God is so good.”

‘The thrombectomy surgery this morning was quick and painless. I was asleep for it all. And I feel so much better already!’ he said.

Perez Hilton faced a fresh health crisis this week as he underwent emergency surgery – just days after nearly dying in hospital from sepsis

The celebrity blogger, 48, who previously revealed he ‘saw God’ during his 21-day hospital stay, revealed he had to go under the knife after doctors discovered a dangerous blood clot in his leg – pictured last month in hospital 

‘The surgical assistants showed me what they extracted and it was SO MUCH! I had a totally occluded blood clot from my groin going all the way down to just below my calf! Ginormous!! Excited to go home tomorrow without any pain! I couldn’t even walk yesterday! I needed my walker to hop and limp around. Bed rest for today.’

Hilton had shared his past health crisis on social media, saying: ‘My stupidity landed me in the hospital for 21 days. It was the worst and best thing that’s ever happened to me.’

He was taken to the hospital after an ulcer left him unable to walk.

The star said he had the flu for a week and took his medication, but did not take the medication with food. ‘Because I have been taking all of this medication without food for a week, I developed an ulcer then a perforation and then Sepsis. People die of Sepsis.’

He also said he had intense stomach pain then could not walk causing him to have to be taken to the emergency room by ambulance.

Hilton notably launched his celebrity gossip blog back in 2004 which was originally called PageSixSixSix.com. Shortly after, he changed the name to PerezHilton.com. 

He has also befriended a number of Hollywood celebrities. 

Back in 2021, Hilton admitted that he ‘regrets’ the way he covered Britney Spears’ breakdown in 2007. 

He had garnered furious criticism for ‘bullying’ the Baby One More Time hitmaker – after he previously called her an ‘unfit mother.’ 

Taking to Instagram from his hospital bed, Hilton said: ‘We caught this early. I went to the surgeon today – really good timing – and last night I started having real soreness and pain in one of my legs

Hilton made it successfully through his surgery, and posted an update declaring ‘God is so good’; seen in 2025 in Las Vegas 

In the caption of the post, he simply typed out: ‘March madness indeed! Have I got a story to tell!’

The star additionally added to his followers that he will further talk about the health ‘saga that I went through soon in full detail’

Hilton notably launched his celebrity gossip blog back in 2004 which was originally called PageSixSixSix.com. Shortly after, he changed the name to PerezHilton.com; seen with Lady Gaga in 2009 in L.A. 

He also released a shirt design on his website in 2008 which questioned why the pop star didn’t die instead of Heath Ledger. 

The shirt had an image of Ledger from his role in Brokeback Mountain as well as the words: ‘Why couldn’t it have been Britney?’ 

‘I regret a lot or most of what I said about Britney as I’m sure Piers [Morgan] would if he were here about things he’s said in the past,’ Hilton said during an interview on Good Morning Britain. 

The media personality added that he has grown over the years and expressed, ‘Thankfully, hopefully, many of us get older and wiser.’ 

Hilton is still active about sharing celebrity news and gossip, but also puts focus into raising his three children. 

Hilton is still active about sharing celebrity news and gossip, but also puts focus into raising his three children

He is dad to Mario, 13, Mia, 10, and Mayte, eight – whom he welcomed via surrogate.

‘All kids are mine genetically. Each was born thanks to the generosity of a different surrogate, using eggs from the same anonymous donor,’ he wrote in an essay for the HuffPost in 2017. 

The star later added, ‘While I don’t rule out adoption in the future, for me it was important to have kids with my DNA. 

‘My dad passed away when I was 15 and having my children is a way of him living on through them – literally. My family is definitely unconventional and that’s awesome!’