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Perez attacked by Will.i.am. Maybe

By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 23 June 2009

Elsewhere in (alleged) pop assaults, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has claimed that he was attacked by Black Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am at the Much Music Awards in Toronto on Sunday night. Will.i.am, it should be noted, says he did no such thing.

Perez, real name Mario Lavandeira, updated his Twitter followers shortly after the alleged incident happened, though mainly because he seemed to think that posting messages on Twitter was the correct way to contact the police (which I’m pretty sure it isn’t, even in Canada). He said: “I was assaulted by Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards. I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke”. Followed by: “Still waiting for the police. The bleeding has stopped. I need to document this. Please, can the police come to the SoHo Met Hotel”.

Both men agree that earlier in the evening Black Eyed Pea Fergie had asked Perez why he’d written negative things about the group’s new single, and that later Will.i.am approached him to discuss what was said in the conversation. It was around about then that Hilton got punched. Both have issued lengthy video statements explaining exactly what happened. In Hilton’s version of events he is attacked by Will.i.am and his security guards. The Black Eyed Pea says that a group of fans who overheard the conversation did all the punching.

Here’s Perez Hilton’s statement.

And here’s Will.i.am’s.

Now, given the high and mighty tone we’ve just taken when reporting on R&B thugster Chris Brown, it would be hypocritical of us to condone violence. And hitting out is never the right thing to do, even if someone’s just slagged off your new single. But surely this can’t be the first time Perez Hilton’s been punched can it? And if you are going to tagline your website “Hollywood’s Most-Hated Web Site!” surely people are going to occasionally slap you? If only for spelling website as two words.