Celebrity blogger Perez hilton has been branded a 'talentless dope' by a TV reporter. Photo / AP
Celebrity gossip blogger and shameless self-promoter
Perez Hilton
has had a taste of his own medicine.
Hilton has hit the headlines again, not over some naughty nugget of gossip he's served, but for throwing a tanty after his scheduled appearance on a TV show spiralled into a farce.
Scheduling snafu
The self-proclaimed gossip queen (make that drama queen) was booked to appear on Los Angeles morning news programme KTLA this week, but he huffed off out of the studio like a hurricane after a scheduling snafu.
Hilton was scheduled to appear at 9:20AM on the morning show to promote his new book (at his request), but for reasons unknown he trotted up at 8AM with his minions.
And that's when the proverbial hit the fan.
Snippy pants, when told the schedules couldn't be doctored so he could go on earlier (
Snoop Dogg
was scheduled for 8:45AM and a children's choir at 9:00AM), reportedly threw a tempter-tantrum and decreed that he could no longer appear on the show. He had to scoot off to work on his blog.
Production staff offered him the use of a "luxury office" with a computer so he could work on his art, but oh no, that wasn't good enough - he stormed off and said he'd rather do the interview over Skype instead.
True to form he later
about the saga and said he wanted "an apology and an on-air correction/retraction!" after the station reported he had forgone his interview.
Well now veteran TV anchor
Sam Rubin
has offered his take on events, and it's not exactly the apology Hilton was hoping for.
'Demand THIS, you talentless DOPE!'
Addressing the masses on air the morning after the scheduling snafu, Rubin let rip with a triumphant tirade and said: "Perez said we lied about what happened here, and he demanded a retraction...Well demand this you talentless dope, here is what really happened."
The rest is TV gold.
So sit back, relax, take the weight off your jandals and witness what a storm in a manbag looks like.
That man should be dipped in gold.
To cap it all off, Hilton's publicist asked for the petulant blogger to be booked on the show again, which was met with a
May West
-esque retort:
"Absolutely, when hell freezes over."
Get back in your box, Hilton.
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