If you couldn’t already tell, this post is going to be filled with words that may not be appropriate for all ages.  You have been warned.

Unless you’ve been living in a box this week you will have heard that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, died from a cardiac arrest.  Now, I wasn’t his biggest fan.  I’ll be upfront and admit it right out.  I loved the album Thriller and it was one of the very first records I ever bought myself.  His subsequent work was very good but overall it just wasn’t my style.  In later years of course, any musical genius he had was overshadowed by his increasingly bizarre behavior and child molestation accusations.  Only Michael, those children, and whatever god or gods might be out there know for certain what happened.  All I know is that I felt sorry for Michael.  He was obviously mentally unstable and I sincerely hope that he has at last found peace.

But this blog post isn’t really about that.  It’s about that piece of shit trash Perez Hilton and what he posted when the first announcements of Michael being rushed to the hospital.  Here is the original post:

“We knew something like this would happen!!
Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance from his Holmby Hills home to a nearby Los Angeles hospital on Thursday afternoon!!
Supposedly, the singer went into cardiac arrest and the paramedics had to administer CPR!!!
His mother is even on the way to visit him!!!
We are dubious!!
Jacko pulled a similar stunt when he was getting ready for his big HBO special in ‘95 when he “collapsed” at rehearsal!
He was dragging his heels on that just like his upcoming 50 date London residency at the 02 Arena, of which he already postponed the first few dates!!!
Either he’s lying or making himself sick, but we’re curious to see if he’s able to go on!!!
Get your money back, ticket holders!!!!”

Extremely poor taste - but really, what else does one expect from that overexposed asshole?  The thing that pisses me off about this is that when it was announced that Michael had died and wasn’t “faking it”, Perez did something morally repugnant imo - he changed his original post.  The post now reads:

Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance from his Holmby Hills home to a nearby Los Angeles hospital on Thursday afternoon!!

The singer went into cardiac arrest and the paramedics had to administer CPR!!!

His mother is even on the way to visit him!!!

No apologies, no anything.  Just him trying to cover his ass as quickly as possible and pretend like he never said what he said.  I’m a firm believer in the first amendment.  People have the right to say (or blog) what they want.  If you don’t like what they have to say, don’t listen. But using the first amendment and then chickening out is just bullshit.

So my message to Perez and anyone else who makes jokes and blogs in poor taste - if you’re going to say something, say it.  Have the balls to keep it on your site and don’t hide behind the ‘edit post’ button.  And if you are going to edit your post, explain why and don’t just try to pretend it never happened.

And one last thought to Perez - FUCK YOU! I hope this ends your 15 minutes you worthless piece of shit.