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Post by Princess on Jun 16, 2010 23:33:31 GMT -5
Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavandeira, might not yet be facing legal action after tweeting a provocative picture of teen star Miley Cyrus, but he is facing repercussions from advertisers. A rep for ABC Daytime confirms that a rotating banner ad promoting “The View” was pulled from the celebrity blogger’s website, PerezHilton.com.
At press time, earlier reports that MTV pulled ads for TV Land were confirmed to be untrue, but one well-placed source within ABC said that it’s not out of the realm of possibility that more advertisers could follow the ABC’s lead.
“It’s not a matter of whether you like (Lavandeira) or not, it has to do with the morality of the issue. Miley is a minor, period. There are ethics involved in running an ad on a site that potentially violated the rights of a minor, and that is what the conversation is about at the network level,” said the source.
Lavandeira did not respond to requests for comment.
Source: today.msnbc.msn.com
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Post by Princess on Jun 17, 2010 23:07:51 GMT -5
Controversial blogger Perez Hilton is hitting HLN's 'The Joy Behar Show' tonight to talk about this week's Miley Cyrus photo incident for the first time--and PopEater's got exclusive quotes from the interview.
Earlier this week, Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, posted a link on his Twitter account pointing to a photo of Miley Cyrus. The photo featured Cyrus climbing out of a car apparently wearing no underwear. And while underwear-less photos of celebrities is a common occurrence on the Hilton's site, Miss Cyrus is only 17 years old, making her a minor--and his actions could have some serious legal implications.
Joy Behar scored the first sit down with the Hilton and the blogger was eager to tell his side of the story. Excerpts from the interview on HLN's 'The Joy Behar Show' after the jump.
On why he posted the photo:
"I didn't pick it for her to look like she wasn't wearing underwear. The point of me choosing that one photo is because it was showing Miley getting out of the car in an unladylike fashion. And I just thought that was funny and in keeping with her shocking behavior of late, because she was very well aware that she was in a public place at a -- at a video shoot and that there were paparazzi present."
On if he altered the photo before posting:
"I did not pixelate anything. I did not PhotoShop anything. There's been a lot of inaccuracies being perpetuated about what happened in the media. And I just chose a photo that showed her getting out of the car. You didn't see anything down there."
On why he removed photo:
"I did not take the photo down. I didn't even post the photo o my Web site. I wanted to clear that up, as well. I merely linked to a photo that I found on the Internet on my Twitter... Then that Web site that I posted a link to, they're the ones that took it down. I would have posted the image on my site had I been able to. But it was taken by one photo agency that I don't have a deal with. So I've learned my mistake in the past about using photos that I don't have licenses to."
On possibly being charged with child pornography:
"I think it's insulting to children to accuse that of child pornography. If you want to look at the definition of child pornography, it is not an image like the one I posted. It is explicit behavior designed to arouse, engage in sexual activity. You don't see anything from Miley's private parts. You just see here from an unflattering vantage view getting out of her car. the point is that it's not child pornography. And if I was aware that it was or that she was not wearing underwear, I would not have posted it. But I -- I knew the opposite, Joy. I saw other photos from that video shoot and I was very well aware of the fact that Miley was wearing underwear."
On whether he regrets posting the photo:
"I don't regret what I did and I would do the same thing again... It's not actually doing anything worse than Miley herself has been doing recently, from grinding up on her 40 something year old director to pole dancing to all the over sexualized things that she has been doing and turning herself into this creature."
Catch the full interview on 'The Joy Behar Show' tonight at 9pm ET on HLN.
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