Reports that Perez Hilton was taken to hospital after emergency services responded to concerns over a TikTok livestream have prompted a surge in online searches about the celebrity blogger, his career, and his estimated net worth.
While attention remains focused on his health, Hilton, whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., spent more than two decades building one of the internet's earliest celebrity media brands. Long before influencers dominated social media, his website became one of the web's biggest destinations for celebrity gossip, generating revenue through advertising, television appearances, books, podcasts, and digital publishing.
