Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. (born March 23, 1978), better known as Perez Hilton, is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com, is known for posts covering gossip items about musicians, actors and celebrities. His blog has garnered negative attention for its attitude.

Hilton has a song called The Clap, which is about Gonorrhea. The song is composed and produced by Lucian Piane.

Hilton was born in Miami, Florida to parents from Cuba. He says he did not learn to speak English until he went to school. He graduated in 1996 from Miami's Belen Jesuit Preparatory School and received his BFA in drama from New York University. In 2002. Hilton moved to Los Angeles, California, where he currently resides. Hilton is openly gay. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.