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Snark Bait

What's the Snark on Perez Hilton?

Snark Bait

Cloud10

Society & Culture, News, Entertainment News, Tv & Film

4.6872 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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For millennial pop culture lovers, he was one of the earliest introductions to celebrity gossip, an endlessly scrollable pink gateway to becoming obsessed with (and hating on) famous people. And that’s not something we’re proud of, especially through the lens of 2025… . Make sure you follow us on Instagram and watch full episodes on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@snarkbaitpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@christynoel__⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@soph_ross⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Thank you to our sponsor, OneSkin! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code SNARK at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.oneskin.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  . For ad-free episodes and bonus content, join our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! . Approximate Timestamps: 0:00 -- Intro 5:00 -- Initial Thoughts and Feelings 8:00 -- Background and Early Life 10:00 -- Blogging Career: Launch of ‘Perez Hilton’ blog site (2004), Bullying Celebrities, Other Appearances and Work, Family 27:00 -- Major (and many) Controversies – Outting Closeted Celebrities, Vanessa Hudgens Leaked Photos (2007), Britney Spears Breakdown (2007), 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards, Michael Jackson’s death, Miley Cyrus upskirt photo (2010), Anti-Bullying Campaign (2010), Lady Gaga Stalking (2013), Ariana Grande (2014) 50:00 -- Perez Today and Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Kristen Doty.

0:01.9

And I'm Luke Broderick. You might know us from Bravo's The Valley. We're hosts of the Balancing Act podcast. Luke and I know we're all out here doing our best to balance life, love, work, play, family, friends, downfalls, and dreams. Life is full of ups and downs and adulting can be hard. We are still here to get real from both female and male perspectives from very different walks of life,

0:20.8

unfiltered and vulnerable. Listen to Balancing Act wherever you get your podcasts.

0:26.7

Hey, everybody, welcome back to another episode of SnarkBate. I'm Christy. I'm Sophie. And today

0:32.7

we are covering someone who, unfortunately, it's embarrassing to say, kind of raised me and Christy. Oh, it's so

0:39.7

embarrassing to say, I'm so sorry. Please don't judge us. But as millennials who love pop culture,

0:45.2

there's a lot to say about Perez Hilton. So let's get into it. His background, his blog, his many,

0:51.2

many controversies and where he's at today.

0:54.8

Are you ready, Christy?

0:56.0

Let's do it.

1:09.9

Hi, Christy. Hey, Sophie. How are you? I am good. How are you doing on this lovely? We're recording on Sunday, July 20th. We're in the past. And I'm doing pretty well. We had like big family day. My cousin came in from Hong Kong and me and like all the

1:30.7

girlie pop cousins hung out with all the kids. And it was really sweet to see like my four year old

1:35.8

nephew hang out with little Monroe who's like five months. It's just like really sweet. It's like the

1:40.6

first time we see our generation have kids and it's something very, very special.

1:46.5

And honestly, as an aunt, I love that I can just be cool and fun and play with them and then just like walk away.

1:51.7

And then I spent all night watching Idaho 4 documentary, which if you guys don't already know, we're going to do an Idaho 4 documentary.

1:59.2

I mean, Idaho 4 episode on the Patreon,

2:01.6

patreon.com slash snarkbait pod in a couple weeks here. So, God, that case is crazy.

2:07.2

That was actually one of the best docu series I've ever watched, the one on Prime. The Peacock one was

2:13.3

whatever. This four-part series on Prime was so well done and it made you feel like you knew.

2:19.5

It focused more on the victims. I felt like the Peacock documentary focused too much on Brian

2:23.7

Coburger. This one focused so much on the victims and Ethan's parents participated. Maddie's

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