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"Typically celebrity blogger Perez Hilton reports news of other celebrities on his infamous Hollywood gossip blog.  But when it comes to telling the world about an incident involving himself, Hilton\u2019s medium of choice was Twitter, which has lead to some bizarre fallout.\nHilton tweeted late last night that he was \u201Cassaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards.\u201D  Continuing to tweet about the event, Hilton notes that the Toronto police (where the alleged assault took place) were apparently bombarded by phone calls from concerned fans.  \nHe also replied to numerous other Twitter users \u2013 famous and otherwise \u2013 some of who offered support, and others who think Hilton deserved it.\n\n\n\nWill.i.am, no stranger to social media, quickly responded to the allegations with a video denying the incident, embedded below:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHilton quickly fired back to the video response on Twitter, claiming there are multiple witnesses.  He has also since released his own video with his account of the incident. \nWhile it will likely be some time until we know what actually happened in Toronto \u2013 Hilton says the issue is now in the hands of the authorities \u2013 it\u2019s indicative of why celebs are taking to social media in droves.  Rather than leave the stories up to the gossip blogs, they can respond personally and immediately via tools like Twitter and online video.  The irony here is that the story involves the world\u2019s most famous celebrity blogger."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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