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Perez Hilton **MNHQ adding a content warning for self harm**

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Poppycorn123 · 05/08/2026 08:10

Terrifying to think he has young dc. If this is a mental health episode he could have harmed them too. Did anyone see the livestream?

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Lomonald · 05/08/2026 09:57

NooNakedJacuzziness · 05/08/2026 09:56

So in effect you could watch someone end their life (or someone else’s) if not enough people reported - absolutely chilling

I think technically it could happen yes.

Twonewcats · 05/08/2026 10:13

Lomonald · 05/08/2026 09:57

I think technically it could happen yes.

It has happened previously.

areshan · 05/08/2026 10:14

stumbled upon this awful video. I hope for his children’s sake that they’re now taken into care. Absolutely horrific!

Twonewcats · 05/08/2026 10:15

I started work at 5am, so I accidentally saw the video before a) knowing anything about it and b) realising it was real.
I've honestly been lightheaded since then, I wish I could unsee it.

Lomonald · 05/08/2026 10:15

Twonewcats · 05/08/2026 10:13

It has happened previously.

Honestly doesn't suprise me,tragic though.

Worrieddancemum · 05/08/2026 10:18

I didn’t realise there was already a post on this, I will request mine is deleted. Really disturbing stuff

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 10:19

MrsTomRipley · 05/08/2026 09:21

I don't know why people are blaming the OP for the actions of a man. She has not encouraged anyone to watch the video. It is also a major news story.

No one is blaming the op for the actions of a man. What’s being said is there is no Indication the man was a risk to his children,what happened was extremely distressing and in his own words it was suicide. He was not murderous and his children were not even in the property, so escalating it as a potential threat to his kids, with no evidence of such, is unacceptable.

emmadoher · 05/08/2026 10:19

seawitchandgarden2 · 05/08/2026 08:56

Your thread really is in poor taste OP.

No one with a basic amount of decency should seek and watch a video of that live stream if it is still available.

The poor man is obviously in a very distressed mental state and is now under medical care and no member of his family, or anyone else, were harmed during the incident.

Have a bit of respect.

OP’s link is to an article, NOT the video! You’re bang out of order to imply to others that OP is sharing a link to a video of it!

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 10:20

Lomonald · 05/08/2026 09:45

Oh he was a horrible person, he seemed to redeem himself a bit in his "comeback" but i think you are right his mental health wasn't always stable.

Why are you discsssing him in the past tense, he is alive.

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 10:21

NooNakedJacuzziness · 05/08/2026 09:17

How on earth was it allowed to be on Tik Tok for half an hour??

I think it took time for a people to realise it was real and b to report it and for the mods to then see it and act. Yes it should have been quicker than it was.

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 10:23

Poppycorn123 · 05/08/2026 08:43

How do you know he wasn't a threat to them? He sliced himself up live to millions. That is extremely psychotic behaviour. Look at all the awful murder suicide stories at the moment. Even if not deliberate, had the children been there he could easily have cut them too.

But they were not, he picked a time they were not and he was clear on the video it was suicide, yes of course something worse could have happened, but it didn’t, there was no indication of any such leaning, so there is no need to make whay is a horrific situation worse. We can all do what ifs. Have at least a little empathy,

Poppycorn123 · 05/08/2026 10:35

NooNakedJacuzziness · 05/08/2026 09:56

So in effect you could watch someone end their life (or someone else’s) if not enough people reported - absolutely chilling

Or even worse, torture of children/animals/vulnerable 🤬

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Lomonald · 05/08/2026 10:37

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 10:20

Why are you discsssing him in the past tense, he is alive.

Sorry he left social media for ages he became a troll didn't he? He came back a bit calmer although still with his celeb gossip.so seemed to redeem himself.

Poppycorn123 · 05/08/2026 10:37

emmadoher · 05/08/2026 10:19

OP’s link is to an article, NOT the video! You’re bang out of order to imply to others that OP is sharing a link to a video of it!

Thank you. In hindsight I should have clarified that it was just the news story.

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areshan · 05/08/2026 10:38

Lomonald · 05/08/2026 10:37

Sorry he left social media for ages he became a troll didn't he? He came back a bit calmer although still with his celeb gossip.so seemed to redeem himself.

the way he treated Britney Spears during her head shaving period was absolutely horrific and mercilessly cruel. He then apparently had a change of heart or maybe realised the mean shit wasn’t lucrative anymore.

Starlight7080 · 05/08/2026 10:39

NooNakedJacuzziness · 05/08/2026 09:17

How on earth was it allowed to be on Tik Tok for half an hour??

Its awful it was allowed. Imagine how many children/teens who use tik tok saw it.

areshan · 05/08/2026 10:39

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 10:23

But they were not, he picked a time they were not and he was clear on the video it was suicide, yes of course something worse could have happened, but it didn’t, there was no indication of any such leaning, so there is no need to make whay is a horrific situation worse. We can all do what ifs. Have at least a little empathy,

he says in the video “this is for my children”

Poppycorn123 · 05/08/2026 10:40

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 10:23

But they were not, he picked a time they were not and he was clear on the video it was suicide, yes of course something worse could have happened, but it didn’t, there was no indication of any such leaning, so there is no need to make whay is a horrific situation worse. We can all do what ifs. Have at least a little empathy,

No, sorry I don't think we can dismiss a call for help like that. He is now a threat to his children and I would be surprised if he ever sees them unsupervised again. A relative of mine had post partum psychosis, never harmed herself or her dc and was still locked up for almost 2 months in a mental health ward.

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Lomonald · 05/08/2026 10:40

areshan · 05/08/2026 10:38

the way he treated Britney Spears during her head shaving period was absolutely horrific and mercilessly cruel. He then apparently had a change of heart or maybe realised the mean shit wasn’t lucrative anymore.

Yeah i think he pleged to be kinder!

Lomonald · 05/08/2026 10:42

areshan · 05/08/2026 10:39

he says in the video “this is for my children”

I would imagine someone is not of their right mind and publicly self harming will say things like this.

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 10:45

Poppycorn123 · 05/08/2026 10:40

No, sorry I don't think we can dismiss a call for help like that. He is now a threat to his children and I would be surprised if he ever sees them unsupervised again. A relative of mine had post partum psychosis, never harmed herself or her dc and was still locked up for almost 2 months in a mental health ward.

Did you quote the wrong person? At no point did I say a call for help should be dismissed, or even imply it,

what I said was it was not ok to imaginary escalate. What if his kids, ex, parents, neighbours, whomever was there and he murdered them.

none of these scenarios happened, every scenario we can pretend imaginary things may have happened and run around screeching, but they didn’t. The situation is horrific enough without imaginary speculation.

this does not mean dismiss a cry for help. Which I don’t think it was, it was very real, very real indeed. Even the police thought they were moving to suicide by cop

i can only assume you have quoted the wrong person

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 10:46

areshan · 05/08/2026 10:39

he says in the video “this is for my children”

Yes but not I want to kill my children. He was saying he should no longer be there to benefit them,

Nofeckingway · 05/08/2026 10:47

Hope he gets the help he obviously needs. Having lived much of his life in the latest social media trend it is not exactly surprising that he chose this method . But he didn't have his kids in the property which is at least something he took into account. Obviously a very disturbed man .

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 11:06

What I couldn’t understand was he should have been in absolute agony. But he didn’t appear in any physical pain nor did he react like he was in physical pain.

I googled it, and apparently adrenaline and endorphin surges due to acute mental health crisis or manic episodes can mask pain so you don’t feel it,

he has previously expressed he was struggling with deep regret and shame due to his gossip past, and being publicly disliked, and on this horrific video he was saying this is what ever one wants etc

which does appear linked, but the fact he could do all that to himself and not feel it , not react in pain, for me is really shocking, and shows just how severe this was. He couldn’t even feel what he was doing.

He will bear a lot of scars as he mutilated himself,and I hope for everyone’s sake, inc his own, he gets the help he needs to recover. Both physically and mentally as he won’t need a constant reminder every time he looks at himself.

areshan · 05/08/2026 11:08

Rumpledandcrumpled · 05/08/2026 11:06

What I couldn’t understand was he should have been in absolute agony. But he didn’t appear in any physical pain nor did he react like he was in physical pain.

I googled it, and apparently adrenaline and endorphin surges due to acute mental health crisis or manic episodes can mask pain so you don’t feel it,

he has previously expressed he was struggling with deep regret and shame due to his gossip past, and being publicly disliked, and on this horrific video he was saying this is what ever one wants etc

which does appear linked, but the fact he could do all that to himself and not feel it , not react in pain, for me is really shocking, and shows just how severe this was. He couldn’t even feel what he was doing.

He will bear a lot of scars as he mutilated himself,and I hope for everyone’s sake, inc his own, he gets the help he needs to recover. Both physically and mentally as he won’t need a constant reminder every time he looks at himself.

he is slurring in the video so probably under the influence of substances