Perez Hilton in a quiet moment
He made his name as a sassy gossiper, his huge blog PerezHilton.com all things celebrity. It’s gotten him in trouble over the years as an occasional swipe has gone awry. He was known for his zaftig figure but over the past two and a half years Hilton has dropped 60 pounds. His weight loss experience has led him to debut FitPerez this week, a site about all things celebrity and fitness.
I’m rolling my eyes …
Part of me has to hand it to Hilton. He lost the weight slowly and apparently safely and he looks great. He clearly went against the Hollywood stereotype of dropping the weight as fast as humanly possible and then posing for the cover of People to showcase his new six pack. So kudos to him for that.
On the other hand, we’re getting yet another channel showing people with difficult to maintain physiques. Most likely they’ll be talking to us about how they don’t “do much” to keep their figures and how they just appear to be blessed with “good genes.” I bet we won’t be hearing much about botox, personal trainers, personal chefs, plastic surgery, or just basic standbys like Spanx.
I’m just saying …
A perusal of the site has gleaned the following gems:
- Jake, from the band Scissor Sisters, wants to do a workout video because he hired a trainer while he was on tour
- A woman accidentally super glues her eyes shut (how is this related to fitness?)
- The “Six Healthiest and Unhealthiest Food Choices”; the healthiest includes “lighter fare” (what exactly would that be?) and fat free lattes (which are frequently loaded with sugar; that shot of vanilla is just empty calories, darling)
- A brief note on an ageless Pee Wee Herman (he’s 58 and he really doesn’t look it)
- A slam on Rachel Ray opening food trucks in various cities (no notes about if they’ll be healthy or not)
Perez presumably has writers working for him and he contributes here and there. As a blogger myself, it does seem like there is more than one voice contributing to the site. What is interesting is there’s not a whole lot of content here about actual fitness!
Um, why am I reading this stuff?
So would you rather get your fitness advice from a celebrity gossip columnist or from Dr. Sanjay Gupta? I’m going with Gupta. I’ll take an MD over a guy with a laptop anyday.
How about you? Do you plan to visit his blog on a regular basis?
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Lisa
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What I find most irritating about stories like this is that untrained, uncertified famous people are giving advice to people who are looking for help. As a certified and educated health professional, I find it frustrating. It also ticks me off a bit when I work really hard to provide people with good advice and safe workout programs and yet this guy (and others who shall remain nameless) make loads of money dishing out what I consider to be crap. It makes me froth if I think about it too long!
nodding in agreement slowly and sadly … drives me nuts too. One of the main reasons this blog exists … I’m always trying to get out the good information.
I agree, this is frustrating. The noise of celebrity often drowns out the practical advice from true experts.
I write about weight loss for Examiner.com and my channel is frequently clogged with other writers’ celebrity stories about how some size 4 celeb is doing a cookie diet to get to a size 0 or how some actress or reality show star got her bikini body back one week after having a baby.
I don’t think that stuff is useful or motivating to any mere mortal.
I do write about celebrities on occasion but only when they’ve lost a meaningful amount of weight doing it the right way and are now at a healthy weight.
Gail, thanks for your input and sharing your integrity. ((hug)) It’s great to meet kindred spirits.