Perez Hilton's family speaks out after he appears to harm himself on livestream

Many online questioned how long the blogger’s broadcast remained up on the app and shared mental health resourcesSocial media users have criticized TikTok after the celebrity blogger Perez Hilton livestreamed himself self-harming on the platform, prompting many to question how long the broadcast remained live and others to share mental health resources and encourage those in need to seek help.On Tuesday night, Hilton, 48, livestreamed himself engaging in self-harm as viewers pleaded for him to stop. Shortly after, local authorities responded to his home in Miami, Florida, where he was transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. Perez Hilton's team and family took to his website to issue a statement after the blogger was hospitalized after he appeared to be harming himself during a TikTok livestream on Tuesday.

"Many of you have reached out with concern for Perez, and we are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming outpouring of love, support, and prayers," [...] The livestream appeared to show the celebrity blogger harming himself with a knife.