‘She became a big star and didn’t need me as much’: Perez Hilton reveals the truth about his friendship with Kim Kardashian on I’m a Celebrity
Perez Hilton famously fell out of favour with Kim Kardashian, but now the gossip guru says they are pals again.
Speaking on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Australia on Thursday night, the 41-year-old said they are still friendly.
Speaking to his campmates, the American columnist said of the 39-year-old reality titan: ‘We’re friends. Well, good acquaintances’.
On Thursday’s episode of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! Australia, Perez Hilton (right) revealed he’s mended friendship with Kim Kardashian (left). Pictured in 2008
He went on: ‘At the beginning of her career, she needed me more. Then she became this super big star and didn’t need me as much.’
Despite being somewhat edged out of Kim’s life, Perez says he actually finds it ‘flattering’ that she’s become so successful.
The former blogger explained: ‘But I think it’s flattering. I love it when my friends become superstars.’
Perez said: ‘We’re friends. Well, good acquaintances. At the beginning of her career, she needed me more. Then she became this super big star and didn’t need me as much’
He explained: ‘I think it’s flattering. I love it when my friends become superstars. Then it becomes really difficult to maintain a friendship because they’re a superstar’. Pictured 2012
‘Then it becomes really difficult to maintain a friendship because they’re a superstar,’ he conceded.
He also revealed that he attended one of Kim’s weddings back when they were still close.
However Perez, real name Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., reveals he had to surrender his phone for the nuptials – which irritated him.
Photo ban! ‘It’s annoying now when you go to one of these celebrity weddings and they make you take your phone and check it in because they don’t want anybody leaking photos!’ he said
‘It’s annoying now when you go to one of these celebrity weddings and they make you take your phone and check it in because they don’t want anybody leaking photos!’ he said.
Before she was a reality TV sensation, Perez and Kim were close, however they fell out in 2015 when Perez banned the Kardashian family from his website for a week.
Kim is said to have cut Perez’s character from her role-playing game app, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood as a result, as well as unfollowing Perez on social media.
Ouch! Perez and Kim fell out in 2015 when Perez banned the Kardashian family from his website for a week. Kim is said to have cut Perez’s character from her app and unfollowed him on social media as a result