{"id":233253,"date":"2026-04-07T22:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/perez-hilton-confirms-hes-walking-again-after-emergency-surgery-i-will-get-stronger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:38:37","slug":"perez-hilton-confirms-hes-walking-again-after-emergency-surgery-i-will-get-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/perez-hilton-confirms-hes-walking-again-after-emergency-surgery-i-will-get-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"Perez Hilton Confirms He\u2019s Walking Again After Emergency Surgery: \u2018I Will Get Stronger\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/perez-hilton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Perez Hilton<\/strong><\/a> is back on his feet and \u201cslowly\u201d recovering following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-was-perez-hilton-hospitalized-health-scares-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21-day hospital stay and recent emergency surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter my 21 day hospitalization with severe sepsis, just a few days ago I had to be admitted again with a deep vein thrombosis on my right leg,\u201d Hilton, 48, explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW1dM8Cj4dO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Instagram<\/a> on Tuesday, April 7. (A deep vein thrombosis, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/deep-vein-thrombosis\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20352557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayo Clinic<\/a>, is a serious condition in which a blood clot forms in the deep vein of the lower leg or thigh.)<\/p>\n<p>The so-called \u201coriginal influencer\u201d revealed that on Friday, April 3, his cardiovascular surgeon \u201cremoved the most MASSIVE, fully occluded blood clot \u2014 it went from my groin to just below my calf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the thrombectomy, Hilton recalled his doctor visiting him while in recovery and asking him to walk because he was \u201cworried about blood coagulating and us finding ourselves with the same problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/perez-hilton-breaks-down-in-tears-after-hospital-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/perez-hilton-breaks-down-in-tears-after-hospital-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Perez Hilton Breaks Down in Tears After Hospital Release: &#8216;A Lot of Pain&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPerez Hilton couldn\u2019t help but get emotional as he shared a health update following his recent hospitalization. \u201cI\u2019ve been crying a lot lately. I obviously am still processing everything that happened, but these tears are good,\u201d Hilton, 48, shared via an Instagram video on Monday, April 6. \u201cI nearly died. I was in the hospital [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo I walked, and it was the most excruciating pain of my life,\u201d Hilton confessed. \u201cI was discharged Saturday and had to cancel the beautiful Easter Sunday I had planned, because I was hurting that badly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite canceling his Sunday, April 5, festivities, Hilton told his followers he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/perez-hilton-breaks-down-in-tears-after-hospital-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finally feeling better<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank GOD that I can finally walk again \u2014 slowly. And, though the pain is still very pronounced, I can tolerate it \u2014 and do this all without meds,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAmen!! Every day will get easier and I will get stronger!!! And so it shall be!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilton\u2019s road to recovery has been a long and scary ordeal, starting in March when he was hospitalized following a bout with the flu. Hilton explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/perez-hilton-breaks-down-21-day-hospital-stay-with-sepsis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a March 23 Instagram video<\/a> that after not taking any of his flu medication with food he developed an ulcer, a perforation and sepsis \u2014 a serious infection that can result in organ failure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-was-perez-hilton-hospitalized-health-scares-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perez-hilton-health-scare-explained.jpg?crop=0px%2C555px%2C1200px%2C678px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Perez Hilton Health Scare Explained How the Blogger Survived Sepsis, Blood Clots and More\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perez-hilton-health-scare-explained.jpg?quality=78&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-was-perez-hilton-hospitalized-health-scares-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Why Was Perez Hilton Hospitalized? Health Scares and Surgery Explained<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tPerez Hilton can\u2019t hide his gratitude for his health after surviving several scares in 2026. Instead of gossiping about celebrity news, the self-proclaimed \u201coriginal influencer\u201d has spent the early part of the year documenting the ups and downs of his health as he received medical care near Las Vegas. \u201cMarch madness indeed!\u201d Hilton wrote via [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe day before I was hospitalized, I was in so much stomach pain. I was like, \u2018This is weird, but it will go away.\u2019 The next morning, I couldn\u2019t walk,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Five days into his 21-day stay at the hospital, Hilton revealed he underwent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/perez-hilton-posts-dramatic-hospital-pics-amid-health-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">laparoscopic surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A] surgery where they don\u2019t cut you up, but they miraculously make these incisions \u2026 to literally flip around all of my organs,\u201d he explained. \u201cTrying to find the perforation first, then after flipping around all of my organs, washing me out \u2018cause I had so much infection in there. So much infection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilton said his body \u201ckept falling apart\u201d while he was in the hospital, noting that his lungs had to be drained and he had \u201canother major procedure\u201d to try and get the infection out of his system.<\/p>\n<p>After overcoming sepsis and being discharged from the hospital, Hilton told his followers on Thursday, April 2, that he was rushed back to the emergency room when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/perez-hilton-needs-emergency-surgery-for-blood-clot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experienced soreness and pain<\/a> in one of his legs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI have to have emergency surgery,\u201d he shared via Instagram at the time, noting that an ultrasound confirmed he had a blood clot. \u201cIf that blood clot had gone to my lungs or my heart, it could have been real bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Hilton said the doctors caught it early and he was hopeful he would be back to himself soon.<\/p>\n<p>He shared a video of himself walking at home with a walker on Tuesday, to confirm he is in fact feeling better. \u201cI can finally walk again!!!\u201d he captioned the video, which concluded with Hilton clapping for the camera.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-body\/news\/perez-hilton-is-walking-again-after-emergency-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perez Hilton is back on his feet and \u201cslowly\u201d recovering following a 21-day hospital stay and recent emergency surgery. \u201cAfter my 21 day hospitalization with severe sepsis, just a few days ago I had to be admitted again with a deep vein thrombosis on my right leg,\u201d Hilton, 48, explained via Instagram on Tuesday, April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-233253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}