Perez Hilton undergoes emergency surgery after he nearly died

Perez Hilton faced a fresh health crisis this week as he underwent emergency surgery - just days after nearly dying in hospital from sepsis.

The celebrity blogger, 48, who previously revealed he 'saw God' during his 21-day hospital stay, revealed he had to go under the knife after doctors discovered a dangerous blood clot in his leg. 

Taking to Instagram from his hospital bed, Hilton said: 'We caught this early. I went to the surgeon today - really good timing -  and last night I started having real soreness and pain in one of my legs. 

'This morning, it was way worse. I couldn’t even walk I had to use my walker.'

After an ultrasound, it was revealed Hilton had a deep vein thrombosis, with the star adding: 'I am so thankful to God that we caught this early because if that blood clot had gone to my lungs or my heart, it could have been real bad.'

Hilton made it successfully through his surgery, and posted an update declaring 'God is so good.' 

'The thrombectomy surgery this morning was quick and painless. I was asleep for it all. And I feel so much better already!' he said.

'The surgical assistants showed me what they extracted and it was SO MUCH! I had a totally occluded blood clot from my groin going all the way down to just below my calf! Ginormous!! Excited to go home tomorrow without any pain! I couldn’t even walk yesterday! I needed my walker to hop and limp around. Bed rest for today.'

Hilton had shared his past health crisis on social media, saying: 'My stupidity landed me in the hospital for 21 days. It was the worst and best thing that’s ever happened to me.'

He was taken to the hospital after an ulcer left him unable to walk.

The star said he had the flu for a week and took his medication, but did not take the medication with food. 'Because I have been taking all of this medication without food for a week, I developed an ulcer then a perforation and then Sepsis. People die of Sepsis.'

He also said he had intense stomach pain then could not walk causing him to have to be taken to the emergency room by ambulance.

Hilton notably launched his celebrity gossip blog back in 2004 which was originally called PageSixSixSix.com. Shortly after, he changed the name to PerezHilton.com. 

He has also befriended a number of Hollywood celebrities. 

Back in 2021, Hilton admitted that he 'regrets' the way he covered Britney Spears' breakdown in 2007. 

He had garnered furious criticism for 'bullying' the Baby One More Time hitmaker - after he previously called her an 'unfit mother.' 

He also released a shirt design on his website in 2008 which questioned why the pop star didn't die instead of Heath Ledger. 

The shirt had an image of Ledger from his role in Brokeback Mountain as well as the words: 'Why couldn't it have been Britney?' 

'I regret a lot or most of what I said about Britney as I'm sure Piers [Morgan] would if he were here about things he's said in the past,' Hilton said during an interview on Good Morning Britain. 

The media personality added that he has grown over the years and expressed, 'Thankfully, hopefully, many of us get older and wiser.' 

Hilton is still active about sharing celebrity news and gossip, but also puts focus into raising his three children. 

He is dad to Mario, 13, Mia, 10, and Mayte, eight - whom he welcomed via surrogate.

'All kids are mine genetically. Each was born thanks to the generosity of a different surrogate, using eggs from the same anonymous donor,' he wrote in an essay for the HuffPost in 2017. 

The star later added, 'While I don't rule out adoption in the future, for me it was important to have kids with my DNA. 

'My dad passed away when I was 15 and having my children is a way of him living on through them - literally. My family is definitely unconventional and that's awesome!'