Perez Hilton reveals medical emergency that landed him in the hospital for 21 days: ‘My body kept falling apart’

Perez Hilton revealed that taking flu medication on an empty stomach landed him in the hospital for 21 days.

“My stupidity landed me in the hospital for 21 days. It was the worst and best thing that’s ever happened to me,” he prefaced in a YouTube video Monday, where he described the “crazy saga.”

“Before I was hospitalized I had the flu. I had the flu for about a week, he explained insisting that he is “not a partier” or someone that “abuses things.”

Perez Hilton revealed that taking flu medication on an empty stomach landed him in the hospital for 21 days. Perez Hilton/YouTube

The gossip blogger detailed the “crazy saga” in a YouTube video Monday (seen above). Perez Hilton/YouTube

“I took the medication for the flu for a week. However — a big but — I didn’t take any of my medication with food. I never have and you’re supposed to take all of this medication with food.”

Because of this, the gossip blogger, 47, “developed an ulcer and then a perforation and then sepsis.”

“People die of sepsis,” he tearfully continued. “The day before I was hospitalized, I was in so much stomach pain. I was like ‘This is weird, but it’ll go away.’”

But by the next morning Hilton — born Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. — “couldn’t walk” and had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital.

After taking flu medication for a week without eating food, Hilton (pictured in the hospital last week) “developed an ulcer and then a perforation and then sepsis.” theperezhilton/instagram

“I ended up being there for 21 days. I felt like I knew everybody by the time I left,” he quipped. theperezhilton/instagram

“I ended up being there for 21 days. I felt like I knew everybody by the time I left,” he said.

“The first few days were a lot of pain and constant tests, X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds, because they couldn’t find where the perforation was. So that was scary.”

After five days, he had laparoscopic surgery to “flip around all of [his] organs” trying to find the perforation, followed by another major procedure because his organs were still infected.

“They inserted I don’t know what inside of me and drained a ton more infection out of me and then the sepsis just kept working and my body kept falling apart. My heart got out of control, they had to put me on heart medications. And then, I developed another infection in the hospital.”

During his hospital stay, Hilton underwent several major procedures because his organs were infected. theperezhilton/instagram

He was also only able to eat through a feeding tube. theperezhilton/instagram

Hilton said that over the two weeks in the hospital he could only eat through a feeding tube.

“Isn’t that crazy? ‘Cause I love food,” he joked. “Everything was through IV.”

Once he was able to start eating regularly again, it was a “whole other process” because it can be “hard on the body” as well as “humiliating” because he was having “a lot of accidents.”

Even out of the hospital, Hilton explained that he is “not 100 percent,” showing a pick line into his arm. theperezhilton/instagram

The journalist is going to use the health scare as a learning lesson and promised to slow down his lifestyle. theperezhilton/instagram

“I felt so humiliated and sad and bad to have to keep calling [the nurse] because I kept having accidents in the bed. But she was so kind and patient,” he praised. “It was just such a slow process. Two weeks of just sickness and then another week of getting better before I was released.”

“Now that I am home, I am not 100 percent,” he noted, showing a pick line into his arm. “It’s like a scary IV with two lines, and one goes to my heart.”

Hilton also shared that he is using this health scare as a learning lesson and is going to slow down his lifestyle and be more present with his three children.

The media personality revealed he was hospitalized over the weekend with a concerning Instagram carousel (one photo seen above). theperezhilton/instagram

At the time, he told his followers that he would “soon” explain what was wrong. theperezhilton/instagram

“I’m going to have dinner with my kids and my mom every night from now on,” he pledged, before thanking his entire family for supporting him through this difficult time.

On Saturday, the media personality took to Instagram to share videos and photos of himself wearing an oxygen mask while in a hospital bed at Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas.

Despite the concerning uploads, he made sure to note he “received the best care” from the medical staff and told his followers that he would “soon” explain what was wrong.