{"id":2326,"date":"2026-06-26T18:31:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:31:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:31:57","slug":"what-made-perez-hilton-move-home-to-miami-see-where-he-went-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2326","title":{"rendered":"What made Perez Hilton move home to Miami? 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Hilton\u2019s order: a pastelito, Materva yerba mate soda and \u201cthe real star of the show,\u201d a medianoche, roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard pressed in between two pieces of sweet egg toast.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYummm!\u201d he says at first bite. \u201cI have not had this in years! The bread is iconic. This is probably more Cuban than a Cuban sandwich I would actually say. That hits!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Hilton was not only thrilled about his meal but for pressing the reset button.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo new beginnings,\u201d the NYU said, then quoted lyrics from Gloria Estefan\u2019s 1995 song \u201cAbriendo Puertas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s open doors and close wounds in every sense,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>So why did Hilton make the life-changing decision to leave Las Vegas after a little over three years? The former Angeleno explained to his \u201cfram\u201d in a YouTube video last week that a higher power had something to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2323\">Looking for work? What interest rates and inflation mean for the Miami job market<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe holy spirit made these words come out of my mouth: \u2018Let\u2019s move to Miami,\u2019\u201d he recounted.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Beside religious reasons, Hilton said that raising his three children, conceived via surrogacy, in his hometown just felt right. A bunch of relatives live here, and the Belen Jesuit alum still keeps in touch with pals from high school.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A major health scare earlier this year also helped put things in perspective. In March, the so-called Queen of All Media revealed he\u2019d been hospitalized for 21 days battling sepsis that was triggered by a bout with the flu and a perforated stomach ulcer. A blood clot complication followed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly dying this year twice &#8230; you never think it\u2019s going to happen. It was just so hard,\u201d he told followers. \u201cThank you God for guiding me back to Florida where my family needs to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2321\">Planning a fall getaway? This airline is adding destinations from Fort Lauderdale<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>June 26, 2026 at 2:10 PM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton announced that he moved back home to Miami from Las Vegas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What made Perez Hilton move home to Miami? 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