Perez Hilton’s brother-in-law shares new details — and what the future holds

It’s been three weeks since Perez Hilton shocked the Internet with an alarming livestream from his Miami-area home.

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There have been some updates about the gossip columnist (real name Mario Lavandeira Jr.) on his official website, ostensibly written by his sister Barbara Giarraffa. On Monday, Hilton’s brother-in-law sat down with Chris Booker, who continues to host “The Perez Hilton Podcast.”

During the roughly 20-minute interview, “Tom” — who did not provide his last name but is, as far as we know, still married to Giarraffa — reported that Hilton sustained extensive injuries during the Aug. 4 livestream.

Aside from losing blood while appearing to engage in self-harm, Hilton also suffered broken bones after taking a few falls that day, Tom revealed.

While the California man maintains that Hilton, who remains hospitalized, is “lucid,” he hesitated to discuss the event with him to help him recover from his physical ailments first and not “trigger” any anxiety.

”So, we are now just transitioning into the mental side of things,” Hilton’s brother-in-law said, adding that Hilton will be transferred to a different facility for ongoing psychiatric care.

Whatever caused the disturbing episode, which the businessman referred to as a “mental break,” remains unknown. “I don’t know if it will ever be.”

Ideally, the plan is for Hilton to reunite with his kids Mario, 13, Mia, 11, and Mayte, 8, “with the advice of psychiatric help.” The children, whose grandmother Teresita has temporary custody, have not been allowed to see their famous father yet.

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Interesting to note: Perez’s brother-in-law told Booker that Hilton had misgivings about relocating back home to Miami after so many years away.

“It seemed to me that he regretted the decision very quickly,” he said of the June cross-country move from Las Vegas. “I think from the little that he led on .. it seemed like there was a depression in that decision.”

He said he couldn’t comment on whether the Belen Jesuit grad, who battled sepsis in the spring, may have had complications from that near-death phenomenon that occurs when the body is fighting a severe infection.

“I can’t tell you how they actually even diagnose that,” he said.

According to the National Library of Medicine, sepsis-associated delirium is a “cerebral manifestation” thought in part to occur due to neuroinflammation and disturbances in blood flow.

If Hilton can heal, Booker asked the brother-in-law if he thinks he’ll be the same person he was before the livestream.

“He got into this because he loves celebrity gossip. That’s who he was. And he still very much has that love,” Tom said, adding they have had many “conversations” in the hospital. “I think that in his recovery, that’s going to have to be addressed with him, too.”

If you or someone you know is thinking about self-harm, call the toll-free National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255). It’s available 24/7.

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This story was originally published August 25, 2026 at 1:48 PM.