Paris Hilton Caught Making Homophobic Comments, claims Most Gay Men 'Probably Have AIDS'
Paris Hilton is facing major backlash after a recording of homophobic comments she made while talking to a male friend regarding "most" gay men who frequent Grindr (an all-male location-based social network) surfaced.
According to Radaronline, the conversation was recorded by a taxi driver on Sept. 7, in New York, while the socialite made the Fashion Week rounds.
"Say I log into Grindr, someone that's on Grindr can be in that building and it tells you all the locations of where they are and you can be like, 'Yo, you wanna f**k?' and he might be on like, the sixth floor," the pal said.
To which Hilton replied "Gay guys are the horniest people in the world. They're disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS."
Tacking on, "I would be so scared if I was a gay guy...you'll, like, die of AIDS."
"I couldn't believe what was coming out of Paris' mouth and the way she was talking about gay men," the driver told Radaronline.
Immediately following the tape's release, Hilton's publicist issued a statement defending her derogatory comments. "Paris Hilton's comments were to express that it is dangerous for anyone to have unprotected sex that could lead to a life threatening disease," the rep announced. "The conversation became heated, after a close gay friend told her in a cab ride, a story about a gay man who has AIDS and is knowingly having unprotected sex. He also discussed a website that encourages random sex by gay men with strangers. As she was being shown the website her comments were in reference to those people promoting themselves on the site. The cab driver who recorded this, only provided a portion of the conversation. It was not her intent to make any derogatory comments about all gays. Paris Hilton is a huge supporter of the gay community and would never purposefully make any negative statements about anyone's sexual orientation."