Say what you will about Perez Hilton (and we've said plenty), the man has become not only a very successful celebrity gossip blogger but a bona fide celebrity.

He's become so big a star that he's playing himself on TV shows ... ironically, in this case, the same show as his nemesis Lauren Conrad recently appeared on.

Here's Perez on Privileged, an underrated and thoroughly enjoyable new show on the CW network that remains both of those things even after his cameo...

Perez Hilton on Privileged