Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton will be writing for a new website from this week, recruited to help promote the show Gossip Girl in the UK.

Hilton - real name Mario Lavandeira - will be writing a weekly column for ITV’s website after each episode of the New York party girl show.

Throwing in his trademark celebrity gossip of course.

The first column from the John Mayer make-out partner will go up April 9, along with Gossip Girl photos, interviews and recaps of the show.

Known for his harsh take on celebrity gossip and his crude altering of celebrity pics, Perez Hilton will hopefully be more forgiving to the Gossip Girl cast.

But the blogger has been working hard to raise his profile in recent months, most recently signing up for a regular slot on MTV’s music and gossip show TRL.

The self-proclaimed “Queen of All Media” has already had his own reality TV show on VH1 in the US, as well as regular talk show appearances.

He is also rumored to be in discussion about releasing a covers album.

We wish we were kidding. Perez, our offer still stands - we’ll debate you any time on politics, celebrity news or Gossip Girl. You name it.

Singer John Mayer did not address his alleged make-out session with celebrity news blogger Perez Hilton during an XM radio interview yesterday.

He did, however, bash Perez Hilton personally more than once.

He complained on the radio that the general public “are people who … couldn’t name me three songs off one record, but get onto a blog and go to the comments and say, ‘Well, he was with that dog so-and-so. He probably smells like butt.’ You know, people try to like do the Perez Hilton syntax, and it’s terrible.”

Umm… sure thing John!

Mayer also said that when Perez Hilton got his own VH1 reality show, What Perez Sez, “that was the moment when the Fourth Wall broke.”

John Mayer is hitting back against Perez Hilton and celebrity gossip in general … although he’s not denying that their alleged make-out session took place.

“I have never seen it, but that was the moment that the wall broke, and we realized that these people don’t really hate celebrities,” John Mayer said.

“They just want to be actually in there.”

NOTE: We’re starting to believe Perez more and more on this one.

Mayer said he expected more Hilton / celeb gossip copycats to emerge and get even nastier when it comes to critiquing news and celebrities’ every move:

“There are 14-year old kids who think “Ehh, good Perez Hilton, but not good enough: I must add to that…. (typing) … he’s actually a douchebag!’”

We have to give credit to Perez Hilton this time.

Steering clear of politics, the infamous blogger is sticking with what has made him a household name - spreading juicy celebrity gossip.

Perez’s accusation of the day: That John Mayer is “definitely” bisexual and that Hilton himself made out with the lame singer.

“He is definitely bi,” Hilton declared on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show, adding that Mayer is “struggling with his sexuality.”

Of their liplock at the New York City club Stereo last year, Hilton said:

“He kissed me, and I kissed him back. It was on the mouth. With tongue. I thought he was messing with me … Then he kept going and going.”

John Mayer is sexually confused and plays for both teams, according to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, who says he has personally made out with the singer.

Elaborating further, Perez Hilton claims that Jessica Simpson — John Mayer’s girlfriend at the time of the supposed hookup — didn’t mind.

“While John Mayer and I are making out, she is rubbing his crotch,” Hilton recalled to Seacrest, who seemed a bit thrown off by the discussion.

Mayer’s rep tells Us Weekly in response to Hilton’s story, “This is all so ridiculous,” while Simpson’s rep had no comment.

Hilton insisted, “It’s 100 percent true.”

Perez Hilton likes to slander Barack Obama by pointing out the political views of people the candidate knows, but who aren’t running for any office.

You can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep, the infamous celebrity gossip blogger states. The rotund one is right, but only to a point.

Political candidates in particular have thousands of donors and past associates. How can you be accountable for the actions and remarks of every single one?

Right, Perez? Or should we assume, by virtue of this picture of you and Sam Lutfi, that you are in favor of verbally abusing and drugging Britney Spears?

Perez Hilton keeps company with the likes of Sam Lutfi, among other seedy characters. But we don’t judge the celebrity gossip aficionado because of it.

There’s nothing wrong with endorsing a candidate, whether it’s Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain (as Heidi Montag just did), or any other.

But slinging mud, drudging up old issues and presenting biased views may cross the line. It’s one thing to draw penises on photos of attention-loving celebrities, and quite another to take such liberties bashing presidential candidates.

Of course, this isn’t the first time Perez Hilton has shown his penchant for biased, one-sided reporting; nor is it the first time The Hollywood Gossip has called him out over it, as his Wikipedia page even states.

Maybe the blue-haired blunder will respond and take The Hollywood Gossip up on our challenge to a debate on the candidates and issues this time!

We love politics at The Hollywood Gossip, but we tend to keep our posts geared towards Ashley Dupre, or George W. Bush and the Easter Bunny.

In other words, we try to keep opinions to ourselves and focus on humor or scandal. Other celebrity gossip sites, however, can’t help themselves.

A post on Perez Hilton today rips Democratic candidate Barack Obama over his connections to another controversial minister, Rev. James T. Meeks.

Perez details Rev. Meeks’ inflammatory comments on gays and race, yet declines to mention that Obama has condemned homophobia on many occasions, and even met with gay leaders in New York in the last 48 hours. Disgraceful indeed.

It’s a blatant and shameful attempt by Perez, a devout Hillary Clinton supporter, to slander Barack Obama, who he apparently thinks should be held accountable for the political views of every person he has ever associated with.

Noticeably absent from the article as well? Any connections Hillary might have to shady individuals. The former First Lady is a strong candidate for president, but there are more than a few skeletons (and ugly clothes) in that closet, no?

Perez Hilton needs to stick with what he’s good at (or at least best known for), rather than subjecting us to his political opinions - and making cheap attacks.

You could least try to give a more balanced portrait, Perez. We don’t judge you based on everything your BFF Spencer Pratt says or does. Think about it.

It’s one thing to scribble lame comments on celebrity pics. It’s another to back up your nonsensical, biased views. It’s time for Perez to put up or shut up!

Enough is enough. The Hollywood Gossip hereby challenges Perez Hilton to a fair debate on the candidates… anytime, anywhere.

Can we taunt the blue-haired one enough to make him accept? With your help, readers, Yes We Can! Follow the link to his article HERE, leave a comment on Perez’s site and tell him to respond to The Hollywood Gossip’s challenge!

Let’s see what this hack is made of.

Sometimes, the planets align and the worst people in the celebrity gossip world all congregate in one place. You never know when or where these moments will take place, but when they do, one cannot help but be in awe.

In this case, it’s an orange-haired, slimy, acne riddled Mario Lavendeira, a.k.a. Perez Hilton, partying at Area over the weekend with quasi-namesake Paris Hilton, Simon Rex, and none other than Osama (Sam) Lutfi.

Here’s a gross picture from the night’s festivities. Prepare to recoil in horror at the pure evil (and poor hygiene) of these seedy characters …

When Perez Hilton and Sam Lutfi get together, there’s no telling what the evil duo might be planning. All we know is Alli Sims is sad she’s not in this picture!

On a side note, also in attendance was Paris’ brother, Barron Hilton, 18, who was arrested for DUI yesterday morning, and has since been freed on bail.

Nothing captures the moment and meaning of the Sundance Film Festival like Perez Hilton and Audrina Patridge. Except, well, everything else.

Just the same, The Hills co-star and the venerable celebrity gossip blog owner showed up at the famed film event. And posed for this photo …

Despite being a member of Team Heidi, Perez cozies up to Audrina.

We don’t imagine roommate Lauren Conrad will be too pleased when she sees this picture. Especially if it later appears on Perez Hiltons’s website with Audrina Patridge’s face defiled by some really lame drawings.

Knowing who Brody Jenner hooked up with at Opera last night or what color baby Uggs Nicole Richie bought for her baby yesterday is oddly comforting.

Useless, yes, but surprisingly compelling.

If Hollywood were high school, then Perez Hilton, TMZ and YouTube would be like the 21st Century equivalent of the writing on the girls’ bathroom wall.

But this year was different, as those scribbles graduated to the front page of the school paper. Yes, these outlets of the tawdry, the titillating, and the tabloids have finally broken down the barrier and entered the “legitimate” news world.

In 2007, more than 2,000 news stories were sourced to TMZ. With attention spans dwindling and the appetite for celebrity gossip only growing, blogs like Perez Hilton’s are increasingly barking orders at the mainstream media.

Witness the attention placed on — to name just one of 2007’s top train wrecks — Paris Hilton’s summer jail term. Helicopters. Up-to-the-minute news alerts. A swarm of reporters. Larry King. In their desperate rush to keep up with all the bloggers like Perez — respectable news outlets flushed Ms. Hilton’s saga out of the tabloid brush and into the spotlight. It was, by all accounts, a huge story.

  Celebrity gossip is not a new phenomenon. But will our desire to know if Britney Spears ran a red light with Sean Preston and Jayden James in the car flame out?

Or might we suggest that the badly behaved celebrities clean themselves up for the sake of the ever-clicking cameras? Or, heaven forbid, stay inside and order delivery instead of driving drunkenly and wearing no underwear to Popeyes? No, no, no… a cleaner, gentler Hollywood wouldn’t be nearly as fun, would it?

Look, we’ll take back every insult ever uttered against Perez Hilton if he promises not to take the following photo any further.

We all know what happens when Ray J gets someone in bed - let alone a bed covered with rose petals! - so we fear for our eyeballs if Perez Hilton Superstar ever gets released. It would make the Jessica Sierra sex tape look like Sesame Street.

Ray J has done Kim Kardashian naked on video. Might, gulp, Perez Hilton be next?

It’s official. A judge has ruled that Perez Hilton may legally continue to desecrate the otherwise good name of celebrity gossip at his leisure.

Or something like that.

An L.A. County Superior Court judge just dismissed a $20 million lawsuit filed by DJ Samantha Ronson against Hilton over an article the rotund one ran in May.

The item suggested that Samantha Ronson supplied the cocaine that was found in Lindsay Lohan’s car during her infamous Memorial Day DUI crash.

The First Amendment (and Perez Hilton) soundly defeated a lowly DJ.

Perez Hilton, a.k.a. Mario Lavandeira, argued that Ronson’s lawsuit was an unfair attempt to stifle his right of free speech, and the judge agreed.

The judge also ordered Ronson to pay all of Perez’s legal fees. Oh snap.

Well, that’s that. No matter how you look at it, this is a truly a great day, and a great victory for celebrity news… more unfunny, doctored celebrity pics for all.