Perez Hilton's sister Barbara Lavandeira has given an extended interview detailing her brother's mental health struggles in the weeks before a livestreamed self-harm incident, saying he had voluntarily checked into a hospital roughly two weeks earlier after telling family he felt 'empty, hopeless' and had taken leftover painkillers.
She said he was discharged after evaluation, seemed to improve, and resumed therapy days before the August 4th livestream. He remains hospitalized now, without phone or internet access, and Barbara says the physical and mental recovery from his facial and other cuts will take a long time.
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