Perez Hilton self-harm incident: Sister details his depression and road to recovery

Barbara Lavandeira recalled finding her brother in a state of distress on Aug. 4 and said “we remain hopeful” as he recovers.

In her first public interview, Perez Hilton’s sister opened up about discovering her brother during his self-harm incident, revealed he had been grappling with depression and offered thoughts about his long road to recovery.

Barbara Lavandeira told the New York Post’s Page Six that Aug. 4 “will forever be one of the darkest days my family and I have ever experienced.”

That was the evening Hilton, who rose to fame in the early 2000s as a celebrity gossip blogger, appeared to engage in self-harm during a livestream.

Police responded to his Miami home, and Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, was hospitalized for treatment.

Lavandeira was staying with her brother at the time and noticed his bedroom door was closed and locked, which she said “wasn’t like him,” Lavandeira told the outlet.