Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., better known as blogger Perez Hilton, recently became a father. He has toned down the nastiness on his blog and seeks “good energy” for his baby boy, Mario Armando Lavandeira III. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
There is a new calmness about Hilton. “I can still be sassy and fun and do my job,” he said. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
When Hilton announced the arrival of his son on his website, he became the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter. “Maybe people care about me a little?” he said. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
The blogger and his mother, Teresita Lavandeira, pose with little Mario Armando Lavandeira III. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Raised Catholic, Hilton will forgo a traditional christening and instead host a blessing ceremony for the baby. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
“I’ll have everybody write down little positive thoughts and intentions and well wishes and keep them all in a box of good energy in his room,” he said. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Hilton’s original site, which remains his bread and butter, is one of the most visited on the Internet. But “I don’t have to give people nasty nicknames anymore,” the 34-year-old blogger said. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Mario Armando Lavandeira III entered the world at a healthy 5 pounds, 9 ounces. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Though Hilton never hid his desire to have children, only his mother, sister, lawyer and business manager knew that he’d found an egg donor and a surrogate last year to carry his biological child. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Hilton said he doesn’t know the name of the egg donor, and he won’t divulge the name or location of the surrogate. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
After taking a flight to be there for the birth of his son and then going to the wrong hospital, Hilton was afraid he would miss it. But “he waited for Daddy,” Hilton said. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Hilton said he always knew he would have a child by his 35th birthday, which is Saturday, and he has always been prepared to go it alone. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
“I knew it was going to happen this way because boyfriends and husbands may come and go, but kids are forever,” Hilton said. “I didn’t want to keep waiting.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
