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Perez Hilton may not be in legal trouble yet for tweeting a racy photo of Miley Cyrus, but some advertisers are starting to pull their ads from his site.
By The Scoop
TODAY.com
updated 6/16/2010 8:38:46 PM ET 2010-06-17T00:38:46

Perez Hilton, aka Mario Lavandeira, might not yet be facing legal action after tweeting a provocative picture of teen star Miley Cyrus, but he is facing repercussions from advertisers. A rep for ABC Daytime confirms that a rotating banner ad promoting “The View” was pulled from the celebrity blogger’s website, PerezHilton.com.

At press time, earlier reports that MTV pulled ads for TV Land were confirmed to be untrue, but one well-placed source within ABC said that it’s not out of the realm of possibility that more advertisers could follow ABC’s lead.

“It’s not a matter of whether you like (Lavandeira) or not, it has to do with the morality of the issue. Miley is a minor, period. There are ethics involved in running an ad on a site that potentially violated the rights of a minor, and that is what the conversation is about at the network level,” said the source.

Lavandeira did not respond to requests for comment.

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    >> thank you.

    >>> celebrity gossip blogger perez hilton could get in a lot of trouble for posting a pretty risque paparazzi picture of young miley cyrus . let's get our scoop from editor goes the popweek.com and i say young miley cyrus because her age comes into play when you think about these pictures.

    >> that is right.

    >> by her music you know that miley cyrus cannot be blamed or tamed but perhaps perez hilton could be -- it looks like she's not wearing underwear and you can see her lady stuff down there. basically some are saying his opponents and he has many opponents and some say this amounts to child pornography . he should be convicted.

    >> did he pose the uncensored picture of this girl.

    >> but he has since posted a fake picture of him wearing a fake fur and she said she was, in fact, she was wearing underwear. she is not a moron and, also, do you think i'm stupid to post a photo of miley if she's not wearing underwear down there.

    >> what does miley and her people and parents saying?

    >> i don't have a statement from them but, basically, he has a lot of opponents and they're all saying he should be put into jail for this. he has gotten into trouble before of posting a picture of demi moore 's daughter that was inappropriate.

    >> big report from " us weekly " saying that bristol palin and levi johnston are hooking back up. that's according to " us weekly ."

    >> they're getting back together for only a cordial way for the sake of their child. they had a kid together.

    >> didn't the report say he was sleeping over.

    >> johnston's manager says the two are spending more time together but they're not getting back together as a couple and they think it's for the best of their son, tripp. it will be a cold day before you see that happen .

    >> tiger woods --

    >> he has something to say about the status of his relationship and it's none of your business. tiger woods spoke to reporters and during the 30 minutes of questioning one reporter asked him about his marriage to elin and he responded none of your business. he is practicing for the u.s. open in pebble beach and practice continues today and competition starts tomorrow.

    >> all of his business is out there, i don't know how he can say it's none -- i mean, everything about this is out there.

    >> i don't think it will stop any time soon.

    >> running down the list for the latest entertainment news logon to scoop.todayshow.com.

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