GLAAD to Paris Hilton: "Explain yourself"

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) has called on Paris Hilton to explain and apologize to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and African American communities for her use of anti-gay and racial slurs in a video that began circulating on the Web last week.

The video, which appears to have been taken by an amateur videographer at a private party, shows Hilton referring to someone using the “F-word� and referring to herself and her sister, Nicky (who also calls a man the “F-word� in the video), by saying, “We’re like two [N-word]s.� In one stream of insults, Paris Hilton says,� [Expletive deleted] hoodlum, broke poor bitch from, like, Compton.�

The date of the video is unknown. Access Hollywood reports that it “appears to be several years old,� while ITV reports that the “video was filmed at a recent party.�

“When Paris Hilton utters these words into a camera, it creates a permanent record that — regardless of when it occurred and because it has been made public — she must bear responsibility for,� said GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano. “These are not frivolous words, and to use them as if they are gives tacit sanction to the racism and homophobia they engender. Hilton has an obligation to go on the record, explain herself, and publicly apologize to the LGBT and African American communities and all those offended by these slurs.�