--- title: Evan Rachel Wood Slams Perez Hilton After Revealing Her Rape description: Westworld actress and sexual assault survivor Evan Rachel Wood called out gossip blogger Perez Hilton for calling her a “whore” in the past. canonical: https://time.com/4586255/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-30T17:19:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:59.696Z og:title: Evan Rachel Wood Slammed and Applauded Perez Hilton In One Powerful Tweet og:description: ‘I guess everyone is capable of change' og:url: https://time.com/4586255/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a9e7c8efe148624/6988b02297cdffc4e66aebcc/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Premiere Of HBO's "Westworld" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Evan Rachel Wood Slammed and Applauded Perez Hilton In One Powerful Tweet twitter:description: ‘I guess everyone is capable of change' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a9e7c8efe148624/6988b02297cdffc4e66aebcc/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Evan Rachel Wood Slammed and Applauded Perez Hilton In One Powerful Tweet > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Nov 30, 2016 5:19 PM UTC Just days after Evan Rachel Wood revealed she’s a survivor of [sexually assault](http://motto.time.com/4583780/evan-rachel-wood-westworld-sexual-assault/), the _Westworld_ actress called out celebrity gossip blogger [Perez Hilton](http://perezhilton.com/) for calling her a “whore” in the past. Hilton’s namesake website [positively covered](http://perezhilton.com/2016-11-29-evan-rachel-wood-social-media-rape) Wood’s comments to _Rolling Stone_ about her experiences with sexual assault, writing it “takes a lot of bravery to candidly chat about such different subjects and we couldn’t be prouder of Evan for giving this interview.” On Wednesday morning, Wood tweeted an old screenshot of Hilton’s past coverage, where he referred to her as “Evan Rachel Whore.” “I guess everyone is capable of change,” she tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/803985334740590592) In a string of subsequent tweets, Wood said that she forgave Hilton and made a larger point about why it’s important to have compassion for others. > [](https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/803992925164150784) > [](https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/803993175652188160) > [](https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/803993232950628352) > [](https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/803993306053169152) > [](https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/803993380699172864) Hilton responded later on Wednesday, apologizing for his past coverage of Wood and others. Hilton, who garnered controversy during the height of his popularity for bullying celebrities and attempting to out public figures, promised [to stop bullying on his site in 2010](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/10/perez-hilton-no-bullying.html) after [a number of LGBT teens committed suicide after being](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/10/gay-teen-suicide-it-gets-better-trevor-project.html) victims of bullying. > [](https://twitter.com/ThePerezHilton/status/803985925566971905) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4586255/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4586255/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet/"},"headline":"Evan Rachel Wood Slammed and Applauded Perez Hilton In One Powerful Tweet","datePublished":"2016-11-30T17:19:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:59.696Z","description":"‘I guess everyone is capable of change'","url":"https://time.com/4586255/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a9e7c8efe148624/6988b02297cdffc4e66aebcc/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a9e7c8efe148624/6988b02297cdffc4e66aebcc/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of HBO's \"Westworld\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of HBO's \"Westworld\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4586255/evan-rachel-wood-perez-hilton-tweet/","name":"Evan Rachel Wood Slammed and Applauded Perez Hilton In One Powerful Tweet"}}]}] ```