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Busting bad dish!

Perez Hilton duped big-time by Van Morrison baby hoax

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HOAX!

(PerezHilton.com)

(PerezHilton.com)

Perez Hilton declared just the other day that “Van Morrison and his wife GiGi  welcomed son George Ivan Morrison III into the world yesterday!”

He went on to report that the 64-year-old rocker’s child “is said to be ‘the spitting image of his daddy,’” and sent, “Congratulations to the old man and his wife!”

Because Perez NEVER fact-checks, he fell for this hoax, perpetrated by a hacker on the singer’s website.

Van Morrison’s rep issued a statement on the singer’s behalf, stating: “The comments… did not come from [Morrison]. They are completely and utterly without foundation.”

And Morrison claimed he had never even heard of “GiGi.”

“For the avoidance of all doubt and in the interests of clarity, I am very happily married to Michelle Morrison with whom I have two wonderful children,” he said.

Hopefully, Perez and others like him, who got this story wrong, will have a better 2010!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dawn-Marie/726402393 Dawn Marie

    I don’t like Perez but I don’t get why he is being singled out here. The Irish Times posted this baby story as well.

  • bombshell323

    If you are such a fan, why don’t you go haunt his website???
    He is ALWAYS wrong, and so is his sister.

  • alwaysangels

    GossipCop does not single out Perez, they have called out other tabloids that have gotten stories wrong. Take the time to read a few pages and you’ll see. Perez is an ignorant pig.

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