Perez Hilton's upskirt photo of Miley Cyrus on his Twitter feed has cost him an advertiser: ABC has pulled ads for The View from the blogger's website, a show rep tells TV Guide.com.
A rotating banner ad promoting The View was pulled from PerezHilton.com on Wednesday.
"It's not a matter of whether you like [Perez Hilton] 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," an ABC source told MSNBC.
Early Monday morning, Hilton's feed included a link to an up-the-skirt shot of the 17-year-old singer exiting a convertible. Along with the photo link, Hilton wrote, "If you are easily offended, do NOT click here...Oh, Miley! Warning: truly not for the easily offended!"
Hilton has since denied Cyrus' private parts were visible in the shot, saying in a video statement, "Do you think I'm stupid enough to post a photo of Miley if she's not wearing any underwear down there? No! Sure I like to seem controversial, but I don't want to go to jail."
Because Cyrus is a minor, the photo could expose Hilton (real name: Mario Lavandeira) to child porn charges. As of Monday afternoon, no legal action had been taken against Hilton, Los Angeles police and prosecutors told TVGuide.com.
Calls and emails to prosecutors and several other companies whose ads appear on Hilton's site — including The New York Times, Starbucks, Capital One and Netflix — were not immediately returned Thursday.
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