The openly gay gossip blogger apologized Thursday for unleashing the word during a nightclub altercation Monday with Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am that resulted in the band's tour manager being charged with assault for allegedly punching Hilton. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation had been pressing Hilton to apologize.

The blogger sued the Peas' tour manager on Wednesday in Los Angeles for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.