Celebrity blogger <b>Perez Hilton</b> is sorry today for calling Miss California a "dumb bitch."</p><p>But he was REALLY ticked off last night when, on live TV, <i>to his face</i>, Miss California, <b>Carrie Prejean</b>, said that marriage should be between a man and a woman.</p><p>Prejean said today that she believes her answer to Hilton's question cost her the crown. She finished second behind Miss North Carolina.</p><p>Did Prejean not recognize her questioner, the self-described "Queen of All Media" or something?</p><p>From one queen to another, here's how it went down:</p><p>Hilton: "Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?"</p><p>Prejean: "I think it's great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land that you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage and, you know what, in my country and my family I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anyone out there but that's how I was raised and that's how I think it should be between a man and a woman."</p><p>Perez was so steamed that as soon as the pageant was over - Miss California lost, by the way - he went off on her on a video blog. </p><p>"She gave the worst answer in pageant history," he fumed. "She got booed. I think that was the first time in Miss USA EVER that a contestant has been booed.</p><p>"She lost not because she doesn't believe in gay marriage. Miss California lost because she's a dumb bitch."</p><p>But apparently Perez has slept on it, because now he's saying he'd love to take Miss California out for coffee and "talk."</p><p>Oh to be a fly on <i>that</i> wall.</p><p>Prejean spoke to "Access Hollywood" today about all the drama and stuck to her guns.</p><p>“I feel like I won. I feel like I’m the winner. I really do,” she said, noting that today she had 1,000 messages on Facebook and 2,000 friend requests.</p><p>She added that her answer "did cost me my crown. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I said what I feel. I stated an opinion that was true to myself and that’s all I can do.</p><p>"It is a very touchy subject and he [Perez] is a homosexual and I see where he was coming from and I see the audience would’ve wanted me to be more politically correct. But I was raised in a way that you can never compromise your beliefs and your opinions for anything."</p><p>And who knew? She's apparently been in an on/off relationship with <b>Michael Phelps</b>?</p><p>“He is a great man,” she told the TV show. "We can talk about that a different day.”</p><p>| Lisa Gutierrez</p><p><b>Behold the YouTube videos:</b></p><p><object width="305" height="224"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8XMvviFbkf0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8XMvviFbkf0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="305" height="224"></embed></object></p><p><object width="305" height="224"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KzR7oHvGKA8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KzR7oHvGKA8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="305" height="224"></embed></object>