'Hide your kids! Hide your wife!'

HE BECAME an Internet celebrity practically overnight for his impassioned on-camera interview defending his sister, and now Antoine Dodson is bringing his fists to Philadelphia.

You probably remember him from the "Bed Intruder Song," a YouTube video that went viral a few years ago after the musical group The Gregory Brothers got a hold of Dodson, auto-tuned his TV news interview and turned it into one of the catchiest jingles on the Internet, with more than 126 million views to date.

The song eventually reached No. 89 on Billboard's Hot 100 list, and Dodson told me yesterday that it's now reached platinum status in iTunes digital downloads.

"I can't walk to the store without people stopping and asking me for autographs," he said.

"A two-minute trip turns into a two-hour trip. But you can't turn down your fans!"

Dodson is casting a wide net to find a boxing opponent for a match in Philly slated for early summer.

Celebrity boxing recruiter Damon Feldman is pairing up with Dodson to find a proper fighter.

Qualifiers have to be between 160 and 250 pounds and be able to go half-minute rounds. No experience necessary. Winner gets $1,000, said Feldman (and an epic story to tell). Dodson actually got to fight his sister's bedroom intruder last year in a Los Angeles boxing ring, where he emerged the champion.

"It was built up for so long," Dodson told me. "We settled it in the ring," though Dodson said that his sister's assailant was never prosecuted.

"Boxing is therapeutic for me. I get to release stress . . . You may be bigger than me, but the bigger you are, the harder you fall."

The young man, now 28, was 23 at the time his sister was accosted in her Huntsville, Ala., housing project by an unknown male who she claims climbed into her bedroom window and attempted to rape her.

Dodson said that his dream boxing match would be between himself and Justin Beiber, who was training with Floyd Mayweather in November.

Those interested in boxing Dodson can reach Feldman at celebrityfightz@gmail.com.

Jerry Blavat, a/k/a "The Geator with the Heater," told me that he spent yesterday afternoon with Congressman Bob Brady and a slew of notable people celebrating the top-ranking Democrat's 70th birthday.

Among the celebrants were real-estate mogul Rob Rubin; philanthropist and Interstate General Media owner H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest; Dilworth Paxton chairman Joseph Jacovini; Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen; law firm giant Stephen A. Cozen; and others.

The afternoon shindig was held at The Prime Rib (1701 Locust St.), complete with a birthday presentation by the Mummers.

A top advisor to former Gov. Ed Rendell has welcomed a new member to his family.

Political consultant Charles Breslin and wife, Nina, took home Nikita Lewis on Tuesday.

Nikita's middle name is a tribute to the late Lewis Katz, who once owned a part of the People Paper.

The Breslins run the Rittenhouse Consulting Group, which advises governors and corporations internationally, including our ex-guv.

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