{"id":2226675,"date":"2026-01-08T05:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2226675"},"modified":"2026-01-08T05:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:16:43","slug":"l-a-mayors-rep-slams-spencer-pratt-after-reality-tv-villain-announces-mayoral-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/l-a-mayors-rep-slams-spencer-pratt-after-reality-tv-villain-announces-mayoral-run\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. mayor&#8217;s rep slams Spencer Pratt after reality TV &#8216;villain&#8217; announces mayoral run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is hitting back at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/spencer-pratt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spencer Pratt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Spencer Pratt<\/a> after the reality TV star \u2014 who has been an outspoken critic of City Hall since losing his home in last year&#8217;s devastating Palisades fire \u2014 announced that he&#8217;s running to take Bass&#8217; job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A campaign strategist for Bass, Douglas Herman, slammed Pratt&#8217;s new mayoral bid in a statement to <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> and insinuated that it&#8217;s nothing but a publicity stunt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s no shock that in advance of his imminent book release, a reality TV &#8216;villain&#8217; who once staged a fake divorce to boost ratings and spent the last summer spewing post-fire misinformation and disinformation to pump up his social media following, would now announce he&#8217;s running for Mayor,&#8221; Herman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EW has reached out to Pratt for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>JILL CONNELLY\/EPA\/Shutterstock <\/p>\n<p> Spencer Pratt at the &#8216;They Let Us Burn&#8217; event in Los Angeles<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pratt launched his campaign Wednesday at &#8220;They Let Us Burn,&#8221; an event held in the coastal Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, organized by residents who were impacted by last year&#8217;s devastating wildfire and are upset with the mayor&#8217;s response to the crisis it has fomented. Pratt and his wife, fellow <em>Hills<\/em> alum <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/heidi-montag\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Heidi Montag,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Heidi Montag,<\/a> lost their home in the Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 structures last January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This isn&#8217;t just a campaign, this is a mission,&#8221;\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VUTb1d6Show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pratt told the crowd;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pratt told the crowd<\/a>. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to expose the system. We&#8217;re going into every dark corner of L.A. politics and disinfecting the city with our light. And when we are done, L.A. is going to be camera-ready again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pratt has emerged as a relentless critic of both Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom, accusing them of incompetence and negligence in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@spencerpratt\/video\/7582088693662354743\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:flurry of videos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">flurry of videos<\/a> shared to his social media accounts since the fires. (EW has reached out to Newsom&#8217;s office for comment.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Montag and Pratt did indeed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/heidi-spencer-it-was-fake-were-unemployable-1c9380644\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fake a breakup;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fake a breakup<\/a> in 2011, as Bass&#8217; camp alleged. Pratt&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Guy-You-Loved-to-Hate\/Spencer-Pratt\/9781668211762\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:new memoir;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">new memoir<\/a>, <em>The Guy You Love to Hate: Confessions From a Reality TV Villain<\/em>, will be released Jan. 27 by Gallery Books. His recently launched <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mayorpratt.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:website for his mayoral campaign;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">website for his mayoral campaign<\/a> refers to him as a &#8220;Pacific Palisades resident and Karen Bass&#8217; worst nightmare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Los Angeles&#8217; next mayoral election will be held June 2, with a runoff slated for Nov. 3 if no candidate receives a majority of the vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/la-mayor-slams-spencer-pratt-mayoral-run-11881277\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is hitting back at Spencer Pratt after the reality TV star \u2014 who has been an outspoken critic of City Hall since losing his home in last year&#8217;s devastating Palisades fire \u2014 announced that he&#8217;s running to take Bass&#8217; job. 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