Spencer Pratt is setting his sights on becoming the next mayor of Los Angeles.
No…seriously.
The former star of The Hills officially kicked off his campaign this week, confirming on social media that he had filed the required candidate paperwork and launched his campaign website.
Spencer went on to address a crowd on Wednesday at a “They Let Us Burn!” protest held in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where he blamed California leadership for the devastating L.A. fires that caused many families– including Spencer and wife Heidi Montag– to lose their homes and businesses one year ago.
Spencer claimed that he “waited a whole year” for someone to challenge current L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, but “saw no fighters” and decided he’d have to do it himself. He went on to slam California Gov. Gavin Newsom during Wednesday’s protest for allegedly allowing brush to “grow wild in Topanga State Park for 50 years with no prescribed burns and no wildfire maintenance.”
He also accused the Governor and the state of California of creating “an insurance market so hostile that every major carrier stopped writing policies and dropped our families and our neighbors just before the sparks flew here in the Palisades.”
“The system in Los Angeles isn’t struggling, it’s fundamentally broken,” he told the crowd, as reported by People. “It is a machine designed to protect the people at the top and the friends they exchange favors with while the rest of us drown in toxic smoke and ash.
“Business as usual is a death sentence for Los Angeles, and I’m done waiting for someone to take real action,” he continued. “That’s why I am running for mayor.”
Spencer assured those in attendance that his run for mayor “isn’t just a campaign,” it’s “a mission and we’re gonna expose the system.”
“We’re going into every dark corner of L.A. politics and disinfecting the city with our life and when we are done, L.A. is going to be camera-ready again,” he claimed.
Months before announcing his mayoral candidacy, Spencer paid a visit to Capitol Hill where he joined Republican lawmakers in bringing awareness to a congressional investigation into the response to the Palisades fire, according to People. Spencer noted at the time that he believed the investigation would be “powerful” for the entire country, as “there shouldn’t be disasters that are preventable.”
As you may remember, days after losing his home in January 2025, Spencer took to social media to defend his decision to accept monetary donations from fans, which had been made through a GoFundMe that was started by a friend of his and Heidi’s. After calling out the “trolls” who questioned the former reality TV couple’s financial situation, Spencer assured fans that he and Heidi wouldn’t be asking for or accepting help if they didn’t genuinely need it.
“ … I promise you, if I was rich, I would not be on TikTok Live asking you for gifts and Amazon Wish Lists and promoting a GoFundMe, let’s be clear here,” he stated, later noting in a message posted to his GoFundMe page that he and Heidi had watched “all of the hard work of the last 15 years go up in flames.”
“ … For the people that are like, ‘Insurance will cover it,’ obviously you don’t know what you’re talking about,” he wrote. “I know everyone is like, ‘At least you have your family.’ Yes, I know, but we are starting at zero now. All of our family memories are just that now. No physical connection to any of our family’s life journey together.”
In the weeks that followed, Spencer endlessly promoted Heidi’s music– specifically her 2010 album Superficial– on multiple social media platforms and encouraged (and in a few cases, even threatened) friends and fans to stream his wife’s pop tunes as a way to help them earn money to rebuild what was lost in the wildfire.
After Heidi’s former BFF/Spencer’s nemesis Lauren Conrad opted not to publicly support the couple’s efforts to get Heidi’s music to the top of the music charts, Heidi responded by releasing a diss track aimed at the former Laguna Beach star titled, “Forgive & Forget,” which Spencer promoted by filming himself jamming out to the tune while sporting some very Lauren-esque makeup.
On Thursday, Spencer hit X to address rumors circulating about him and his political party.
“I’ve been in the public eye most of my life and there isn’t any dirt you can find on me that hasn’t already been aired,” he wrote. “Seems like the only thing people don’t know is my voter registration, so here go: I registered Republican in 2020 and never changed it. And I wasn’t going to change it now just to check a different box. This is a non-partisan race – there will be no D or R next to my name. As Mayor, I will not serve either party. I will work with anyone who wants to help the City. No labels necessary.”
(Photos: MTV; Instagram; GoFundMe; TikTok)
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“They let us burn”?? This guy is so blind to his privilege, like this ain’t Katrina! You can rebuild, lame ass. This maga look is fitting for him, he’s always been batshit and deep into conspiracy theories/crystals 🙄
Im not a Spencer fan. However, I dont disagree that stuff was handled wrong in regards to the LA fires.
For that reason, if Spencer wants to run, I dont think he would ever be a lobbyist. And that I do support. He isnt bought and actually seems to GAF. Im not in LA so my opinion doesn’t really matter.
Well I’m in LA. And i can tell you he sucks, as a person and as a candidate. You dont think he’d become a lobbyist? He’ll do anything for money lol. He talked about a then 17 year old Lauren Conrad’s vaguely for money ffs! Catch up
Vagina, not vaguely lol. And he has no plans, all he does is talk about “uncovering corruption” = very open to lobbying
He is walking lazy mommy daddy basement grift.
This dude has never held a job, that I can recall. I don’t think he will win and even if he does, working will exhaust him. All he currently does is play with crystals and eat pot pies.
I think Spencer is a horrible person (similar to Jax) but he’s entertaining. When they did the reboot of The Hills, he was the only entertainment that show had to offer. I don’t like him but he does crack me up.
What I’d expect of him as mayor would be hilarity and MASSIVE grifting. But I don’t think he’d have any chance of being elected because I think everyone knows he has no moral compass.
SPENCER FOR MAYOR
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. At the end of the day, Spencer is an unqualified, unhinged grifter. If LA fires were the only important thing in LA maybe it would make sense to consider it, but hindsight experts aren’t born leaders. It’s always easy to have all the right answers after the fact. How would this reality tv star do in the heat of the moment (no pun intended)?
I wouldn’t personally sign up to find out. The world needs less people asking those with less for hand outs.
Good for him, he went back to USC and finished his degree and graduated, he’s married almost 20 years, I think he should be given a chance, anyone would be better than useless Bass. I am going to vote for him.
Pat Brown
Lifelong resident of Los Angeles.
Good for him. I never cared much for Spencer, but have followed his passionate journey this past year. No doubt there is a mountain of mismanagement, apathy, and grift. We need more people like him to challenge what we’re told. Go get ’em, Spencer!
Is it the same passion he had for breakfast burritos, crystals, Rexkwando and the baby birds he as stalking?
Ah, Spencer is MAGA so he’s brimming with self confidence. What a clown.
So 42 year old man who has never had a real job, lives off the fame of a show that was on the air over 20 years ago on a network that may not exist anymore thinks that he is the man for the job.
Wow.
And did LC ever respond to that diss track? No, so weird it’s like she doesn’t even care about someone so irrelevant.