Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt is running to be the next mayor of Los Angeles.
The Hills alum announced his campaign on Wednesday while speaking at a rally organized by Palisades residents to mark the first anniversary of the deadly LA fires.
“The system in Los Angeles isn’t struggling; it’s fundamentally broken,” he said at the rally. “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.”
Pratt continued to say “business as usual is a death sentence for Los Angeles” before launching his bid: “I’m done waiting for someone to take real action. That’s why I am running for mayor.”
“But let me be clear, this just isn’t a campaign. This is a mission, and we are going to expose the system,” he said. “We are going into every dark corner of LA politics and disinfecting the city with our light.”
Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montag, who is also an alum of MTV’s The Hills, lost their home in last year’s fire. Since then, Pratt has been one of the most vocal public critics of current Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom over their handling of the disaster.
Bass, who won the mayoralty in 2022, is seeking re-election. The Mayor’s office criticized Pratt’s bid in a statement yesterday.
“It’s no shock that in advance of his imminent book release, a reality TV ‘villain’ 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’s running for Mayor,” Bass campaign spokesperson Douglas Herman said in a statement.
