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David and Katharine McPhee Foster Perform At Spencer Pratt Campaign Fundraiser

David and Katharine McPhee Foster Perform At Spencer Pratt Campaign Fundraiser

Published by Sam Flores

David Foster pounded away at the keys while his wife, Katharine McPhee Foster, swayed through their backyard like an unpolished bridesmaid at a wedding reception, belting out a timely rendition of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best” rewritten for Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign: “better than Karen Bass… and Nithya Raman.” In footage posted to Instagram by One America News Network anchor Alicia Summers, Pratt is seen facing the audience as the Fosters performed on Monday night—representing a strangely poetic Hollywood moment for the candidate. Long before he was running for Mayor, “the Fos Man” (as Pratt refers to David Foster) encouraged the aspiring reality star to embrace his role as a villain—advice Pratt says helped turn him into one of the defining antagonists of 2000s television. During an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience in April, Pratt recalled that Foster, who was previously married to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Hadid, told him, “You got to be like Simon Cowell.” Years later, the Grammy-winning producer, whose daughters Erin and Sara Foster are behind the …

Did Spencer Pratt Win Last Night’s Los Angeles Mayoral Debate?

Did Spencer Pratt Win Last Night’s Los Angeles Mayoral Debate?

Published by Sam Flores

Nithya Raman had just finished criticizing Los Angeles’s homelessness spending when the debate moderators turned to Spencer Pratt for his reaction. “Mayor Bass would like to respond,” Pratt said, stunning the moderators into silence by giving up his time. The former reality star—whose campaign is using social media to conjure a lurid Democratic dystopian LA stocked with fentanyl, super meth, and “free pussies” for transgender migrants—had, for a fleeting moment, sounded statesmanlike. “I’m a nice person, actually,” Pratt added after yielding to Mayor Bass yet again. With no governing experience and a résumé built in reality television, Pratt, the lone Republican in the race, needed to prove during last night’s LA mayoral debate at the Skirball Cultural Center that he could do more than churn out AI-generated social media clips and lob insults at his opponents. And for stretches of the night, he cleared that bar simply by sounding articulate. “I’m the adult in the room,” Pratt said. “This is what it’s come to.” An informal online poll conducted by NBC4 LA at one point …

Why Spencer Pratt’s Grievance Politics Are More L.A. Than You Think

Why Spencer Pratt’s Grievance Politics Are More L.A. Than You Think

Published by Daniella Wilson

Spencer Pratt — the 2000s reality TV star turned 2010s online influencer turned 2020s populist firebrand — is now a formidable candidate in the L.A. mayoral race, gauged by fundraising totals, poll numbers and incoming criticism from chief rivals. This ascent is a shock for the city’s liberal establishment, which considers him an unqualified clown. It shouldn’t be. His reactionary run, a revivalist pitch to make the city “once again ‘camera-ready’ for all its citizens” by cracking down on crime and corruption, has gained traction with his rollout of a slick and mischievous digital strategy. It culminated in a recent campaign ad rollout riffing on Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” to knock his competitors, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and progressive L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman. The button on the spot was a callback to his own Act I inciting incident — how his house burnt down in last year’s Pacific Palisades wildfire as a result, he insists, of government incompetence. Pratt posted his most revealing meme three days earlier, on April 26: Himself embodying Michael …

Why Spencer Pratt’s Grievance Politics Are More L.A. Than You Think

Spencer Pratt Sister Stephanie Slams His L.A. Mayoral Campaign

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stephanie Pratt is calling out brother Spencer Pratt‘s campaign for Los Angeles mayor, saying a vote for the reality television star is a “vote for stupidity.” In a series of tweets shared over the weekend, the former star of MTV‘s The Hills launched a tirade of posts against her brother containing her reasoning for why he should not be elected, along with some allegations against him, including a claim of assault. After Spencer and wife Heidi Montag lost their home in the Palisades fire more than a year ago, the reality TV fixture has emerged as an influential and controversial public policy critic. The parents of two filed a lawsuit against the city over damage from the wildfires, and Spencer Pratt announced his bid to join the 2026 L.A. mayoral race as a populist outsider in January. The election will be held June 2. “Spencer has done great work for the palisades. But LA does not need another unqualified and inexperienced mayor. A vote for him is a vote for stupidity,” began Stephanie Pratt on Saturday night …