When Spencer Pratt advanced through the primary, plenty of political insiders and even the mainstream media rolled their eyes. They shouldn&#8217;t have. Reality television may be one of the most underrated training grounds for modern political leadership.
Long before social media turned every American into a content creator, reality television was teaching people how to communicate directly with audiences, withstand relentless criticism, manage public perception, and remain accountable under constant public scrutiny. Every word, every decision, and every unscripted moment is dissected in real time. Few traditional career paths prepare someone for the realities of modern politics more effectively.
As a former contestant on ABC&#8217;s The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise, I&#8217;ve experienced that pressure firsthand. I know what it&#8217;s like to have strangers form opinions about your character based on a few edited moments on television. I&#8217;ve lived through the criticism, the public scrutiny, and the challenge of navigating both a national and international audience in real time. That&#8217;s why I view reality television differently from many political insiders, not as a punchline but as a crash course in resilience, communication, and public accountability.
President Donald Trump shattered the old political paradigm. He proved that voters were hungry for nontraditional leaders from outside the Beltway — anti-establishment candidates forged in business, media, and entertainment rather than lifelong political insiders. Americans value authenticity and the ability to communicate directly over polished résumés and institutional approval.
That shift has only accelerated. Spencer Pratt&#8217;s advancement through the primary is the latest example. While political insiders dismissed him, he understood something many career politicians still don&#8217;t: direct, authentic communication with voters often matters more than endorsements, consultants, or party machinery. Through social media, podcasts, viral moments, and emerging tools like AI-generated media, candidates can bypass traditional gatekeepers and speak directly to the people they hope to serve. Reality television personalities understand these dynamics instinctively because audience connection has always been at the core of their profession.
Critics love to sneer at reality stars as unserious fame-chasers, but Spencer Pratt&#8217;s advancement through the primary demonstrates how often the political class misreads what voters want. The deeper truth is that many have already built successful lives and careers. They&#8217;re willingly stepping away from comfort, privacy, financial security, and family peace to enter the arena, knowing that in politics, the microscope falls not just on them, but on their spouse, children, parents, and friends.
The skills developed on reality television translate powerfully to public service. It demands clear communication under pressure, quick thinking amid chaos, the ability to build relationships with people from every background, and the composure to stay steady while the world watches and judges. In today&#8217;s environment, communication is leadership. The ability to explain ideas plainly, inspire trust, and cut through noise is central to effective governance.
Far from easy or mindless, reality television is an intense, accelerated course in public accountability. You can&#8217;t hide behind consultant-scripted statements or staff-written talking points. Millions watch, react, praise, and criticize in real time. It forces thicker skin, sharper self-awareness, greater adaptability, and the discipline to stay focused in the middle of mayhem. Watching The Apprentice, I saw more than entertainment; I saw real lessons in team dynamics, problem-solving, conflict resolution, and leadership under pressure.
That&#8217;s why it makes perfect sense that Sean Duffy went from The Real World to Congress and now serves as Secretary of Transportation, or that Spencer Pratt went from The Hills to advancing through a competitive primary. These platforms reveal who can handle pressure and authentically connect with everyday people.
My time on reality television doesn&#8217;t define me — my faith, family, and values do. But it undeniably shaped me. It taught me how to handle criticism with grace, communicate clearly even when emotions run high, and keep my eyes on what matters most amid the noise. Those lessons have served me well in media and communications, and they shape how I evaluate leaders today: not by pedigree or polish, but by character, resilience, vision, and the courage to step into the arena knowing the personal cost.
The political world has changed. Voters are looking for men and women who can connect directly with the people they hope to serve, rather than those who only know how to play the insider game. Reality television does not disqualify someone from public service. In many ways, it has become one of the most effective training grounds for leadership in the digital age. The same skills that help someone survive years under public scrutiny — authentic communication, resilience, adaptability, and the ability to connect with ordinary people — are increasingly the ones that help candidates advance and win in modern politics. Spencer Pratt&#8217;s advancement through the primary didn&#8217;t happen despite his reality television background. There&#8217;s a strong argument that it happened, in part, because of it.
We should judge candidates by their actions, their ideas, their grit, and their character, not by the medium that first put them in the public eye. Because in America, even the teenage villain of a California reality show can grow into a serious political contender and challenge the political establishment. Ultimately, voters, not political insiders, decide who belongs in the arena.
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Jillian Anderson King is a former Washington Redskins Cheerleader Ambassador and ABC’s The Bachelor and The Bachelor in Paradise contestant. She’s a Mombassador for Moms for America, an ambassador for Turning Point and Turning Point Faith, and a proud Christian Conservative mother and wife. Jillian is also the founder of The Kings Firm, a strategic communications firm.

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Reality TV Didn’t Hurt Spencer Pratt. It Helped Him Win

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The votes have not yet been fully counted in Los Angeles, but that has not stopped mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt from dropping a serious challenge on incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.
Pratt, who holds a seven-point lead over democratic socialist city councilwoman Nithya Raman, appears poised to hold onto second place and face Bass in a runoff in November&#8217;s general election, and he wants to debate her — weekly, if possible — until then.
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Reporter: “Are you going to debate Karen Bass again?”
Spencer Pratt: “I love debating her on NBC. I look forward to a couple more on NBC and Fox. We can do debates every Friday if she would like. Because this actually became my most favorite thing to do.”
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&#8220;Are you going to debate Karen Bass again?&#8221; a reporter asked Pratt on Tuesday evening outside his primary election night party. &#8220;And what do you want to tell her if she sees this?&#8221;
“I loved debating her on NBC. I look forward to a couple more on NBC, and Fox,&#8221; Pratt replied. &#8220;We can do debates every Friday if she would like, because it’s actually become my favorite thing to do. So, yes, as many debates as Mayor Bass would like.&#8221;
&#8220;What would you like to tell her now that it&#8217;s on?&#8221; the reporter asked.
“She knows it’s on. I hope she’s ready, you know, because I am — I literally could not be more excited,&#8221; the former MTV reality star added.
As the evening went on, Pratt voiced confidence that he would ultimately be the one to face Bass in November — and he declared that he was more than ready to do so: &#8220;I am ready for whatever God puts in front of me &#8230; I was going to be happy if I wasn’t moving forward, but now I feel very confident.&#8221;
As of Thursday morning, with <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/los-angeles-mayor-results">62% of the vote counted</a>, Bass was leading the field with 35% of the vote and had already been projected to move on to the runoff in the general election. Pratt followed with 29.9% of the vote, holding just over a seven-point lead on Raman, who had 22.8%.
The mail-in ballots, which are likely to favor Bass and Raman over Pratt, are what remain to be counted — and could take days, as signatures must be verified prior to the ballots being counted. If Bass succeeds in earning more than 50% of the vote, she could avoid a November runoff altogether. If she doesn&#8217;t, she will be the first incumbent Los Angeles mayor to be forced into a runoff in 21 years.

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The Votes Aren’t Even All Counted Yet, But Spencer Pratt Just Dropped A Challenge On Karen Bass

The Votes Aren't Even Counted Yet, But Spencer Pratt Just Dropped A Challenge On Karen Bass

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Los Angeles

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Almost 24 hours after the polls closed in California, the results of the gubernatorial primary and the Los Angeles mayor&#8217;s race remain unresolved.
With just 55% of the vote reported on Wednesday evening, Republican Steve Hilton still leads the field of more than 60 candidates with 27.6% support, ahead of Democrat Xavier Becerra, who had 25.5%. Both were solidly ahead of billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer, who was at 19.7%.
Despite Hilton&#8217;s lead, millions of ballots remain uncounted, making it too early to determine the final order of finish. Under California&#8217;s top-two primary system, candidates from the same party can advance to a runoff in November&#8217;s general election if they finish in the top two.
In the Los Angeles mayoral race, 62% of the vote has been counted. Incumbent Democrat Mayor Karen Bass leads with 35% support, while Republican Spencer Pratt has received 29.9%. Far-left Councilmember Nithya Raman trailed with 22.8%. The top two votegetters in the mayoral primary, regardless of party, secure a place in the November 3 runoff if neither receives more than 50% of the vote. Bass has already secured a spot in the runoff, according to projections.
Bass would normally have a major advantage over other candidates, but discontent with her handling of the Palisades fire and the homeless crisis led Pratt to join the race, and he then resonated with many of the same sentiments felt by other Angelenos.
Delayed results are routine in California because of the state&#8217;s extensive vote-by-mail system, signature verification, and procedures for resolving ballot errors.
The final tally of California&#8217;s races could take as long as three weeks. Unlike many states that require mail ballots to arrive by Election Day, California accepts ballots that arrive up to 7 days later if postmarked on time. Then, those ballots have up to 7 days to reach a processing center. Counties must verify signatures, count provisional ballots, and allow voters to cure certain ballot defects before results are certified.
On Wednesday evening, CNN broadcast live shots from the Los Angeles County Registrar&#8217;s office, which handles 25% of the state&#8217;s votes. The large room appeared sparsely staffed at the time of the broadcast. A CNN reporter on the scene said they were on break.
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Nearly 24 Hours After The Polls Closed, California Is Still Counting Votes

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass officially secured a spot in November&#8217;s runoff election, while reality television star Spencer Pratt and far-Left Councilmember Nithya Raman continued battling for the second slot.
With roughly 63% of the vote counted as of Wednesday morning, Bass led the field with 34.8% support, according to Associated Press results. Pratt was running second with 30.4%, while Raman trailed in third at 22.3%.
The Associated Press projected Bass would advance to the runoff. As of Wednesday morning, however, the race between Pratt and Raman had not yet been called.
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Pratt, however, was already talking like the runoff matchup had been set: Spencer Pratt versus Karen Bass.
&#8220;She knows it&#8217;s on. I hope she&#8217;s ready,&#8221; Pratt said Tuesday night when asked about a potential runoff against the incumbent mayor. &#8220;I literally could not be more excited.&#8221;
A few months ago, Pratt was viewed as a long-shot candidate. Now he appears within striking distance of becoming Bass&#8217; challenger in November.
&#8220;I was going to be happy if I wasn&#8217;t moving forward, but now I feel very confident,&#8221; he said.
The reality television star turned political outsider has built his campaign around voter frustration with homelessness, crime, and Bass&#8217; handling of the wildfire disaster that destroyed thousands of homes. Pratt lost both his own home and his childhood home in the fire.
And while election officials were still counting ballots, Pratt was already talking about what comes next.
&#8220;We have five months to put the best team the city could ever dream of,&#8221; he said.
Pratt argued that voters have rallied behind his campaign because they are tired of politicians and want someone willing to tell them the truth.
&#8220;At the end of the day, what&#8217;s been resonating is that people just want the truth and they want to know somebody&#8217;s heart,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I try to be as true to my authentic self and I just believe a lot of Los Angeles is so excited to hear from a non-politician.&#8221;
Pratt said voters are looking for a fighter.
&#8220;They want somebody to speak the truth for their communities and fight for them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They want a fighter that&#8217;s going to step up when the city fails them or their elected leaders fail them and I&#8217;m ready to be that person for Los Angeles.&#8221;
He also couldn&#8217;t resist taking a shot at Raman, who spent much of the campaign fighting him for second place.
&#8220;The communist already lost,&#8221; Pratt said.
Thousands of ballots remain uncounted, and election officials will continue processing votes in the coming days.
If the current results hold, Los Angeles could be headed toward one of the most unexpected mayoral runoffs in recent memory: Karen Bass versus Spencer Pratt.
Pratt made it clear he&#8217;s ready for that possibility.
&#8220;We can do debates every Friday if she&#8217;d like,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As many debates as Mayor Bass would like.&#8221;

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One Candidate Advances In Heated L.A. Mayor’s Race — Second Spot Still Up For Grabs

Election

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says he has a plan that could &#8220;eliminate&#8221; Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) from contention in the 2028 presidential election — he just has to get elected first.
Pratt, running to unseat Democratic incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, said during a recent podcast interview that he planned to investigate Newsom — bringing in the IRS if necessary — and find any fraudulent uses of Angelenos&#8217; tax dollars.
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Pratt laid out his plan on the &#8220;No Jumper&#8221; podcast, noting that Newsom was termed out at the end of the year and saying that, as mayor, he would absolutely investigate the outgoing administration for fraud.
&#8220;As mayor, I&#8217;ll be exposing his fraud with our tax money,&#8221; Pratt promised. &#8220;So I&#8217;ll probably actually eliminate him from being the president because I&#8217;m going to bring in the criminal investigation team of the IRS to go back in time and get all the documents, so that all the people have jacked all of our tax money, we&#8217;re going to find their Bentleys, we&#8217;re going to find their houses, we&#8217;re going to put them up to sale and we&#8217;re going to figure out how to put that money back into neighborhoods, the parks and the kids, the boys and girls club after school.&#8221;
&#8220;Because these people are stealing our money and it&#8217;s not going to the kids in the communities,&#8221; Pratt concluded.
The podcast host argued that Newsom, using the current state of California as his platform, should have a hard time winning a national election — but Pratt wasn&#8217;t so sure.
&#8220;I wish that was true, but my experience being deep in this battle: people just believe lies,&#8221; he said.

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How Spencer Pratt Would ‘Eliminate’ Gavin Newsom As A Presidential Candidate

How Spencer Pratt Would 'Eliminate' Gavin Newsom As A Presidential Candidate

2028 presidential election

Gavin Newsom

The creator of the popular HBO drama series “Entourage” says he supports Spencer Pratt for mayor of Los Angeles because it makes logical sense.
Doug Ellin said he was radicalized after having his Beverly Hills home burglarized by masked intruders, as he shared on Instagram last week. The 58-year-old screenwriter and director mentioned that five years ago he didn&#8217;t even lock his door, but now says he has 15 cameras, two German Shepherds, and guns. He said “two animals” invaded his house. 
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&#8220;I know they were animals because they invaded my house. I know I don&#8217;t care what their excuses are, like a lot of you f*cking care. I know invaders of homes should get 20 years,” Ellin said in the video, which was shared across multiple social media platforms. 
He continued, “Everyone in my neighborhood has got the same problem: they&#8217;re f*cking all putting cameras and high-end security guards because we&#8217;re all getting broken into. It&#8217;s not made up, it&#8217;s not false, and this city has collapsed in the last five years. There is no f*cking denying it unless you have an agenda, and I don&#8217;t know what that is.”
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The “Entourage” creator went on to shoot down some of the criticisms that have been voiced against Pratt, a former reality star with no political experience, running for mayor.
&#8220;But, you say, &#8216;Oh, Spencer Pratt has no experience!&#8217; &#8230; What experience did Karen Bass have? &#8230;We want to fix this place because we don&#8217;t want to be forced out. I&#8217;m one of the people who made this city look great! I did it for years. I glorified it. I meet people all the time that moved here because of the show that I f*cking created, and they hate it here now. HATE!&#8221;
Ellin’s video is suspected to be a response to a recently published Los Angeles Times article titled, “L.A. is safer than it&#8217;s been in decades, but crime is an issue dominating the mayor&#8217;s race.&#8221; He addressed the Instagram rant to “LA Times gaslighters.” 
Pratt also shared the video last week to social media. The former “Hills” star is polling second behind Bass ahead of the June 2 primary. While Pratt’s odds of winning have increased dramatically in recent months, he still faces an uphill battle in the Democrat stronghold. The last time a Republican won a mayoral race in Los Angeles was in 1997.

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‘This City Has Collapsed’: ‘Entourage’ Creator Endorses Spencer Pratt For Mayor

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All eyes turn to California on Tuesday as voters weigh the political future of Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass and choose two finalists who will compete to succeed Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential candidate. 
Election Day marks the end of a rollercoaster primary season defined by wild twists and turns, scandals, and viral fumbles. 
The contest started with an unusually crowded and wide-open field after former Vice President Kamala Harris turned down the opportunity to lead the Golden State. Political analysts believed Democrats would have cleared the field as a goodwill gesture following her wipeout defeat against President Donald Trump.  
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One by one, Republicans and Democrats threw their hats into the ring, including Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, plus Democrats Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell, Katie Porter, Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Antonio Villaraigosa, Betty Yee, Tony Thurmond, and several others. 
The first major shakeup came when a leaked viral video showed former Rep. Porter (D-CA) berating a congressional staffer, a controversy that has significantly set back her campaign.
“<a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1976054425685983327?s=20">Get out of my f*cking shot</a>,” Porter shouted at a staff member when making a video message for the Biden administration. The leftist, who made a name for herself by grilling billionaires with her whiteboard in Congress, has failed to catch any momentum since. 
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&#8220;GET OUT OF MY FUCKING SHOT!&#8221;
Video shows Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) chastising staffer in newly leaked video
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— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href="https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1976054425685983327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
Eric Swalwell, the former Bay Area congressman, capitalized on Porter’s collapse in the polls. He quickly amassed key Democratic endorsements and was widely viewed as the race’s frontrunner.
But his hopes to lead California came crashing down following explosive allegations of sexual harassment and assault. Multiple campaign staffers accused their boss of sending sexually explicit social media messages and inappropriate behavior beyond the halls of Congress. Days later, he dropped his gubernatorial bid and resigned from Congress ahead of an expected expulsion vote. A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/swalwell-accuser-claims-dem-drugged-choked-and-raped-her?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=99&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Swalwell+Accuser+Claims+Dem+Drugged%2C+Choked%2C+And+Raped+Her">fifth woman then accused Swalwell of rape</a> in 2018, alleging the lawmaker drugged and raped her in Southern California. 
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I am suspending my campaign for Governor.
To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past.
I will fight the serious, false allegations that have been made — but that’s my fight, not a campaign’s.
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) <a href="https://x.com/ericswalwell/status/2043488502327972096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
As polling showed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/even-after-shivving-swalwell-democrats-arent-home-free-in-california-governors-race?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=97&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Even+After+Shivving+Swalwell%2C+Democrats+Aren%E2%80%99t+Home+Free+In+California+Governor%E2%80%99s+Race">Republicans could lock out Democrats</a>, blue voters have appeared to consolidate behind two candidates: Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and billionaire Tom Steyer, who has poured nearly $200 million of his own money into the race, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/california-governor-tom-steyer-billionaire-advertising-ed00b8f4ef4fcfa3b30bc8864a7873bb">according to the Associated Press.</a> 
Dan Schnur, who teaches political communications at USC and UC Berkeley, said Left-leaning voters appear spooked by the Swalwell scandal. 
“Becerra is this year&#8217;s version of the Biden 2020 campaign. He is a stable, reassuring presence, and that seems to have attracted voters, Democratic voters who are worried about less familiar objects,” Schnur told The Daily Wire. “Eric Swalwell was, it was a near-death experience for California Democrats.”
Biden&#8217;s former HHS chief went viral for demanding a glowing profile from a local television reporter.
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Awkward moment kicks off KTLA interview with Xavier Becerra. <a href="https://x.com/CaliforniaICP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CaliforniaICP</a> Full report: <a href="https://t.co/UcMXzidzrf">https://t.co/UcMXzidzrf</a> <a href="https://t.co/OViYkfTg3t">pic.twitter.com/OViYkfTg3t</a>
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Trump-endorsed Steve Hilton, a businessman and former Fox News host, has consolidated much of the Republican vote. However, Republican Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco still has a durable base of about 9-12%, according to most polls. 
Under California’s “jungle primary” system, the top two vote-getters advance to the general election in November regardless of party.
“What he needs more than anything else is for Bianco voters to decide they should not let their perfect be the enemy of the good,” Schnur said. “There are a finite number of Republicans in California. The more they split their vote, the less likely either one of their candidates moves on to the general election.” 
In the Los Angeles mayoral race that has captured national attention, former reality television star and community advocate Spencer Pratt is challenging incumbent Mayor Bass and far-Left Councilmember Nithya Raman.
Pratt, a victim of the devastating January 2025 wildfires, has tapped into his savvy social media background to drive a message of change in a city plagued by chronic challenges, including homelessness, crime, and skyrocketing prices. 
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They not like us <a href="https://t.co/78hducHDUE">pic.twitter.com/78hducHDUE</a>
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Republicans <a href="https://tracker.politicaldata.com/?type=City&amp;value=CA+-+City+Of+Los+Angeles&amp;tab=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">make up only 15% of registered voters</a> in Los Angeles, but most polls suggest Pratt is exceeding that share. 
The top two will also advance to the November election. For months, Bass has stalled at or below 30% in most polls, putting the incumbent mayor in an “extraordinarily vulnerable place.” 
“It wouldn&#8217;t be that surprising to see her finish third and get left out,” Schnur said. “Angelenos made up their minds about her after the wildfires. Fairly or not, they decided that she wasn&#8217;t up to the job.” 
Polls in the Golden State close at 8 p.m. local time. Given the state’s notoriously slow vote-counting process, it remains unclear whether races with national implications will be called Tuesday night.
“California has become the leader of the resistance in a deeply divided country, so for voters in other parts of the country who want a sense of how the Democratic party will move forward in a post-Trump era, this could be very valuable of early indicators,” Schnur said.

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Former MTV reality star Spencer Pratt informed comedian Bill Maher that, if elected mayor of Los Angeles, he would enforce laws against smoking marijuana around children and in public spaces.
Pratt joined Maher for the latest episode of his &#8220;Club Random&#8221; podcast, where the two discussed Pratt&#8217;s dramatic surge leading into Tuesday&#8217;s jungle primary — and Pratt said he was absolutely ready to enforce laws already on the books regarding cannabis smoking and drug use when children are present.
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Pratt explained that he&#8217;d never really talked about politics when he was on MTV, saying that at the time he&#8217;d been trying to be famous, and did not see an advantage in angering one half of the audience or the other.
Maher asked then whether he cared about &#8220;all the issues&#8221; now that he was running to be mayor of Los Angeles, and Pratt said no.
&#8220;I care about safety, the lights being on, potholes. I don’t want you smoking in front of kids at the park. You know, I’ll be enforcing if you’re smoking that in front of a kid at a swing. I’ll be getting you as mayor,&#8221; he jabbed at Maher, who is well known for his love of marijuana.
&#8220;No more drugs around kids at parks, in schools, in front of daycares,&#8221; Pratt said. &#8220;We need to have a society of consequences again &#8230; I never thought growing up I could smoke a blunt in front of a kid at the park. Now that happens. Moms do not want their kids that are like 5 years old &#8230;&#8221;
Maher continued to press Pratt on specific issues — namely the regulatory red tape surrounding solar panels, despite the fact that California has been pushing more people toward green energy sources — and Pratt insisted that crime and drug use needed to be handled first: &#8220;We’re about three years from worrying about solar panels. We need to get all the naked drug addicts off of the sidewalks, and then I can worry about solar panels.&#8221;
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Spencer Pratt drags Bill Maher out of his liberal bubble and brought him back down to earth.
Maher was annoyed that Pratt didn’t know the specifics about taxes on solar powered energy, but Pratt humbled him with the REAL problems Angelenos care about.
MAHER: “This is a state… <a href="https://t.co/OvfHVkVzCh">pic.twitter.com/OvfHVkVzCh</a>
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Pratt and Maher appeared to be on the same wavelength for much of the conversation, but the former MTV star shocked the comedian with one assertion: the number of homeless people in Los Angeles who, he says, are not even from California.
&#8220;Ready for the best part?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;60% of the people in Los Angeles that are &#8216;experiencing homelessness&#8217; are NOT from California! They&#8217;ve been brought here by NGOs that profit off of this homeless industrial complex.&#8221;
&#8220;Wait, wait, they&#8217;ve been brought here?&#8221; Maher asked.
&#8220;They&#8217;ve been brought here,&#8221; Pratt replied. &#8220;Body brokers bring these people here from all across the country. If you&#8217;re an addict you can come to LA and get these rehabs and because you can use Medicaid, Social Security.&#8221;
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🚨 BOOM: LA mayor candidate SPENCER PRATT just exposed the NGO homeless industrial complex and Bill Maher couldn&#8217;t believe it
&#8220;Ready for the best part? 60% of the people in Los Angeles that are &#8216;experiencing homelessness&#8217; are NOT from California! They&#8217;ve been brought here by… <a href="https://t.co/Iq7R41gxdt">pic.twitter.com/Iq7R41gxdt</a>
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2061427811026366625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Spencer Pratt Drops A Reality Check On Bill Maher’s Pot Around Kids

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Fifteen cameras. Two German Shepherds. Three legal guns.
That’s not a man preparing for the apocalypse. That’s a Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles.
Doug Ellin, the creator of Entourage — the show that made L.A. look like the greatest party on Earth, that made a generation of young men throw their belongings in a truck and chase the dream West — had his home invaded by masked intruders. His response wasn&#8217;t a therapy session or a sternly worded letter to his city councilman. It was a small arsenal, a <a href="https://x.com/Jules31415/status/2061337093247283455">viral</a> meltdown, and the kind of raw honesty that makes comfortable people deeply uncomfortable.
&#8220;I meet people all the time that moved here because of the show that I f*cking created,&#8221; Ellin said, &#8220;and they hate it here now. HATE.&#8221;
He&#8217;s not talking about traffic. He&#8217;s not talking about high rent. He&#8217;s talking about the specific, suffocating dread of a city that has turned on its own people.
Picture the L.A. Ellin once sold to the world: rooftop pools, warm nights, the electric possibility that the next party could change your life. Now picture the Los Angeles his neighbors actually inhabit: floodlights burning at 3 AM, Ring cameras covering every blind spot, security guards on rotating shifts because the police — defunded, demoralized, and politically neutered — aren&#8217;t coming fast enough. Or at all.
&#8220;Everyone in my neighborhood has got the same problem: they&#8217;re f*cking all putting cameras and high-end security guards because we&#8217;re all getting broken into,&#8221; Ellin said. &#8220;This city has collapsed in the last 5 years. There is no f*cking denying it unless you have an agenda.”
Unfortunately, they all do. This is the agenda: remain as politically braindead as the heroin addicts terrorizing the city, vote blue until they&#8217;re bluer in the face than the zombie coke heads sleeping next to the ballot boxes, and endure the deteriorating quality of life in the name of social justice and pro-socialist &#8220;lesser evil&#8221; voting.
To discover where that agenda leads to, try walking down streets that once hosted Oscar parties. The tent cities stretch for blocks. Fentanyl zombies sway at intersections while dashcam footage of daylight smash-and-grabs floods social media. Film production, the oxygen of L.A.’s economy, the industry that built the dream, has ditched the city of angels and moved to Georgia and New Zealand. The lots are quieter. The crews are gone.
<a href="https://x.com/i/status/2052981973409513626">Six to seven people overdose and die</a> in Los Angeles <a href="https://x.com/i/status/2057564330158387374">every single day.</a> This isn’t a war zone. This isn’t a developing nation. This is the city with the most expensive real estate on the continent. A city whose mayor just spent billions to solve homelessness and produced nothing but a $1 billion deficit and a <a href="https://x.com/i/status/2060469288474210420">metastasizing crisis</a>.
Karen Bass, the incumbent mayor, promised to end those very street encampments. She failed. Then, she <a href="https://x.com/FilmThePoliceLA/status/2061108205636522046">presided</a> over the most destructive wildfire in the city&#8217;s history. She <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/sb-79-housing-bill-newsom-los-angeles-oppose-karen-bass/3789876/">opposed</a> housing bills. She oversaw an exodus of film production that gutted the middle class of her own creative economy. She claims crime is down. It&#8217;s not. The <a href="https://x.com/zarathustra5150/status/2057807103834591247">reporting</a> of crime is down because victims don&#8217;t bother calling a defunded police force, and because officers are quietly pressured to reclassify felonies into misdemeanors.
The LA Times recently ran the <a href="https://x.com/latimes/status/2058565710159216840">headline</a>: &#8220;L.A. is safer than it&#8217;s been in decades.&#8221; Doug Ellin read that from behind his 16th security camera.
The paper of record and the people on the ground are living in different cities. Only one of them is real.
But journalists, politicians, and their eager ballot beavers can&#8217;t run on ideas and empty promises forever. Eventually reality catches up, far later than it does for the citizens they&#8217;ve already hurt, but eventually nonetheless.
Take Nithya Raman, the socialist third-wheel of this race. She spent years cheerfully <a href="https://x.com/i/status/2048915656385744911">telling</a> other people, smaller people, less connected people, that homeless encampments within 10 feet of their child&#8217;s school were perfectly acceptable. The progressive vanguard demands sacrifice, and she was very comfortable demanding it from everyone but herself. Until the encampments moved near her two-million-dollar gated home and her children. Then, suddenly, she found the concept of proximity unacceptable.
The word for this is cowardice. The political word for it is Democrat.
Doug Ellin was perfectly willing to bypass President Donald Trump and vote for the soft-on-crime candidate until his home was robbed. Now he has two frightening watchdogs, security cameras out the wazoo, and a shotgun at the ready.
Apparently, all it takes is a masked intruder, a drug zombie in the front yard, a slap in the face by reality, and one good dose of common sense to wake people up to the horrors of progressive policy. Otherwise, they sit idly behind the fences of their compounds, quite content to let the city rot around them.
Unfortunately, Spencer Pratt still has an uphill battle ahead of him. Though he’s simply promising cleaner streets, safer neighborhoods, and a better quality of life, L.A. progressives aren’t smart enough to see through the fog of woke war. When asked simple questions about Bass’s basura (trash) policies, they go mute, but she is black! So … #blackpride, according to <a href="https://x.com/i/status/2060385677485744469">this</a> young woman.
The same way people are ardent supporters of Graham Platner, the Nazi tattoo guy, Zohran Mamdani, the terror-sympathizer, and Bernie Sanders, the useless leech on the (B)ass of society, they will show up for Karen Bass, a Marxist-style leader who will undoubtedly Make LA Worse Forevermore.
The Left isn&#8217;t voting for a person or a policy. They&#8217;re voting for whoever imbibes from the grievance well, ignorantly abides by collectivist ideology, and cozies up to the soft Marxism that has made every city it touches worse. And they can do so while living behind gates and op-ed pages.
But for most Angelenos, the Entourage reality no longer exists in the City of Demons.
Tuesday will be telling. Los Angeles will discover whether it wants to change that or is content to watch the dream it once sold to the world collapse, one camera at a time.

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Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt said he’s not impressed by celebrity endorsements.
The former star of the MTV reality series “The Hills” has drawn the attention of plenty of big names in entertainment and business, with Democrats and Republicans donating to his campaign and encouraging their followers to vote for Pratt. But during a Thursday appearance on Fox News’ “Gutfeld!,” the candidate said regular supporters mean more to him than A-listers.
“You have celebrities that are now coming out in support of you, but they will deny it, won&#8217;t they? Leo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx?” host Greg Gutfeld asked.
Pratt replied, “What I have learned is I actually don&#8217;t want celebrities to come out and endorse me. I don&#8217;t want anybody to endorse me except for the moms and animal lovers in L.A. That&#8217;s my entire vote.”
This inspired the audience to erupt in applause.
He went on, “I&#8217;m cool if no celebrity ever endorses me. I actually love it when they attack me because then I&#8217;m like, oh, I&#8217;m doing so well!”
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t want anybody to endorse me except for the moms and the animal lovers in LA — that&#8217;s my entire vote.&#8221;
LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt tells <a href="https://x.com/Gutfeldfox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Gutfeldfox</a> that he&#8217;s not interested in getting endorsements from Hollywood celebrities. <a href="https://t.co/Wf94EMnUJs">pic.twitter.com/Wf94EMnUJs</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2060190285070483767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Gutfeld was referencing comments Pratt made during a Us Weekly <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/spencer-pratt-on-why-running-for-mayor-is-his-destiny/">interview</a> published earlier this week, in which he claimed to have private endorsements from DiCaprio and Foxx. 
“I don’t name-drop, but I had two of my favorite people ever support me,” he told the outlet. “Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx both said, ‘Please, Mr. Mayor, we want these streets safe again.’ If their reps try to deny this happened, I have multiple witnesses. It was an out-of-body experience.” 
The outlet added a disclaimer in the article, which said, “Us understands DiCaprio has not publicly or privately endorsed Pratt.”
Other famous names to publicly endorse Pratt for mayor include several of his former co-stars on “The Hills,” including Brody Jenner, Kristin Cavallari, and Audrina Patridge, plus actor Dennis Quaid, rapper Big Sean, songwriter David Foster, Paris Hilton, and Los Angeles Lakers minority owner and franchise governor Jeanie Buss.
These comments about celebrity endorsements coincide with Pratt’s campaign pulling in millions of dollars in donations, including from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/major-democrat-donors-break-rank-put-their-money-behind-spencer-pratt">major Democrat donors</a> like the Sabans and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos’ wife, Nicole Avant. Pratt is earning significantly more than incumbent mayor Karen Bass and radical candidate Nithya Raman, but that won’t necessarily translate into a win. Prediction markets still rate Pratt&#8217;s chance of winning as a long shot, but his odds have improved in recent weeks.
Bass is currently leading in the polls, but could face a runoff election if she fails to secure 50% of the vote in the primary on June 2.

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Spencer Pratt is showing receipts after Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass repeatedly dismissed him as a “former reality TV star.”
Pratt fired back by posting a decades-old Los Angeles Times article that referenced Bass traveling to Cuba in the 1970s with the Venceremos Brigade, a communist-linked activist group that intelligence documents accused of teaching “terrorist tactics and guerrilla warfare.”
“When I was in my 20s I was on a TV show,” Pratt wrote on X. “When Karen Bass was in her 20s, she was training in terrorist tactics and guerrilla warfare with communists in Cuba. Back when the L.A. Times was still in L.A., and used to tell the truth…”
The resurfaced Los Angeles Times article from 1983 stated Bass traveled to Cuba with the “6th Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade.”
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When I was in my 20’s I was on a TV show. When Karen Bass was in her 20’s, she was training in terrorist tactics and guerrilla warfare with communists in Cuba. Back when the LA Times was still in LA, and used to tell the truth… <a href="https://t.co/ISrTcfVRv9">pic.twitter.com/ISrTcfVRv9</a>
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) <a href="https://x.com/spencerpratt/status/2059832576739869072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2026</a></blockquote>
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According to the report, a 1973 intelligence document described the brigade as a group that “trains revolutionary-prone Americans in terrorist tactics and guerrilla warfare while claiming to harvest sugar cane.”
The article also stated Bass, who was described as a brigade leader, “returned from Cuba to the U.S.A. bringing back propaganda literature,” though the report noted the document did not cite the source of that information.
Bass denied wrongdoing at the time and reportedly said her trips to Cuba were educational and “had nothing to do with terrorism.”
Pratt’s post quickly spread across social media, especially in conservative circles where critics accused Bass and her allies of trying to reduce Pratt to a punchline while treating Bass’ own political history with far more caution.
Pratt’s attacks on Bass have escalated since California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom endorsed her. During an appearance on Fox News’ “Saturday in America,” Pratt accused Bass and Newsom of failing Californians while billions were spent on homelessness programs.
“It’s not shocking because they’re alleged criminal partners,” Pratt said. “They’re both complicit in laundering $24 billion to actually increase homelessness.”
Pratt also argued that Los Angeles residents can clearly see conditions worsening despite years of spending and promises from state leaders.
“Anybody with eyeballs in the state of California or Los Angeles knows that there has not been a reduction in one homeless person,” Pratt said. “Actually there’s been an increase of naked drug addict zombies in front of every kid’s playground, every kid’s school, every coffee shop.”
The exchange marks the latest escalation in the increasingly personal political fight between Bass and Pratt as the Los Angeles mayoral race continues heating up.

Spencer Pratt Torches Karen Bass With ‘Reality TV Star Vs. Terrorist’ Takedown

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt has received donations from some of Hollywood’s most prominent Democrat supporters despite running on a platform that leans heavily on conservative talking points.
It was revealed earlier this month that major Democrat donors Haim and Cheryl Saban, billionaires who have a major financial impact on the party, donated the maximum amount of $1,800 to Pratt. 
Nicole Avant, another prominent Democrat supporter and wife of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, has also pledged to support Pratt for mayor. So has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nba-champ-dunks-on-karen-bass-bets-on-spencer-pratt-to-win-la-mayoral-race">Jeanie Buss</a>, the Lakers’ minority owner and franchise governor, who also made the max donation of $1,800 to Pratt’s campaign.
As The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/business/dealbook/spencer-pratt-ceo-support.html">reported</a>, Elliot Grainge, the CEO of Atlantic Records and Sofia Richie&#8217;s husband, also made a donation to Pratt’s campaign. So did billionaire financier Dan Loeb and former CEO of Activision Blizzard Bobby Kotick; Jeffrey Sprecher, CEO of Intercontinental Exchange and chairman of the New York Stock Exchange; and cryptocurrency entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.
The former reality star, a registered Republican who said he voted for Trump in 2024, has publicly stated that he doesn’t identify with either party.
“All my supporters in Los Angeles are Democrats,” he <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spencer-pratt-compares-fledgling-political-career-to-obama-national-rise/">told</a> CBS. “Everyone I know, my family, are all Democrats.” 
The mayoral hopeful <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spencer-pratt-compares-fledgling-political-career-to-obama-national-rise/">told</a> NBC earlier this month, “I do not represent a party. I don’t have a campaign manager. I don’t have campaign consultants. There’s no political party backing me.”
The former &#8220;Hills&#8221; star is polling second behind Bass ahead of the June 2 primary. While Pratt’s odds of winning have increased dramatically in recent months, he still faces an uphill battle in the Democrat stronghold. The last time a Republican won a mayoral race in Los Angeles was in 1997.
Pratt <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nba-champ-dunks-on-karen-bass-bets-on-spencer-pratt-to-win-la-mayoral-race">reportedly</a> raised $2.72 million between April 19 and May 16, per statements obtained by the Los Angeles Times, moving his total to $3.26 million in contributions. Mayor Bass reported only $283,000 during that same period, boosting her total to $3.13 million. As of May 16, Raman hasn&#8217;t hit the $1 million mark in contributions.

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