{"id":320600,"date":"2026-05-18T01:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320600\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T01:08:15","slug":"spencer-pratt-threatens-to-leave-los-angeles-if-he-loses-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320600\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Pratt threatens to leave Los Angeles if he loses mayoral race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Spencer Pratt&#8217;s love for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Los Angeles<\/a> may only extend through the primaries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Pratt, 42, admitted that his time in the City of Angels may come to a close if the exit polls don&#8217;t align with his mayoral bid.<\/p>\n<p>During a chat with fellow Los Angeleno <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamCarollaShow\/status\/2055649472000979286?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Adam Carolla<\/a> from his burned-out lot in the Pacific Palisades, the reality star said that he&#8217;s only interested in rebuilding his home if he wins the race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m going to win the lawsuit against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>\u2019s state park, and with that money, if I\u2019m the mayor of Los Angeles, I will rebuild,&#8221; Pratt confessed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/spencer-pratt-fires-back-reports-swirl-la-mayoral-bid-filmed-reality-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SPENCER PRATT FIRES BACK AS REPORTS SWIRL THAT HIS LA MAYORAL BID IS BEING FILMED FOR A REALITY SHOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spencer-pratt-LA.jpeg\" alt=\"Spencer Pratt LA mayor campaign event\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Spencer Pratt launched his mayoral campaign in January after being dissatisfied with incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. (Etienne Laurent\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Karen Bass gets re-elected or Nithya [Raman] gets elected, I will be done with trying to live in LA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pratt doubled down on his threat, and said when he wins the lawsuit, he&#8217;s packing up to find a new American Dream.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ll take that money from the Newsom state park and the LADWP, and I\u2019ll go somewhere that my kids will not have to see naked zombies, and I can have the last American dream somewhere,&#8221; Pratt said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/spencer-pratt-enters-la-mayor-race-accuses-current-leadership-criminal-negligence-over-fire-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SPENCER PRATT ENTERS LA MAYOR RACE, ACCUSES CURRENT LEADERSHIP OF &#8216;CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE&#8217; OVER FIRE RESPONSE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I will not rebuild if these people are in charge, because what would I be putting money into?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pratt&#8217;s representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/11am-pub-spencer-pratt-heidi-montags-hollywood-journey-tabloid-fame-la-mayoral-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wife Heidi Montag and more<\/a> than a dozen additional property owners, blamed the city of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power for causing damages to their homes in a lawsuit filed earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Plaintiffs accused LADWP of making &#8220;the conscious decision to operate the water supply system with the reservoir drained and unusable as a \u2018cost-saving\u2019 measure,&#8221; in the lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Hills&#8221; star has been a vocal champion for LA residents since losing his home during the deadly Palisades wildfire, and launched his mayoral campaign in January with a focus on ousting incumbent Karen Bass due to mishandling of the wildfires.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/spencer-pratt-reveals-a-list-stars-secretly-support-la-leadership-criticism-stay-silent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SPENCER PRATT SAYS A-LISTERS PRIVATELY CHEER HIS CRITICISM OF CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP, FEAR CAREER FALLOUT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Pratt is a registered Republican, the Los Angeles mayoral election is officially nonpartisan. If no candidate tops 50% in the June 2 primary, the top two finishers will face off in November.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from a star-studded fundraiser hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/spencer-pratts-hollywood-uprising-grows-katherine-mcphee-david-foster-mock-karen-bass-fundraiser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">David Foster and Katharine McPhee<\/a>, Pratt admitted a &#8220;mind-blowing&#8221; list of influential names back his campaign to save his city.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spencer-pratt-in-newsom-hat.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer Pratt wearing a Newsom hat and sticker in Pacific Palisades, California\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Spencer Pratt and more than a dozen property owners sued the city and LADWP in January over damages to their properties during the Palisades fire. (MEGA\/GC Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The list of mind-blowing movie stars, directors, studio presidents, these are my supporters,&#8221; Pratt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e30QBkJcA_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told the &#8220;Ruthless Podcast&#8221; earlier this month<\/a>. &#8220;I understand why they aren\u2019t public-facing yet. Once I\u2019m mayor, the support I\u2019ll have for the industry to bring it back. It\u2019s all there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the devastating 2025 fires, Pratt became a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/spencer-pratts-la-mayoral-campaign-video-draws-john-wick-comparisons-fans-rally-behind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">leading advocate for the victims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My goal was just for these people to go to jail,&#8221; Pratt said. &#8220;And then when they didn\u2019t go to jail, and I saw that it was just business as usual, that&#8217;s when I decided the only way to stop these people is to take their power from them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pratt grew up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">around Democrats<\/a>, but did not consider himself a political figure before the devastating fires.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/spencer-pratt-speaking-at-rally-on-anniversary-of-palisades-fire.jpg\" alt=\"Spencer Pratt speaking onstage at a rally in Pacific Palisades\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Spencer Pratt announced his candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles at a rally in Pacific Palisades on the one-year anniversary of the Palisades Fire, which destroyed many homes, including his own. (Backgrid)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/adam-carolla-calls-la-fires-bottoming-out-moment-flip-hollywood-politically\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ADAM CAROLLA CALLS LA FIRES &#8216;BOTTOMING OUT&#8217; MOMENT THAT WILL FLIP HOLLYWOOD POLITICALLY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven\u2019t posted a single political thing in my entire life,&#8221; the former star of The Hills said. &#8220;The only thing I\u2019ve ever done, politics-wise, is back in the day I did a paparazzi set-up photo with a Sarah Palin shirt on, and then the next day I did a paparazzi photo with an Obama shirt on just to get multiple tabloid photos.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On April 21, Pratt joined Carolla on his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/spencer-pratt-gets-adam-carollas-endorsement-for-la-mayor\/id306390087?i=1000763020648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Adam Carolla Show<\/a>&#8221; podcast for an episode titled &#8220;Spencer Pratt Gets Adam Carolla\u2019s Endorsement for LA Mayor!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Spencer-Pratt-Heidi-Montag-event.jpeg\" alt=\"Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag pose for a photo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Spencer Pratt&#8217;s team denied reports the former reality TV star is filming his bid for Los Angeles mayor. (Rich Polk\/Billboard via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>During the episode, Pratt and Carolla discussed homelessness, crime and what they described as failed leadership in Los Angeles, while Pratt outlined his plans to &#8220;bring back common sense&#8221; to City Hall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a bunch of Marxist, socialist f&#8212;ing r&#8212;-ds who are tearing this city down,&#8221; Carolla said.<\/p>\n<p>Carolla later shared a photo of himself with Pratt on Instagram writing, &#8220;This man is going to save LA. @spencerprat. has my full endorsement for mayor!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Janelle Ash and the Ruthless Podcast Staff contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Wright is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital. 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