{"id":655349,"date":"2026-05-20T23:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/655349\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T23:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T23:23:16","slug":"spencer-pratt-battles-karen-bass-as-thanos-in-new-a-i-political-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/655349\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Pratt Battles Karen Bass As Thanos In New A.I. Political Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Spencer Pratt<br \/>\n                          My L.A. Endgame?!?<br \/>\n                          Beating Mayor Thanos!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 20, 2026<br \/>\n                            2:57 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260520_4418026fee7b48ba9153bbc2056add63\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:43174968-e97c-441f-b148-7d75e1f504b0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4418026fee7b48ba9153bbc2056add63_md.jpg\" alt=\"spencer pratt batman @charliebcurran 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/spencer-pratt\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Pratt<\/a>&#8216;s supporters have an endgame for his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles &#8230; pitting him as the hero L.A. needs opposite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/karen-bass\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karen Bass<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gavin-newsom\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> as Marvel villains &#8230; at least according to a new A.I. attack ad shared online.<\/p>\n<p>      Be the Hero LA needs. Vote Spencer Pratt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VTskAwynpB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VTskAwynpB<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliebcurran\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@charliebcurran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new video dropped Wednesday &#8230; and it borrows heavily from &#8220;Avengers: Endgame&#8221; and other superhero movies &#8230; with Spencer as Batman facing off against Mayor Bass as Thanos and Governor Newsom as Doctor Doom.<\/p>\n<p>In the ad, Newsom, Bass, former VP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kamala-harris\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, and a marionette of fellow mayoral candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nithya-raman\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nithya Raman<\/a> propose &#8220;evil&#8221; ideas to make L.A. worse and stop Spencer from becoming mayor.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Spencer crashes his armored Batmobile and prepares for a showdown with Newsom, Bass, and an army of Democratic Socialists for America &#8230; pausing for a moment to say, &#8220;I&#8217;m just one man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260520_ce94b434b9e54b008f59f843d63af796\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:43174968-e97c-441f-b148-7d75e1f504b0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ce94b434b9e54b008f59f843d63af796_md.png\" alt=\"spencer pratt SG 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, portals appear, and in steps street vendors, dog walkers, moms, firefighters, cops, doctors, nurses, and other working professionals &#8212; a whole mass of people &#8212; as Spencer leads the charge.<\/p>\n<p>An X user named Charlie Curran created the video using A.I. &#8212; he&#8217;s the same guy who made previous ads &#8212; including a similar one with Spencer as Batman bashing prominent Democrats in an L.A. hellscape and another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/08\/new-spencer-pratt-new-ai-political-ad\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">playing<\/a> off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charli-xcx\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charli XCX<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;brat&#8221; era.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260520_89b5c45b39b34721a20e57394e3db4e7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:43174968-e97c-441f-b148-7d75e1f504b0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/89b5c45b39b34721a20e57394e3db4e7_md.png\" alt=\"spencer pratt SG 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bass says the A.I. ads are &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/13\/karen-bass-reacts-ai-spencer-pratt-videos\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">taking a violent turn<\/a>&#8221; with &#8220;hateful&#8221; messaging that can &#8220;demonize people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Angelenos will head to the polls June 2 for the mayoral primary.<\/p>\n<p>      <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spencer Pratt My L.A. 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