Actuality TV persona Spencer Pratt is working to be the subsequent mayor of Los Angeles.
The Hills alum introduced his marketing campaign on Wednesday whereas talking at a rally organized by Palisades residents to mark the primary anniversary of the lethal LA fires.
“The system in Los Angeles isn’t struggling; it’s basically damaged,” he mentioned on the rally. “It’s a machine designed to guard the individuals on the prime and the chums they change favors with whereas the remainder of us drown in poisonous smoke and ash.”
Pratt continued to say “enterprise as standard is a demise sentence for Los Angeles” earlier than launching his bid: “I’m accomplished ready for somebody to take actual motion. That’s why I’m working for mayor.”
“However let me be clear, this simply isn’t a marketing campaign. It is a mission, and we’re going to expose the system,” he mentioned. “We’re going into each darkish nook of LA politics and disinfecting the town with our gentle.”
Pratt and his spouse, Heidi Montag, who can be an alum of MTV’s The Hills, misplaced their dwelling in final 12 months’s fireplace. Since then, Pratt has been one of the crucial vocal public critics of present Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom over their dealing with of the catastrophe.
Bass, who received the mayoralty in 2022, is searching for re-election. The Mayor’s workplace criticized Pratt’s bid in an announcement yesterday.
“It’s no shock that prematurely of his imminent e book launch, a actuality TV ‘villain’ who as soon as staged a pretend divorce to spice up rankings and spent the final summer season spewing post-fire misinformation and disinformation to pump up his social media following, would now announce he’s working for Mayor,” Bass marketing campaign spokesperson Douglas Herman mentioned in an announcement.
