Reality television personality Spencer Pratt will walk away from Los Angeles entirely if his unconventional mayoral bid falls short, arguing the “American dream” does not exist under his opponents.
The 42-year-old made those remarks during an interview with comedian Adam Carolla, where he discussed his family’s future from his Pacific Palisades lot where their home was destroyed in a wildfire last year.
“I’m going to win the lawsuit against Gavin Newsom’s state park, and with that money, if I’m the mayor of Los Angeles, I will rebuild,” he told Carolla on May 16. “If Karen Bass gets reelected or Nithya [Raman] gets elected, I will be done with trying to live in L.A.”
Pratt was living in a coastal community, the Pacific Palisades, with his wife, Heidi Montag, and their two children before tragedy struck. The wildfire burned more than 23,000 acres, destroyed 6,837 structures, and claimed the lives of 12 people.
In response, the couple, along with over 20 other property owners and residents, sued the City of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power (LADWP), citing the devastation as “an inescapable and unavoidable consequence” of how the fire was handled by the city.
“I’ll take that money from the Newsom state park and the LADWP, and I’ll go somewhere that my kids will not have to see naked zombies, and I can have the last American dream somewhere,” he continued. “But I will not rebuild if these people are in charge, because what would I be putting money into?”
Pratt, a Republican, entered the nonpartisan Los Angeles race for mayor earlier this year, announcing his campaign during the “They Let Us Burn” rally set up by the Palisades Fire Residents Coalition.
“The system in Los Angeles isn’t struggling, it’s fundamentally broken,” Pratt told a crowd of fire survivors and rallygoers on Jan. 7. “It is a machine designed to protect the people at the top and the friends they exchange favors with while the rest of us drown in toxic smoke and ash.”
Pratt and Montag rose to fame in 2006 on MTV’s popular reality television series “The Hills,” and have appeared on other shows together, including “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here” and “Celebrity Big Brother UK.”
Over the last year, Pratt has become a vocal critic of Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, arguing that their policies have failed to protect residents and wildfire victims.
His campaign has garnered support from celebrities and public figures such as Paris Hilton, Joe Rogan, James Woods, David Foster, and others.
According to an Emerson College poll released on May 13, Bass is in the lead with 30 percent support, followed by Pratt at 22 percent and Councilmember Nithya Raman with 19 percent.
Regardless of party preference, the top two candidates in the June 2 primary, even if one candidate receives the majority, will move on to the general election.
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