Thursday, June 11, 2026
PMT: Who was Spencer Pratt?
So there was this dude who was on four reality TV shows (none of which I have heard of): The Princes of Malibu, The Hills, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, and the British version of Celebrity Big Brother. He went to a prep school in Santa Monica and then to USC before embarking on his bizarre reality show career. [Side note: if these shows are actually about "reality," doesn't it seem odd that someone would be on four of them?]
Somehow, he (and a lot of other people) thought that this career was pretty good preparation to be in charge of a major American city, and he entered the general election for Mayor of Los Angeles. People (including himself) really thought he was going to win-- after all, he had the endorsement of Donald Trump, and was really mad about the Palisades fire and crime.
In the end he lost to incumbent mayor Karen Bass and a former Bass aide who is even further to the left.
Can we just say that maybe being a reality TV star isn't a great run-up to being in charge of anything? We've tried that experiment, and... well, you know.
