Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt torched California leadership and slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom as a “demon” while calling out the state’s failures in responding to last year’s devastating Palisades wildfire.
“He’s a demon. He’s truly straight from hell,” Pratt said of Newsom in a blistering sit-down with Ankler Media CEO Janice Min.
The former “The Hills” bad boy turned mayoral hopeful said he’s felt that way about Newsom since the governor was caught dining at the French Laundry while his pandemic mandates forced Pratt to shutter his crystal business.
“Newsom is a great reality star, but what you are is, you’re in charge of everything failing,” Pratt said.
The comments came during awide-ranging interview with Min, who once featured Pratt and his wife Heidi Montag on countless covers of Us Weekly during their 2000s reality heyday. Now, nearly two decades later, Pratt is reinventing himself as a political outsider who is determined to upend Los Angeles politics.
Pratt’s mayoral bid was sparked by the Jan. 7 2025 Pacific Palisades fire, which destroyed his home. He claims he watched flames creep toward his property while waiting for firefighters who never came.
“I never hear one fire engine, I never hear a siren,” Pratt said, who was told by firefighters that “no assets are coming.”
Pratt is now a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power, alleging water system failures and negligence — including that the nearby reservoir was offline during a critical window.
He argues that helicopters wasted precious time flying to Malibu and Encino for water instead of quickly refilling locally.
Pratt announced his candidacy on the anniversary of the fire and is running in the June 2 nonpartisan primary against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.
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