“I don't live at the Hotel Bel-Air, I don't live in the Airstream, I don't live in Santa Barbara, I don't have a house,” the former reality star told 'TMZ Live'
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- Spencer Pratt, the former reality TV star running for Los Angeles mayor, responded to a TMZ report alleging he lived at a luxury hotel while claiming in a campaign ad to reside in an Airstream trailer on the site of his former home
- Pratt insisted repeatedly in an interview with TMZ Live on Wednesday, May 13, that he does not live “anywhere” because his home was destroyed in last year’s Palisades Fire
- Pratt, a registered Republican, is running an independent campaign in Los Angeles’ nonpartisan mayoral race
Spencer Pratt, the former reality television star running for mayor of Los Angeles, fired back at a report claiming he had misled voters with a campaign ad about his residence.
Pratt, 42, criticized the affluent neighborhoods of his primary opponents, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and city councilwoman Nithya Raman, in an ad released late last month that said the women “don't have to live in the mess they created.” (Bass lives in the Getty House, the official residence of the mayor of Los Angeles since the 1970s).
Appearing before an Airstream trailer on the site of what was once his Pacific Palisades home, Pratt says in the ad, “This is where I live.” The Hills alum's home, along with thousands of others, was destroyed last winter by a wildfire that was the most destructive in the city's history.
However, TMZ published a report on Wednesday, May 13, that Pratt has not lived in the Airstream for some time, spending more than a month checked into the Hotel Bel-Air, a luxury property outside Beverly Hills.
Pratt didn't deny the outlet's reporting in a social media post on Wednesday.
“Hey guys, why don't they wanna talk about why I need a hotel in the first place?” Pratt wrote on X, responding to the TMZ report. “Karen Bass let my home burn down. Also 6,000 of my neighbors. NBD.”
Appearing that afternoon on TMZ Live, Pratt insisted repeatedly that he does not live “anywhere” because he has no home at all.
“I don't live at the Hotel Bel-Air, I don't live in the Airstream, I don't live in Santa Barbara, I don't have a house. They burned it down,” he told hosts Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere. Pratt said he sought alternate accommodations after receiving death threats, which he said were tied to his opponents' campaign messaging.
Pratt says a hired security team has advised him to not stay in the trailer, he said, “because there's 360 unobstructed views, since there's no houses, so you can literally snipe me out from any part.”
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“Not to mention, the Airstream — it took over a month for LA DWP to connect a wire for electricity to it, which was three days ago. It took weeks to get the water hooked up, which was yesterday,” Pratt added. “So, for these people that want to focus on where I sleep at night, first off, I don't even sleep. I get four hours of sleep because I'm fighting these corrupt freaking politicians all day long.”
Pratt, a registered Republican, is running an independent campaign in Los Angeles' nonpartisan mayoral race. He has rejected the “MAGA Republican” label given to him by Raman and compared himself to former Democratic President Barack Obama.
“I represent all of Los Angeles. I do not represent a party,” Pratt told NBC Los Angeles on Friday, May 8. “I don't have a campaign manager. I don't have campaign consultants. There's no political party backing me.”
Pratt did not immediately return a request for comment.