Actor Wilson Cruz is reacting to former The Hills star Spencer Pratt gaining in the polls as he attempts to become the next mayor of Los Angeles.
“I can’t believe my BELOVED LA is willing to be this f***ing stupid,” Cruz, 52, wrote via his Instagram Stories on Sunday, May 3, over a screenshot of a recent social media post from Pratt, 42, celebrating the success of his mayoral campaign.
“Number 1 on the ballot. Number 1 in the polls,” Pratt wrote via Threads. “Let’s save LA. VOTE PRATT TODAY.”
A community note highlighted various claims about Pratt, who some have deemed a “conspiracy theorist” for allegedly believing the earth is flat and that the deadly 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was a “false flag” operation.
On January 30, after announcing his candidacy for L.A. mayor on the one-year anniversary of the deadly Palisades fires that destroyed his home, Pratt responded to claims he peddled conspiracy theories.
“If they’re resorting to calling you a conspiracy theorist, you know they have no real argument,” the former reality star said at the time, before attacking California Governor Gavin Newsom.
“The truth is, Gavin is like a magician — he does all the weird stuff with his hands to distract you while money just disappears,” Pratt continued, before citing the movie the 1998 film The Big Lebowski. “Tens of billions in homelessness, problem only gets worse … where’s the money Lebowski?”
Like fellow reality tv star-turned-politician President Donald Trump, Pratt’s campaign has been the subject of some scandal as the mayoral hopeful gains political momentum. After Pratt released a recent ad filmed outside the homes of two of his opponents — incumbent Karen Bass and Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman — the reality TV star was slammed for being “reckless.”
Mayor Bass accused Pratt of doing his “best Trump impression,” while Raman called the ad an “unnecessary” political stunt.
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Still, nothing seems to be slowing Pratt down — he has received an influx of campaign cash from former Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, a bump in the poll numbers and an increase in celebrity support, including an endorsement from podcaster Joe Rogan, who helped get President Trump elected twice.
Political commentator and former The View cohost Meghan McCain has even gone so far as to predict that Pratt will win the highly contentious mayoral race.
“I’m actually really excited,” fellow The Hills alum Audrina Patridge exclusively told Us Weekly on Friday, May 1, of her former costar’s political ambitions. “He impressed me. I listened to some of his interviews, and at first when I heard, I was like, ‘Wait, is he really doing it? Is it a joke? Is it real?’ But he is, and he is very intelligent, and I think that he would make a lot of change to L.A. and he would follow through with what he said.”
