Meghan McCain he predicted a major upset victory The hills star Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral race.
“I'm telling you this guy is going to win,” McCain, 41, wrote on X on Wednesday, April 29.
The first one Look The panelist responded enthusiastically to a new campaign ad from Pratt, 42, in which he visited the Mayor. Karen Bass and his opponent who is a female Councillor Nithya RamanLA housing.
“This is where Mayor Bass lives. Notice something? Or, this is where Nithya Raman's $3 million mansion lives,” he said. “They don't have to live in the shame they created.”
The ad then cuts to Pratt standing in front of the wagon where he and his wife are Heidi Montag survive after losing their homes in the California wildfires of 2025. (Pratt and Montag have two children: Gunner Stone Pratt, 8, and Ryker Rock Pratt, 3.)
“This is where I live,” he said in the square outside the trailer. “They let my house burn down. I know the consequences of a failure of leadership. That's why I'm running for mayor, my sons and all of us Angelenos want to stop these corrupt politicians from destroying our city. We're going to bring back the golden age of Los Angeles.”
Us Weekly reached out to the campaigns of Mayor Bass and Councilman Raman for comment.
Meghan McCain; Spencer Pratt
Getty Images (2); Theo Wargo; JC Olivera/In January, Pratt announced his bid for mayor of Los Angeles on the anniversary of the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and burned more than 6,800 homes near Pacific Palisades, California.
“The system in Los Angeles is okay, it's really broken,” Pratt said on the “Let Us Burn” public show. “It's a device designed to protect the elite and the benevolent while the rest of us drown in toxic smoke and ash.” Business as usual is a death sentence in Los Angeles, and I'm done waiting for someone to take real action.”
Pratt has risen in recent polls to become a legitimate contender in the race and has received endorsements from him. Joe Rogan, The hills the costar Kristin Cavallari and a podcaster Nick Viallamong others.
“This is more The hillsbut coming out Laguna [Beach]a lot of people were saying, 'Talk about Spencer running for mayor.' So you know what? Let's talk about it,” Cavallari, 39, teased during the April 21 episode of his “Let's Be Honest” podcast. “I think Spencer running for mayor is smart. Because I think everybody in politics – I don't care what side you're on – everybody is corrupt.”
Spencer's sister and ex The hills costar, Stephanie Prattdid not support the campaign, urging Los Angeles voters not to elect “another unqualified and inexperienced mayor.”
“Voting for him is voting for stupidity,” Stephanie, 40, said on Twitter on February 14. “He's just trying to be famous and sell his history and not be fooled. In an ideal world the gangs would have their own mayor and police department. I'd like [for] to be the mayor [the] Palisades but not LA with 4 million people. I would be impressed if a republican could convert the LA democrats thb.”
He continued, “At least hire someone with work experience who was not in the religion, I'M WORRIED HERE, I have no problem with Spencer playing the government but our city needs help.”
Community an actress Yvette Nicole Brown It was another dissenting voice, complaining on Threads on Thursday, April 24, that Pratt's fundraising success proved that “this nation is apathetic and uneducated,” seeming to match The hills a true Presidential campaign star turned politician Donald Trump.
