Spencer Pratt Discusses Los Angeles Mayoral Campaign Spencer Pratt’s insurgent bid for Los Angeles mayor sits at a strange crossroads: a candidate who claims he doesn’t want celebrity backing, even as his rise is being narrated largely through celebrity endorsements and right-leaning media.

Pratt told Fox News’ “Gutfeld!” he “doesn’t want anybody to endorse” him beyond “moms and the animal lovers in LA,” insisting he’s “cool if no celebrity ever endorses” him and even “love[s] when the celebrities attack” because it signals he’s doing well. Yet coverage across outlets highlights a growing roster of Hollywood supporters, from Dennis Quaid and Paris Hilton to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and others.

Conservative framing: populist revolt, not reality TV stunt

Conservative-leaning coverage frames Pratt as a blunt, anti-establishment truth-teller channeling public anger at visible urban decline. He mocks critics who say he’s “only popular on the internet,” arguing he’s surging with “people having to step over the naked drug addicts and step into human poop to get their $20 matcha,” and mothers maneuvering strollers around “fentanyl, needles, and naked drug-addict zombies with machetes.” One headline hails his “viral campaign” and his self-description as the “look around” candidate urging voters to see “what the far left has done to the city.”

Liberal-identified outlet, similar narrative

Even an outlet labeled here as “Liberal” adopts much of the same critique, spotlighting Quaid’s endorsement as an “obvious choice” over Democrat Karen Bass and framing his reasoning as “Just look around, man,” citing homelessness, crime, budget woes, and wildfire response. The same piece emphasizes that “the devastating 2025 Palisades fires that destroyed his family home” pushed Pratt into the race and quotes his attack on “the system” for failing his family.

Bass vs. Pratt: dueling stories of change

Where Pratt argues “we don’t need more government programs” but rather “common sense [and] accountability,” Bass promotes a policy-heavy agenda focused on “getting more people off the streets into housing” and expanding “affordable housing units,” backed by her own celebrity supporter, Samuel L. Jackson.

The paradox is stark: both sides denounce a failed status quo while leaning on star power and partisan media. Voters now must decide whether “look around” is a serious governing vision or a powerful, if polarizing, campaign slogan.