Spencer Pratt Vows to Leave L.A. If He Loses Mayoral Races to Chase the 'Last American Dream'

Christopher EdwardsTue, May 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM UTC

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Spencer Pratt says he will leave Los Angeles if Karen Bass or Nithya Raman wins the mayoral race

Pratt claims he does not live in his Airstream trailer anymore due to death threats and safety concerns

The former reality star is running an independent campaign and rejects being labeled a “MAGA Republican” by some

Spencer Pratt, the former reality star turned Los Angeles mayoral candidate, says he'll leave the city if he isn't elected.

In an interview with comedian Adam Carolla, the former The Hills star vowed to win his lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power (LADWP), and use the money to fund the rebuilding of his home, which burned down in the Pacific Palisades fire in January 2025.

"If Karen Bass gets reelected, or Nithya [Raman] gets elected, I will be done with trying to live in L.A.," said Pratt, 42, while standing at the site where his home once stood.

"I'll take that money from the [Gov. Gavin] Newsom state park and the LADWP, and I'll go find somewhere that my kids will not have to see naked zombies and I can have the last American dream somewhere."

"I will not rebuild if these people are in charge. Because what would I be putting money into?" he continued.

Pratt, who launched his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles in January, recently courted controversy for claiming that he lives in an Airstream trailer.

In an April ad, Pratt took aim at his opponents, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass and city councilwoman Nithya Raman, saying they “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.)

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Appearing in front of the trailer on the site of what was once his Pacific Palisades home, Pratt says in the ad, “This is where I live.” But reports suggested otherwise. 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.

Spencer Pratt in January 2026.
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Appearing that afternoon on TMZ Live, Pratt said he doesn't 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 left the Airstream after receiving death threats, which he said were tied to his opponents' campaign messaging.

He said he hired a security team that advised him to not stay in the trailer 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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A registered Republican, Pratt, who is married to his The Hills costar Heidi Montag, with whom he shares two children, is running an independent campaign in Los Angeles' nonpartisan mayoral race. He has rejected the “MAGA Republican” label given to him by Raman and has 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.”

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