Highlights
- Spencer Pratt secretly signed a deal to film a reality show if elected LA mayor
- Cameras are already rolling on his campaign with wife Heidi Montag and their kids
- Critics say the stunt proves he’s treating the mayor’s race like a TV audition
If you had any lingering doubts that Spencer Pratt wasn’t approaching the LA mayor race with the gravitas of, say, an actual politician, allow this to erase them entirely: the Hills villain-turned-mayoral-candidate has quietly inked a deal to film a reality TV show — one that would roll cameras straight into the mayor’s office if he wins.
Per TMZ, which broke the exclusive, Pratt signed a contract with a Los Angeles production company to document his entire political journey. That means Heidi Montag, the kids, the campaign trail — all of it is being captured for your future streaming pleasure.
And the kicker? The contract specifically provides that the show would go on — even if Spencer gets sworn into office.
Let that sink in. The man wants to run the second-largest city in America and has already arranged for a camera crew to follow him around while he does it.
Sources with direct knowledge told TMZ that Pratt inked a deal with a Los Angeles production company to roll cameras as he runs for mayor, with the production team filming Spencer, his wife Heidi Montag, and their kids throughout his political journey.
To be fair — and we’re being generous here — sources say Spencer and the production company have not put the cart before the horse, and as of now everyone is focusing on the campaign without yet discussing details on how filming would continue if he wins. But the ink is dry. The deal is done.
This is, of course, the same man who was recently caught telling his campaign ads one story while living a very different one. Pratt had a video filmed, in part, outside the homes of other candidates, and in one ad he is standing on his lot in front of his Airstream saying, “This is where I live.” Days later, it was reported by TMZ that he was residing at the Hotel Bel-Air while his family was based in Santa Barbara.
When confronted, he joined TMZ Live and clarified that he doesn’t really live anywhere — because the Pacific Palisades fire left him homeless. It’s a genuine tragedy, of course. But it also might be the first campaign ad ever fact-checked by a tabloid.
Originally greeted with bemusement, Pratt is now upending the race with early voting underway ahead of the June 2 election, riding a wave of buzz fueled by viral videos taking aim at incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, Gov. Gavin Newsom, and others.
A new Emerson College poll shows Pratt gaining 12 points in the Los Angeles mayoral race, narrowing the gap with incumbent Karen Bass. So the buzz is real — but so is the scrutiny.
Even current Mayor Karen Bass has weighed in. Bass accused Pratt’s AI-generated advertisements of “taking on a violent trend” in depicting the city as a crime-ridden dystopia, with the ads showing Pratt as a Batman-style vigilante fighting masked criminals.
Meanwhile, Pratt’s own sister isn’t exactly handing out yard signs. In February 2026, his sister alleged Pratt assaulted her when she was 18 and urged voters not to support his campaign, saying, “LA does not need another unqualified and inexperienced mayor.”
Pratt points to a 2013 political science degree from the University of Southern California as evidence of his readiness to lead a massive city. His campaign did not respond to interview requests — though, to be fair, they may have been busy setting up camera angles.
Voted the “Greatest Reality TV Villain” in 2015, Pratt isn’t afraid to leverage his polarizing image and position himself as the dark horse in this race. And leveraging it he is — all the way to a production deal.
Whether Los Angeles voters want their city hall turned into a set is, ultimately, the only question that matters. The June 2 primary will tell us if the city is ready for its close-up.
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