{"id":87316,"date":"2026-04-30T10:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/meghan-mccain-says-spencer-pratt-will-win-l-a-mayor-race\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:27:41","slug":"meghan-mccain-says-spencer-pratt-will-win-l-a-mayor-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/meghan-mccain-says-spencer-pratt-will-win-l-a-mayor-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan McCain Says Spencer Pratt Will Win L.A. Mayor Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Meghan McCain<\/strong> predicted a huge upset victory for <em>The Hills<\/em> star <strong>Spencer Pratt<\/strong> in the Los Angeles mayoral race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you this guy is going to win,\u201d McCain, 41, wrote via X on Wednesday, April 29.<\/p>\n<p>The former <em>View<\/em> panelist responded enthusiastically to a new campaign ad from Pratt, 42, where he visited Mayor <strong>Karen Bass<\/strong> and rival candidate Councilwoman <strong>Nithya Raman<\/strong>\u2019s L.A.-area homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where Mayor Bass lives. Notice something? Or, here where Nithya Raman\u2019s $3 million mansion sits,\u201d he declares. \u201cThey don\u2019t have to live in the mess they\u2019ve created.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Spencer-Pratt-Details-the-Moment-He-and-Brody-Jenner-Decided-to-Crash-The-Hills.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1455px%2C822px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Spencer Pratt Details the Moment He and Brody Jenner Decided to Crash The Hills\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Spencer-Pratt-Details-the-Moment-He-and-Brody-Jenner-Decided-to-Crash-The-Hills.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Spencer Pratt Shares Untold Story of Crashing \u2018The Hills\u2019 in New Book<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSpencer Pratt joining The Hills was no coincidence. Pratt details his entire TV journey in his upcoming book, The Guy You Loved to Hate, out January 27, beginning with the short-lived Princes of Malibu, a show he sold to Fox starring his best friend Brody Jenner. When Princes didn\u2019t last after Jenner\u2019s mom, Linda Thompson, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ad then cut to Pratt standing in front of a trailer where he and wife <strong>Heidi Monta<\/strong>g lived after they lost their homes in the 2025 California wildfires. (Pratt and Montag share two children: Gunner Stone Pratt, 8, and Ryker Rock Pratt, 3.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where I live,\u201d he said in a scene outside the trailer. \u201cThey let my home burn down. I know what the consequences of failed leadership are. That\u2019s why I\u2019m running for mayor, for my sons and the rest of us Angelenos who want to stop these corrupt politicians from destroying our city. We are going to get the golden age of Los Angeles back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly <\/em>has reached out to Mayor Bass and Councilwoman Raman\u2019s campaigns for comment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4323272\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4323272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"meghan mccain predicts spencer pratt will win la mayor race\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Meghan McCain; Spencer Pratt<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images (2); Theo Wargo; JC Olivera\/<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In January, Pratt announced his bid for Los Angeles mayor on the anniversary of the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and burned more than 6,800 homes near Pacific Palisades, California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system in Los Angeles isn\u2019t struggling, it\u2019s fundamentally broken,\u201d Pratt said at the \u201cThey Let Us Burn\u201d public demonstration. \u201cIt is a machine designed to protect the people at the top and the friends they exchange favors with while the rest of us drown in toxic smoke and ash. Business as usual is a death sentence for Los Angeles, and I\u2019m done waiting for someone to take real action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pratt has risen in recent polls to become a legitimate contender in the race and received endorsements from <strong>Joe Rogan<\/strong>, <em>The Hills<\/em> costar <strong>Kristin Cavallari<\/strong> and podcaster <strong>Nick Viall<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large credit-added wp-image-4323270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-1404338124 meghan mccain predicts spencer pratt will win la mayor race\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1404338124-meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522224161.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=47&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Amy Sussman\/Getty Images for Prime Video<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is more <em>The Hills<\/em>, but coming off of <em>Laguna<\/em> [<em>Beach<\/em>], I had a lot of people say, \u2018Talk about Spencer running for mayor.\u2019 So you know what? Let\u2019s talk about it,\u201d Cavallari, 39, teased during the April 21 episode of her \u201cLet\u2019s Be Honest\u201d podcast. \u201cI think Spencer running for mayor is f***ing genius. Because I think everyone in politics \u2014 I don\u2019t care what side you\u2019re on \u2014 everyone is corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spencer\u2019s sister and former <em>The Hills<\/em> costar, <strong>Stephanie Pratt<\/strong>, was not supportive of the campaign, urging Los Angeles voters not to elect \u201canother unqualified and inexperienced mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cA vote for him is a vote for stupidity,\u201d Stephanie, 40, tweeted on February 14. \u201cHe\u2019s just trying to stay famous and sell his memoir don\u2019t be fooled. In an ideal world the palisades would have their own mayor and police department. I would love [for] him to be mayor of [the] Palisades but not LA with 4 million people. I\u2019d be impressed if a republican could turn LA democrats thb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on, \u201cAt least hire someone with work experience who wasn\u2019t in a cult. I\u2019m WORRIED about LA. I have no problem with Spencer playing government but our city needs help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Community<\/em> actress <strong>Yvette Nicole Brown<\/strong> was another dissenting voice, complaining via Threads on Thursday, April 24, that Pratt\u2019s fundraising success proved that \u201cthis nation is unserious and has learned nothing,\u201d seemingly likening the <em>Hills<\/em> star\u2019s campaign to reality star-turned-politician President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan McCain predicted a huge upset victory for The Hills star Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral race. \u201cI\u2019m telling you this guy is going to win,\u201d McCain, 41, wrote via X on Wednesday, April 29. The former View panelist responded enthusiastically to a new campaign ad from Pratt, 42, where he visited Mayor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/meghan-mccain-predicts-spencer-pratt-will-win-la-mayor-race-e1777522571788.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}