Spencer Pratt Claps Back at Claims He's Living at the Hotel Bel Air
Spencer Prattshut down recent claims about his family's living arrangements.
"Hey guys, why don't they wanna talk about why I need a hotel in the first place?" Pratt, 42, wrote via X on Wednesday, April 13, responding to a TMZ report claiming that the Hills alum and wife Heidi Montag are currently residing at the famed Hotel Bel-Air in California.
He went on to call out the incumbent Los Angeles mayor directly, writing, "Karen Bass let my home burn down. Also 6,000 of my neighbors. NBD."
Pratt and Montag, 39, lost their home in the devastating wildfires that tore through Los Angeles in January 2025.
"We put all of our money into our house and our life to build something for our kids to put in their name and every detail we just kept on every year for the last eight years," Pratt exclusively told Us Weekly at the time. "Our house was 3,000 square feet. It is not a mansion in the Palisades. Everything was perfect from the stoves to the washing machines. That's all we put our money into - and then we go and eat nice groceries at Erewhon. But our life was like, ‘Put our money into our house, eat clean groceries and that's it.' We go on one trip a year to see Heidi's parents in Colorado."
After losing their house, Pratt was inspired to challenge Bass, 72,in the upcoming election.
"The only way I see God letting my parents' house burn down and my house burn down is that God knows it's the only way to turn me against a system that lets this happen to tens of thousands of people," Pratt told Us in his January cover story about running for office. "In a best-case scenario, I would have helped at least 10,000 people to get 70 percent of what they got taken from them. That would be poetic."
Pratt further hoped that a victory would provide "justice" to other L.A. residents impacted by the wildfire.
"Winning the mayor's race will be a victory for truth and transparency, which is what I've been fighting for this whole year," he told Us earlier this year. "The end goal is the same: to shine a light into the darkness."
Pratt's candidacy has ignited debates on both sides, though the reality TV alum maintains that he is capable of handling the government job.
"I have two awards from my community. President [Barack] Obama actually didn't even have awards when he was a community organizer," Pratt told NBC News earlier this month. "He was able to become a senator and then a president for eight years. So, I feel like him, and I have the same experience. … I'm no longer a reality star. It's funny, I keep being called a reality star. I'm the only candidate living in reality, too."
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This story was originally published May 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM.