When Jonathan Cheban decided Monday was the day to go all-in on Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign, he probably didn’t anticipate things would spiral into a Beverly Hills street spectacle complete with a stranger’s unsolicited wardrobe malfunction.
Kim Kardashian’s longtime pal, better known as FoodGod, was riding hard for Pratt’s long-shot Los Angeles mayoral bid when our crew caught up with him. Cheban wasn’t about to let Mayor Karen Bass’s earlier swipe at Pratt’s reality TV roots slide quietly by. Instead, he made the case that Spencer could inject new life into a city desperate for a shake-up—and went so far as to say he’d consider moving back to Los Angeles if Pratt somehow pulled off the upset. That’s loyalty, or delusion, or both.
But before Cheban could fully lay out his pitch, a passerby decided the conversation needed an audience participation element. When the woman jumped in with her own unrelated rant, Cheban wasn’t about to let it derail him. He took a dig at her purse—calling it fake—and told her to put some clothes on before suggesting she invest in SKIMS. The woman, apparently not a fan of unsolicited fashion criticism, decided to escalate the entire situation by flashing Cheban and the camera crew.
The bizarre encounter left Cheban genuinely stunned, though he recovered quickly enough to crack a joke: if this is what L.A. streets look like these days, the city really does need a major overhaul. Whether that’s a ringing endorsement for Spencer Pratt’s campaign or just an observation about urban decay is anyone’s guess.
What’s undeniable is that FoodGod walked away from Monday’s interview with a story nobody could’ve scripted—and arguably, more proof that he believes Pratt’s mayoral campaign is worth fighting for, even against the odds.
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