Gabrielle Union Picks Sides in Spencer Pratt L.A. Mayor Showdown

When Gabrielle Union caught wind of Spencer Pratt’s mayoral ambitions, her reaction was about as subtle as a neon sign in West Hollywood — a full-throated laugh that said everything you need to know.

The actress found herself fielding questions about Pratt’s political aspirations on Wednesday while leaving The Abbey’s 35th anniversary party, and she didn’t waste a beat diving into the celebrity endorsement games that have taken over L.A.’s upcoming mayoral race. Instead of taking Pratt’s bid seriously, Union pivoted straight to nostalgia, shouting out Stephen Colletti from Laguna Beach before making her real allegiance crystal clear: she’s team LC, aka Lauren Conrad.

For anyone who lived through The Hills drama, that endorsement lands like a perfectly timed reality TV confessional. The Conrad-Pratt feud from the show’s heyday wasn’t exactly subtle, and Union’s choice to publicly align herself with Conrad over Pratt is less about actual mayoral politics and more about honoring television history. It’s the kind of celebrity moment that has nothing to do with policy platforms and everything to do with where people’s loyalties lined up a couple decades ago.

The whole thing highlights just how surreal L.A.’s political moment has become. Between reality TV stars, musicians, and now seemingly everyone with a Hollywood connection weighing in on the race, it’s starting to feel less like a serious municipal election and more like one long episode of Celebrity Apprentice. Union’s laugh might be the most honest take yet — because sometimes the only reasonable response to a Spencer Pratt mayoral run is honest laughter and a trip down reality TV memory lane.

With the election approaching, expect plenty more stars to add their two cents. Whether those endorsements are based on actual political conviction or pure entertainment value remains very much an open question.