Spencer Pratt's Wildfire Politics: Kardashian Clips and Mayoral Mudslinging

When life gives you a destroyed home and a mayoral race, apparently you get creative with reality TV footage. Spencer Pratt, running for Los Angeles Mayor, has found a novel way to attack incumbent Karen Bass: by enlisting Khloé Kardashian’s voice—or at least a repurposed clip of it—to call Bass a liar.

The attack ad, which Pratt posted on social media this week, splices together an old“Keeping Up With The Kardashians”moment where Khloé watches her phone and screams“liar”with fresh footage from last week’s televised debate between Pratt, Bass, and fellow candidate Nithya Raman. The source of Khloé’s outrage in the original clip? Her ex Tristan Thompson. The target of the ad’s message? The sitting mayor’s statements about the wildfire that destroyed Pratt’s Pacific Palisades home earlier this year.

This is the kind of political theater that only happens when entertainment and electoral politics collide. Pratt captioned the video with a straightforward claim:“Everyone agrees: Karen Bass is an incredible liar.”It’s a move that’s part SNL sketch, part genuine campaign strategy—and it raises questions about what political discourse looks like when candidates weaponize pop culture against their opponents.

The gambit speaks to Pratt’s broader approach to his mayoral bid. He’s not playing it straight or traditional; instead, he’s leaning into his reality TV background and media savvy to cut through the noise. Whether voters find it refreshing or ridiculous probably depends on where you stand on the intersection of celebrity and local politics. What’s undeniable is that it got attention—which, in a crowded three-way race, might be exactly the point.

The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race is shaping up to be anything but dull. And if Pratt keeps mining the Kardashian vault for campaign fodder, we’re in for a wild ride.