had his sights set on LA mayoral hopeful in a blistering rant on Wednesday night's episode of his eponymous late-night talk show.
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Kimmel Slams Pratts Mayoral Bid Amid LA Chaos
Jimmy Kimmel had his sights set on LA mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt in a blistering rant on Wednesday night's episode of his eponymous late-night talk show.The ...
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The 58-year-old comedian accused Pratt of merely being a 'narcissist looking for attention' as he tried to crater the former Hills star's campaign.
Kimmel launched his barrage against the 42-year-old former Hills star – which included comparisons between Pratt and – despite admitting in the same monologue that under incumbent Mayor 'is a mess.'
The Daily Mail has reached out to Pratt's representative for comment.
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The attacks on the registered Republican on Jimmy Kimmel Live come after he managed to put politics aside earlier on Wednesday to pay tribute to his longtime friend and former Man Show co-host, the conservative comedian Adam Carolla, when his .
Despite the anti-Pratt slant of his monologue, Kimmel began by outlining the dispiriting state of city.
Jimmy Kimmel had his sights set on LA mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt in a blistering rant on Wednesday night's episode of his eponymous late-night talk show
The 58-year-old comedian accused Pratt of merely being a 'narcissist looking for attention' as he tried to crater the former Hills star's campaign – despite admitting in the same monologue that Los Angeles under incumbent Mayor Karen Bass 'is a mess'; Pratt seen Thursday in NYC
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'Here in Los Angeles, we have a very LA race for mayor on our hands here,' Kimmel said. 'This city, let’s be honest, this city is a mess. That is something that became especially obvious during the fires.
'But the people running the city, when you say this place is a mess, they go, "No, actually it isn’t. We’re doing a lot,"' he continued. 'And then we look around and go, "I’m not seeing it."'
Kimmel added that many Angelenos were frustrated to see that 'nothing seems to change' with the city.
Kimmel said many Angelenos were frustrated to see that 'nothing seems to change' with the city. 'So then you get a guy who is on a reality show, who’s on a lot of reality shows'
'His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows and his house burns down,' the host continued, before mocking Pratt for failing to consider the safety of his own home by not investing in home insurance; Pratt is pictured May 20 in LA
The late-night host went so far as to suggest that Pratt might not even want to be LA's mayor.
'You think this guy wants to sit through city council meetings all day talking about zoning?' he mused. 'No, he wants to be a star again. And guess what? It’s working.'
Kimmel went on to mock Pratt for his alleged similarities in style and politics to Donald Trump, though he joked that the difference between the LA mayor hopeful and the current president was that Trump 'had a job before he was on a reality show.'
He joked that Pratt, who has no experience with politics, only got the idea to run for mayor of LA after people started agreeing with him 'for the first time in his life,' and Kimmel suggested Pratt may not even want the job, just the publicity that comes with it
Kimmel went on to mock Pratt for his alleged similarities in style and politics to Donald Trump, though he joked that the difference between the LA mayor hopeful and the current president was that Trump 'had a job before he was on a reality show'; Trump is pictured Wednesday in Washington, DC
'We made and spent at least $10 million,' Pratt said in a 2013 interview with OK! magazine. 'The thing is, we heard that the planet was going to end in 2012. We thought, we have got to spend this money before the asteroid hits.'
'Here’s some advice, definitely do not spend your money thinking asteroids are coming. But the world didn’t end,' Pratt said in the same interview, before revealing how he spent the eye-popping sum.
'I would give my friends $15,000 for their birthday. Just cash. I would buy people cars. Every valet I met got a couple of hundred [dollars] tip. I would pay people $200 just to open doors for us,' the reality star admitted at the time.
Following Kimmel's monologue, Pratt appeared to defend himself against claims that he lacks experience in a post on X
Early on Thursday morning – as he went to New York City to appear on Fox & Friends – Pratty roasted Kimmel, writing on X that 'Jimmy's secretly voting for me'
He also shared a photo of his parents' incinerated home after it was destroyed in last year's LA fires as he painted an apocalyptic portrait of the city's future
'When people criticize me for not having experience, I'm a lifelong Angeleno who's seen my home city waste away under poor leadership. THAT is my experience. Just like you. Vote for LA. Vote today,' he wrote.
Early on Thursday morning – as he went to New York City to appear on Fox & Friends – Pratt roasted Kimmel, writing on X that 'Jimmy's secretly voting for me.'
He also shared a photo of his parents' incinerated home after it was destroyed in last year's LA fires.
'This is my parents' house. This is why I'm running,' he wrote. 'This is coming for your home. It's coming for your industry. If not by fire, then by blight, addicts, fraud, and the slow rot created by corrupt politicians like Karen Bass. Wake up and VOTE.'
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