Aspiring Los Angeles mayor Spencer Pratt hit back at a journalist who mocked him for saying he would leave the city if he lost the election.
The 42-year-old TV personality is battling incumbent Karen Bass and city councilwoman Nithya Raman for the coveted top spot in the primary election on June 2.
During a recent interview on The Adam Carolla Show, Pratt revealed that if he loses, he will flee the city.
'If Karen Bass gets re-elected or Nithya [Raman] gets elected, I will be done with trying to live in LA,' The Hills star said.
'I'll go find somewhere my kids will not have to see naked zombies, and I can have the last American Dream somewhere. I will not rebuild if these people are in charge.'
Pratt was referring to rebuilding his $3.8 million home, which he lost in the Palisades fire that ripped through the California city in January 2025.
Variety Chief Correspondent Marlow Stern mocked Pratt's declaration on X, writing: 'He lives in Santa Barbara' and included a reference to reporting that his wife Heidi Montag and two children are staying in the town of Carpinteria.
Pratt hit back at Stern branding him a 'goblin' and reminding the New York City-based journalist that his LA home was destroyed, so he does not have a place to live in the city.
Spencer Pratt, 42, has vowed to leave behind the 'naked zombies' of Los Angeles if he loses the mayoral race
He hit back at a journalist who criticized him for staying with family in Santa Barbara after his $3.8 million family home in LA was burned in the Palisades fire in January 2025
'My house burned down. I lost everything. I can’t rebuild. As a 42-year-old man with 2 kids, I’ve had to move into my parents’ house, and I’m getting attacked for that? This is journalism?' he wrote on X.
'This is why no decent people ever get into politics. This is why you only have goblins running everything. God help you if you try to make things right for your community…if you lose your entire town, "journalists" mock you for not making your kids sleep in the toxic dirt on your burned-out lot. Who raised you, dude?'
Pratt appeared to then block Stern on X, and the journalist defended his post.
'Merely pointed out that Spencer Pratt has lived in Santa Barbara for the past year and he threw a tantrum and blocked me, which seems rather defensive,' Stern wrote.
Last week, Pratt issued a blistering response to a report that he had been staying at a fancy Bel Air hotel while campaigning.
He previously claimed he was living in a trailer outside his burned-down home, but TMZ reported he was actually living at Hotel Bel-Air, one of the swankiest hotels in Los Angeles.
The hotel charges at least $1,500 per night and offers amenities such as a swimming pool, tennis courts, and a spa.
After the outlet shared their story about Pratt's fancy living quarters, the candidate responded on X: 'Hey guys, why don’t they wanna talk about why I need a hotel in the first place?'
Pratt hit back at journalist Marlow Stern branding him a 'goblin' and reminding the New York City-based journalist that his LA home was destroyed
Pratt's wife, Heidi Montag, and their two children are staying in the town of Carpinteria, while the mayoral hopeful has been staying at a hotel during his campaign over safety concerns
He has recently been criticized for not living in the city despite his home being burned down
'Karen Bass let my home burn down,' he added. 'Also, 6,000 of my neighbors. NBD.'
Pratt has made Bass's mismanagement of the wildfires last year a central pillar of his campaign, accusing her of botching the response to the fires that killed 12 people and caused over $25 billion in damage.
He also reportedly told TMZ that he felt the need to stay at the hotel for his own safety, saying he has received death threats as his campaign gains traction.
Pratt told the outlet his trailer was not suitable to keep him safe, but the hotel has 'its own armed security, and that has become the only option.'
Referring to supporters of his rivals, Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman, as 'Bassholes and Ramaniacs', Pratt said he has faced death threats from 'whackos.'
'Since I destroyed them in the debate, and am surging in the polls, they are getting increasingly desperate and hostile,' he said.
Voters in Los Angeles head to the polls in just a few weeks and Pratt's candidacy is surging as he continues to take down his Democratic rivals.
Los Angeles has a unique voting system in which the top two candidates in the primary compete against one another in a November runoff.
However, if a candidate receives more than 50 percent of the votes in June, they win the election and there is no runoff in the fall.
The Daily Mail has approached Pratt's team and Stern for comment.