Spencer Pratt, the reality TV personality best known from MTV’s The Hills, has announced a run for Los Angeles Mayor. The news crossed into late-night territory fast. Jimmy Kimmel dedicated a full segment on his ABC show to breaking it down. The clip made the rounds online this week.
Pratt first made his name when The Hills premiered in 2006. The show followed a group of young people navigating careers and relationships in Los Angeles. Pratt came in as a supporting character and quickly took over the conversation. He had a real gift for creating drama. He’d say out loud the things most people keep to themselves. Viewers had strong feelings about him from the start. Those feelings only grew.
The show had a real cultural footprint. It helped define the reality TV genre during a period when the format was taking over television. Pratt’s role made him the kind of celebrity people still recognize and react to today, years after the original episodes aired.
His real-life romance with co-star Heidi Montag became one of the show’s biggest storylines. The two eventually married. Together, they became one of the defining celebrity couples of the late 2000s. Magazine covers and tabloid headlines followed them both for years.
The Hills wrapped in 2010. A revival, The Hills: New Beginnings, brought the cast back in 2019. Pratt and Montag were both part of it. Pratt has kept busy since. He’s stayed active on social media and in podcast spaces, talking openly about fame and life in Los Angeles. He’s never been one to disappear quietly.
Announcing a run for mayor of LA fits that energy. It’s a big swing. Los Angeles is one of the largest cities in the country. Its mayoral race typically draws candidates with serious records in local government, law, or public service. Pratt entering that field is attention-getting by any measure. It also raises real questions about what a campaign like this looks like in practice.
Kimmel wasted no time. His show has been a late-night fixture on ABC since 2003. Over the years, he’s made a career out of finding the right angle on unexpected celebrity news. Pratt’s political ambitions are a natural fit for that format. The segment was shared on the show’s official Instagram account and drew a solid response.
Pratt does have genuine roots in the city. He grew up in Los Angeles. He built his public career there. He’s spoken about LA many times, with both real affection and honest frustration. He’s a real Angeleno.
The campaign details are still thin. There’s no public word yet on formal filings, platform specifics, or endorsements. But the announcement has done what it needed to do.
Spencer Pratt is in the race. Jimmy Kimmel is on it. The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral race just got a lot more interesting.
