Drew Carey blasted Spencer Pratt’s run for Los Angeles mayor in a Threads post, telling people that anyone who votes for or endorses Pratt needs to get their head out of their a--. Carey also said voters should get behind someone competent, not “some serial scammer without a soul or moral compass.”
The criticism landed one week ahead of the June primaries, after Pratt had spent Sunday urging voters to “think bigger for LA” and backing himself as the better answer for a city he said does not have to accept “the filth and the decline.” Pratt, 42, wrote that Los Angeles is “the greatest slice of heaven on Earth” and told residents to vote for him and “vote for LA.”
Carey’s comments add a new layer of public ridicule to a campaign Pratt launched in January after the 2025 Palisades wildfire took his home. Pratt has cast himself as a champion for Angelenos angered by the fires and by City Hall, and his campaign has centered on unseating incumbent Karen Bass over her handling of the disaster.
That pitch has already been sharpened by litigation and politics. Earlier this year, Pratt and Heidi Montag joined more than a dozen additional property owners in suing the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, accusing the utility of making the conscious decision to operate the water supply system with the reservoir drained and unusable as a cost-saving measure. The campaign has also faced criticism over Pratt’s registered Republican status and a recent nod from President Donald Trump.
The friction is straightforward: Pratt has built his candidacy on outrage, but Carey is now arguing that anger alone is not a credential for the job. With primary voting days away, the race is no longer just about whether Pratt can draw attention. It is about whether he can persuade voters that a celebrity with a grievance is a serious answer to the city’s problems.
