“His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows,” the host said on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” adding that Pratt’s move is “exactly what Donald Trump did.”

Jimmy Kimmel skewers Spencer Pratt’s run for mayor: ‘Another narcissist looking for attention’

"His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows," the host said on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," adding that Pratt's move is "exactly what Donald Trump did."

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- Jimmy Kimmel skewered Spencer Pratt's controversial bid for Los Angeles mayor on Wednesday's episode of *Jimmy Kimmel Live*.

- "It's exactly what Donald Trump did," the host said.

- Kimmel called Pratt "another narcissist looking for attention": "His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows."

Spencer Pratt may be boasting about his celebrity political endorsements, but it's safe to say that Jimmy Kimmel won't be one of them.

The late-night host shared his thoughts on the reality star's controversial bid for mayor of Los Angeles on Wednesday's episode of *Jimmy Kimmel Live*, likening his campaign to Donald Trump's first presidential run in 2016.

"Here in Los Angeles, we have a very L.A. race for mayor on our hands," Kimmel began, speaking with his audience members during Wednesday's monologue. "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.' And then we look around and go, 'I'm not seeing it.' And then they go, 'Oh, it's there. Things are looking up.' And this makes the people who live here upset."

Kimmel noted that the city's residents have been especially upset after losing their homes, businesses, and more after Los Angeles' devastating Palisades fire — which has been dubbed the third-most destructive fire in California history — leaving them "frustrated because nothing seems to change."

Spencer Pratt hosts a campaign block party event on May 20, 2026.

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He continued, saying of Pratt, "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. And even though he had no private insurance on his house and doesn't believe in climate change, he is understandably upset about his house burning down. And since he's a moderately famous person, he gets attention."

Pratt rose to prominence as a reality TV villain on *The Hills*, and then went on to appear on shows like *The Princes of Malibu,* the U.K's edition of *Celebrity Big Brother, The Masked Singer, *and *Got to Get Out.*

"For the first time in his life, people are agreeing with what he has to say," Kimmel said of Pratt. "It's hard not to agree with what he has to say. He's angry about the same problems a lot of people here are angry about. Does he have solutions to those problems? No. But at least he's acknowledging that they are problems."

He continued, "So then this angry reality show star, who grew up wealthy and popular and is not very wealthy or popular anymore, really starts to enjoy the attention. He starts to think, 'I should be mayor,' which is a statement that should make everyone laugh. But not everyone is laughing. Not everyone sees this as a joke. Right now, if you believe the polls, 22 percent of them are going, 'You know what? You should be mayor.' And not only are they telling him he should be mayor, they're even going so far as to give him money for his campaign."

Kimmel lamented that despite Pratt likely not really wanting to be mayor, people are still supporting his campaign, which kicked off with the reality star dedicating himself to railing against current L.A. mayor Karen Bass, the Los Angeles City Council, and California's governor, Gavin Newsom, for their responses to the fires.

"You think this guy wants to sit through city council meetings all day talking about zoning? No, he wants to be a star again," Kimmel added. "And guess what? It's working. He's everywhere. People show up to see him speak. He's doing interviews. He's making deals for a new reality show. It's exactly what Donald Trump did."

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Kimmel — who has been a critic of Trump's administration since his first term as president, and has continued blasting the former *Apprentice *star during his second — pointed out how Pratt's pivot to politics mirrors Trump's even down to the fact that they both ran against women.

"Donald Trump ran for president because his TV show was going to get canceled and he wanted to be relevant again," Kimmel told his audience. "Now, the difference between Donald Trump and this guy is Donald Trump actually had a job before he was on a reality show. He wasn't good at the job. He got all the money for it from his dad. And the only thing he was good at was promoting himself. And it turned out that was enough. And as a result, we are now going to have to spend the next three decades digging out of this giant hole he put us in."

Calling Pratt "another narcissist looking for attention," Kimmel urged his fellow Angelenos not to make the "mistake we made with Trump" with this campaign.

"Mayor should not be your first job," he quipped. "The mayor of L.A. is in charge of a $14 billion annual budget. Spencer Pratt is not the person who should be in charge of that. In 2011, Spencer Pratt and his wife intentionally blew through all their money on purpose … They spent $10 million because they believed the world was about to end in a Mayan apocalypse. And then when there wasn't a Mayan apocalypse, they had no money and had to move into Spencer's parents' house. That's the guy 22 percent of you want to be mayor of Los Angeles when the Olympics come to town."

Concluding his monologue, Kimmel delivered one final message to the voters of Los Angeles: "If you don't want to vote for Karen Bass on June 2, I get it. But you better find somebody else to vote for — and preferably somebody who isn't wasting our time and money to get himself back on television. And for the rest of the candidates running for mayor, I hope you are paying attention to why you are currently trailing this person."

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In response to Kimmel's tirade, Pratt took to X, posting simply, "Jimmy's secretly voting for me."

Watch Jimmy Kimmel's Wednesday night *Live* monologue above.

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