Spencer Pratt Asks TikTok Followers to Help Him Earn Money After Losing Home to L.A. Fires
Spencer Pratt is asking his TikTok followers to help him raise money after losing his home to the catastrophic wildfires raging through the greater Los Angeles area.
In a video shared via TikTok on Friday, January 10, Pratt, 41, asked his followers to watch and like a previous video shared to his account, which featured the song “What It Feels Like” by Aly & AJ.
“I'll get up to $1,100 from TikTok if it's one of the top 10 most liked TikToks with that song, so more likely $200 it says, but it can go up to $1,100,” he explained in the video. “So, if you're bored, please go like that last video. It's a great song actually and Aly & AJ wear Pratt Daddy Crystals — my friend Amber goes to all their shows and gives them all crystals so it's kind of an authentic promo since they wear my crystals. I also want to get that $1,100.”
In a subsequent video, Pratt also asked his followers to add wife Heidi Montag on Spotify and other streaming platforms.
However, Pratt’s request for assistance via social media received some backlash.
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“Some demonic monster just wrote on my IG and tagged me, ‘Of course Spencer’s gonna milk his burned down house for every dollar it's worth.’ Duh. Duh. That's right. Let me figure out every dollar I can get,” Pratt said in a video addressing the backlash, shared via TikTok on Friday.
“How do you people not have brains? Are you just the stupidest living creatures?” he continued. “Of course I'm trying to get money to pay for my life with my family because our house and all of our possessions burned down. And if I can do it on social media, which I've been making the only money I've made for years now continuously, showing my journey of our house burning down and all of our possessions, do you not think I'm going to keep milking it for every dollar?”
Pratt concluded, “I’d rather have my house and no social media, let me tell you that much. I’d rather have everything in my house and delete all these stupid apps. I would much rather that. So, yes, I will continue ‘milking’ our misery on social media.”
He also advised fans on how not to help him and Montag, 38, which included watching The Hills, on which both Pratt and Montag starred in the 2000s.
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“Pretty much I’d rather you watch anything in the world but The Hills. Do not give that show a single dollar, or that narrator a single brain cell listening to her voice,” he said in a video shared via TikTok, referring to Lauren Conrad. “No, there's no residuals. So, pretty much, I'd rather have you watch paint dry, tag me in [you] staring at a wall — that would help my life more. Do not waste your energy watching The Hills thinking that helps our lives.”
Pratt and Montag have been married since 2008. The Hills alums lost their house to the Pacific Palisades wildfires, which first broke out on Tuesday, January 7. By the time their house burned down, the couple had already evacuated with their three children: sons Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months.
In a video shared by Montag via TikTok on Thursday, January 9, the couple revealed the few items that remained of their house after the fire, all contained to a single plastic bag.
“The Hummingbird pot — with some nectar cooked into it,” Pratt says in the video, along with “one [rubber] snake from the backyard, one crystal from the backyard, [another] crystal from the backyard, Ryker’s shovel from the backyard and broken pieces.”
When the couple packed their home to evacuate, they were obviously not able to take all of their belongings. In another social media video, Montag explained that “the craziest thing about packing for a fire [is] your brain just freaks out.”
She added, “It’s so overwhelming packing up a house. I mean, I only have two pairs of jeans, two shirts. I got so much more clothes for the kids. I’m like, ‘Why didn’t I grab more?’ Thankfully, I grabbed anything and that’s such a blessing and the main thing is that we’re safe.”
Despite their hardship, Pratt did provide fans with an uplifting update, thanking them for their support after wife Heidi Montag’s album, "Superficial," jumped the iTunes Store charts following his social media requests help.
“God. Bless. All of you. Number 15 in the iTunes Store. This is a freakin’ miracle,” Pratt said via an Instagram post on Saturday, January 11. “If we get this to number one it’s official — Heidi is a pop superstar legend. She’s going in the history books. She’s already in my history books, obviously.”
Pratt went on to say that Montag’s album climbing the iTunes Store charts is “maybe the best thing I could have ever dreamed about… besides still having my house and all of my possessions.”
“But don’t worry, we’re on our way to being rich and famous and I won’t forget about you when I’m rich and famous,” he continued. “I’ll be the most grateful rich celebrity you have ever supported in your lies. Love you all, thank you so much.”
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