{"id":339823,"date":"2026-05-24T08:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=339823"},"modified":"2026-05-24T08:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:40:37","slug":"drew-carey-slams-spencer-pratt-as-a-serial-scammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/drew-carey-slams-spencer-pratt-as-a-serial-scammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Carey Slams Spencer Pratt as a &#8216;Serial Scammer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Drew Carey<\/strong> is slamming reality TV star <strong>Spencer Pratt<\/strong> as his candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles continues to realize momentum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who votes for, or endorses Spencer Prattfall for Mayor of LA must get their head out of their ass,\u201d the comedian and game show host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@drewfromtv\/post\/DYpt3gfj_Kq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote via Threads<\/a> on Friday, May 22. \u201cI understand being offended\/unsatisfied, but not less than get behind someone competent and never some serial scammer and not using a soul or moral compass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor continued, \u201cF*** this guy already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The previous U.S. Marine\u2019s comments sparked a widespread response, with some fans praising the TV host, 68, for his political take while other condemned his social media rant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Yvette Nicole Brown Reacts to Spencer Pratt Raising $539K for Mayor Race<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tCommunity alum Yvette Nicole Brown cannot consider notorious reality TV villain Spencer Pratt could pull ahead within the Los Angeles race for mayor. \u201cThis nation is unserious and has learned nothing. \ud83d\udc94,\u201d Brown, 54, wrote via Threads on Friday, April 24, seemingly referring to President Donald Trump, a former reality TV star-turned-politician. Brown also reposted [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe is [sic] documentation of me never having so as to add Drew to the Spencer Pratt endorsement list,\u201d <strong>Heather Ashley<\/strong>, host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/big-mad-true-crime\/id1477773466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBig Mad True Crime\u201d podcast<\/a>, wrote in response together with a checkmark emoji.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4339894\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4339894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=100&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=200&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=300&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=400&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=500&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=600&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=700&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=800&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=900&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=1000&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=1200&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=1400&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=1600&#038;quality=40&#038;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=1800&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/drewcareyspencerpratt.jpg?w=1920&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Drew Carey, Spencer Pratt<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t should hate him simply to prove you\u2019re liberal,\u201d one other social media user commented. \u201cHow about criticizing his policies?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pratt, 42, is running for L.A. mayor against Democratic incumbent Mayor <strong>Karen Bass<\/strong> and a slew of other mayoral hopefuls, including <strong>Nithya Raman<\/strong>, <strong>Adam Miller<\/strong> and others. <em>The Hills<\/em> alum claims he\u2019s running as an \u201cindependent community advocate,\u201d though he&#8217;s a registered Republican with many ties to the conservative, right-wing and MAGA media spheres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the final result of Spencer Pratt\u2019s race, what he\u2019s doing is authentically American,\u201d <strong>Erika Kirk<\/strong>, the widow of late Turning Point USA cofounder <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong>, wrote via X on Thursday, May 21, voicing her support for Pratt\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee an issue, change into a component of the answer,\u201d Erika, 37, continued. \u201cHis campaign ads are unconventional, but that\u2019s the purpose; it\u2019s refreshing. As an alternative of speaking like a profession politician, he\u2019s speaking as an American who sees and deeply understands how fragile the straightforward things in life are when leadership fails.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You might have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Erika added, \u201cThat is what this country is all about. Residents willing to step into the political arena, unafraid, and challenge a failing system, very like the one which has destroyed Los Angeles. I hope moments like this encourage more Americans to throw their names into the combo, run for office, become involved and rise up for what makes this country exceptional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pratt, who&#8217;s currently ranked second within the highly-contentious mayoral race after announcing his candidacy on the one-year anniversary of the deadly L.A. fires that destroyed the Palisades and Pratt\u2019s home, also gained the support of President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d wish to see him do well,\u201d Trump 79, told reporters on Wednesday, May 20. \u201cHe\u2019s a personality. I assume he probably supports me. I heard he does [support me]. I heard he\u2019s an enormous MAGA person. He\u2019s doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drew Carey is slamming reality TV star Spencer Pratt as his candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles continues to realize momentum. \u201cAnyone who votes for, or endorses Spencer Prattfall for Mayor of LA must get their head out of their ass,\u201d the comedian and game show host wrote via Threads on Friday, May 22. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":339824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[744,4663,1184,52081,16726,2248,9900],"class_list":["post-339823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-carey","tag-drew","tag-pratt","tag-scammer","tag-serial","tag-slams","tag-spencer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339826,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339823\/revisions\/339826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}