Stephanie Pratt said on Tuesday she will back her brother Spencer Pratt’s campaign for Los Angeles mayor, a reversal from public criticism she posted in February that called a vote for him “a vote for stupidity.”
The endorsement arrives with the primary election next week, pushing searches for stephanie pratt as voters and the press scan for new signs of momentum in an unconventional race that began in January, when Spencer Pratt launched his candidacy on the one‑year anniversary of losing his home in the Palisades Fire.
Pratt wrote in an email to a publication, “I admit I was the first person to tell people that they were idiots if they voted for my brother,” and followed that with, “Wow, was I wrong. He has spent every day since the fires finding the facts, the mistakes, the negligence, and uncovering the truth that they never wanted us to know.” That acknowledgment is the clearest public turn by a family member in a campaign that has drawn attention beyond typical political circles.
Her move contrasts sharply with messages she posted in February on X, where she praised some of Spencer’s work for the Palisades but warned Los Angeles it “does not need another unqualified and inexperienced mayor. A vote for him is a vote for stupidity.” In those posts Pratt wrote bluntly, “He's just trying to stay famous and sell his memoir don't be fooled,” and, more personally, “Everyone saying I should support him no matter what. Sorry he beat me up when I was 18 & put me in the hospital. So no he doesn’t belong in the government. Run the palisades all you want not LA.”
The flip — from labeling a vote for her brother an act of “stupidity” to publicly endorsing him — is the friction at the center of this story. It was not a faint retreat: Pratt admitted she had been vocal in urging others not to back Spencer and she repeated a string of sharp criticisms that tied his candidacy to fame and personal history. Yet the new endorsement frames his recent work on fire aftermaths as the reason she changed course.
That context matters now because Spencer Pratt is running as an independent and polling shows him trailing Democratic incumbent Karen Bass by single digits, a placement political analysts Gerry Baker and Yemisi Egbewole have noted while discussing his recent strides in the race. The campaign has been tied to local frustration over city services and the recovery from the Palisades Fire, where Pratt’s own recounting of digging into “mistakes” and “negligence” has become a central claim of competence.
The practical consequence of Stephanie Pratt’s reversal is immediate but limited: an added family endorsement as candidates jockey for attention before next week’s primary. What remains unanswered is whether she will do more than announce support in an email — whether she will campaign, appear at events, or lend her platform to turn a private reconciliation into public votes. That is the question that will matter at the ballot box.
The primary next week will determine who advances to the November general election, when the top two candidates are expected to face off and Spencer Pratt is widely expected to run against Karen Bass if he advances. For now, the endorsement supplies headlines and a narrative twist; the next test is whether Stephanie Pratt’s support translates into votes or stays an isolated public admission of having been wrong.
