I Tin't Shut Up About Spencer Pratt's TikToks

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It's difficult to overstate the choke agree Laguna Beach and The Hills had on my late adolescence. I loved the early-aughts opulence — all sparse eyebrows, Chanel bags, and mini-pouf hairstyles. I loved its faux accessibility — these teens and twenty-somethings are just like you lot except richer, hotter, whiter, and with a Natasha Bedingfield soundtrack. I especially loved its cast of characters — the hero (Lauren Conrad), the love interests (Stephen Colletti, Jason Wahler, et al.), whatever Justin Bobby was supposed to exist. And, of course, the villain, Spencer Pratt.

In the decade since the original Hills series ended, Spencer Pratt has done … exactly what you'd look him to do. He's had his fair share of, shall we say, missteps and oftentimes blurs the line of what can exist considered "trolling." He'south fabricated the rounds on reality TV with his wife and fellow Hills alum Heidi Montag. (I prefer to call the two by their authorities name, Speidi.) He started a crystal business organisation. I don't think he's gotten involved in NFTs, though I fright it's only a matter of time. Well-nigh recently, he'south been all over TikTok.

Spencer is a multifaceted TikToker. He has i video where he essentially says he'd allow Ryan Seacrest dial him in the face up for $5 million. There'due south some other where he's pushing a behemothic crystal that looks in a large hunk of meat in a wheelchair. At that place'southward Hummingbird Spencer. Married woman Guy Spencer. Wine Mom Spencer. And, of form, Crystal Spencer. Regardless of the content, he's frequently wearing his ain merch.

But the TikToks I find the most fascinating are his most recent ones. Over the past month, Spencer has been watching his episodes of The Hills for the first time and recapping them in a series either chosen "The Spills" or "The Hills Have Lies." He'south given behind-the-scenes details on the adept times (eating fries and salsa), the bad times ("dating" Audrina Patridge), and the times manufactured by producers (east.m., the "frankenbiting," Heidi's pregnancy scare, pretty much all of the prove's plotlines).

In hindsight, it'south unsurprising how much of the drama on The Hills was manipulated. What's more than surprising is watching a former bandage member point to exact scenes, story lines, and phone calls and say they were entirely faked. "I thought I was in on the game," he told me this week.

Talking with Pratt by phone, one of the first things he said is "I love being typed virtually." I proceeded to enquire him the about difficult-hitting questions. Does he yet slumber with "a Glock and rose quartz," as he previously told the Cut? Yeah to the rose quartz, but "if I still had a firearm, it would be locked and stored in a condom place." Yes, he did actually accept to spend $17 to lookout man The Hills considering he didn't realize he could access it for free with his Paramount+ subscription. He tells me he spends also much time scrolling through TikTok. His For You lot folio is mostly Mexican nutrient and fitness videos, specifically "a lot of squatting." His favorite TikToker is Heidi, and he does read the comments. Did he have 1 commenter'due south suggestion and outset putting a wooden spoon on his pot while cooking oatmeal so information technology doesn't chimera over? He did, merely he'southward "trying to pin" from oatmeal and "being a pot-pie person" to more fitness content.

Another thing he may exist pivoting away from? His Hills recap. He says his series may be going on hiatus after Deadline recently announced a podcast where however-to-be-named former bandage members of The Hills will rewatch the prove and give their commentary. He doesn't know for sure which cast members volition exist involved, but neither he nor Heidi have been asked to be a part of the projection. "Heidi was like, 'You lot're doing all the work that they're almost to get paid for,'" he says, and if in that location'south ane thing Spencer Pratt is about, it's that money.

While I, personally, would miss his commentary, possibly pausing his Hills series is what he needs right at present. "While it felt like healing, information technology's also traumatic," he says of his recaps. On TikTok, he's ruminated on whether he should have done The Hills at all. If he had a time motorcar — imagine the content! — he says he'd become back and modify his stint on the The Hills. "The energy that it does suck out of me to watch the destruction of my identity is such an emotional experience," he adds.

What does he want to say to his fans that will miss the recaps? "Figure out a way I tin monetize them."

I Tin can't Shut Up Nearly Spencer Pratt'southward TikToks