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David Foster pounded away at the keys while his wife, Katharine McPhee Foster, swayed through their backyard like an unpolished bridesmaid at a wedding reception, belting out a timely rendition of Tina Turner\u2019s \u201cSimply the Best\u201d rewritten for Spencer Pratt\u2019s mayoral campaign: \u201cbetter than Karen Bass\u2026 and Nithya Raman.\u201d<\/p>\n
In footage posted to Instagram<\/a> by One America News Network anchor Alicia Summers, Pratt is seen facing the audience as the Fosters performed on Monday night\u2014representing a strangely poetic Hollywood moment for the candidate. Long before he was running for Mayor, \u201cthe Fos Man\u201d (as Pratt refers to David Foster) encouraged the aspiring reality star to embrace his role as a villain\u2014advice Pratt says helped turn him into one of the defining antagonists of 2000s television. During an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience<\/em> in April, Pratt recalled that Foster, who was previously married to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em> star Yolanda Hadid, told him, \u201cYou got to be like Simon Cowell.\u201d Years later, the Grammy-winning producer, whose daughters Erin and Sara Foster are behind the Netflix hit Nobody Wants This<\/em>, was now helping legitimize Pratt\u2019s candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles by hosting a fundraiser in his Brentwood Park backyard. Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer was also in attendance at the fundraiser, according to a photo reposted to Pratt\u2019s personal instagram story. The Fosters and Grazer did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but Vanity Fair<\/em> can confirm that the event took place.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know the tide is turning in California when David Foster and Katharine Foster open their home and write a song for Spencer Pratt,\u201d wrote Summers<\/a>, who attended the fundraiser. \u201cLa La Land is ready for a plot twist.\u201d<\/p>\n Publicly backing Spencer Pratt, who has been labeled \u201cMAGA\u201d and \u201cTrumpian\u201d by his critics, still might carry the kind of reputational risk most Hollywood figures prefer to avoid. Just ask Grazer, who said \u201cthere was blowback<\/a>\u201d from Hollywood colleagues after his vote for President Donald Trump was publicized. Pratt has frequently said he hasn\u2019t announced several of the people his administration would hire if he were elected because those people fear retaliation.<\/p>\n But the Fosters hosting a fundraiser for the reality-TV provocateur turned mayoral candidate suggests that stigma may be starting to erode. As Pratt\u2019s campaign racks up viral attention and climbs in visibility, some figures in Los Angeles\u2019s entertainment and donor circles appear increasingly comfortable treating his candidacy like a legitimate political and cultural force. Jeanie Buss<\/a>, the minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, donated the maximum $1,800 to Pratt\u2019s campaign. Malibu\u2019s Most Wanted,<\/em> Jamie Kennedy, is a Pratt supporter, frequently cheerleading his campaign on X. Social media influencer Jonathan Cheban, of Kardashian fame, says he will move back to Los Angeles if Spencer Pratt wins mayor. \u201cI miss the LA energy, and only Spencer could bring it back,\u201d Cheban<\/a> said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n