Spencer Pratt pushes 'super meth' claims in LA mayor campaign
Spencer Pratt, the former reality TV star running for Los Angeles mayor, has been pushing claims about an ultra-potent "super meth" that experts say does not exist. Addiction specialists call Pratt's rhetoric drug-war propaganda and say there is no evidence for a new "zombie" meth variant. Pratt is in talks with Boardwalk Pictures for a new reality show, and his team downplays those plans, suggesting his campaign messaging may double as publicity. The false panic matters because it can shape voter fears and steer attention toward punitive drug policies instead of public-health solutions.
LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt won’t stop talking about the apocalyptic results of homeless people using “super meth,” a very scary-sounding drug that does not exist:
hmm maybe society should impose some kind of consequences for this type of shameless high profile public lying? just a crazy thought I had
Are we just doomed to be “governed” by deranged ex reality stars for perpetuity? Have we not learned our lesson?
i volunteer to do super meth for journalism
why are television’s most ignorant assholes all over the politics? I hate it so much
if this were real, i would have discovered it between 1997 and 2000.
I am terrified for you guys. This is Rob Ford shit all over again.
isn't pratt british slang that basically means "dipshit idiot"?
“Super Meth” is so lame. Lost opportunity. Mega Death Meth was right there...
I read “super math” and I got really excited about unhoused folks using super math skills to rip off Spencer Pratt
For gods sake, STOP RUNNING REALITY TV PEOPLE FOR OFFICE!
He's sagging at an h̶i̶l̶a̶r̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶ alarming rate
I took super meth once and ended up canvassing for Lyndon LaRouche. What really made it awkward was that he was already dead.
"a hundred 9/11s" ass politician
MTV has fucked this nation up
Wait til they hear about super duper meth
The response to this should be journalists, adn especially this guys political oppenents jsut saying, "no, you're just lying about this for personal gain. It's just not true at all"
Super-meth is REAL. I heard that super meth has already killed over 300 sheriff's deputies. They didn't even touch it! Super-meth's rays killed them right through the trunks of the cars they pulled over.
Poor LA being punished with another MTV has been "celebrity". as if wildfires and earthquakes wasn't bad enough
honestly a much more dystopian headline than I was ready for. sometimes it all just hits you anew, y'know?
Lmao like actual meth isn’t bad enough
some people seem to have their shit together till you realize they've started ordering DOUBLE espressos. before long they're working for money to support their habit. the work makes them tired and depressed. they turn to the demon caffeine just to make it through the day. it's a vicious cycle.
"super meth" these right wing guys are so boring, they can't even come up with something that sounds plausible
How the heck did I miss Speidi running for office until now?!?
Pratt by name, Pratt by nature
Folks please vote for Nithya Raman - if she can get 2nd place Pratt will be gone. secure.actblue.com/donate/nithy...
“Is the meth blue in color? Does it have a picture of a man in a black hat? Is he in the room with us now?”
dude's an unserious fame whore.
The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks.
I’d vote for any party promising to ban anyone from reality TV from running for office.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's supermeth!
She doesn’t even go here
Right out of the Trump Playbook
The super meth talking point would’ve worked better if he actually lived in that trailer.
I’m long time recovered from meth (over a decade) and the only “super meth” I’ve ever heard of was from my dealer explaining its potency. The current supply of meth out there is pretty super already. Then again anyone with a basic knowledge of substances knows this.
I hate people who lie like this
Atlantic article on this guy made him sound totally wacko and then I realized the author has the same apocalyptic perception of LA and is supporting him
I misread this and thought, “Ah fuck, they invented ANOTHER goddamned math?!”
Spencer Pratt is drudging up an old trope about "super meth" causing people in LA to be "zombies." But the drug doesn't actually exist. by @milesklee.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/spence...
Everyone knows the "good stuff" comes from New Mexico...
Spencer Pratt? The guy with the creepy flesh-colored beard?
So weird how shameless fameseeking nobodies who’ll do anything to get back into the limelight keep doing exactly that..
We are living in Russia now peeps.
Spencer Pratt has exactly three qualifications to be Mayor of Los Angeles: 1. Playing the villain on a “reality” show 2. His house burned down 3. He’s not Karen Bass
This reality show/ news reader / influencers/ stroke victims running for, and being appointed to serious leadership positions trend is so weird.
Los Angeles would be crazy to elect Spencer Pratt!
Spencer Pratt is dishonest like the typical MAGA Pathological Liar. In his ad, he misleads by making prospective voters feel sympathy for him because his home burnt down & now he lives in a trailer. Come to find out, he doesn't live in a trailer. He lives in an expensive hotel. MAGAs lie & cheat.
I swear if LA elects the opposite of Mamdani that is going to suck.
Of course he has a problem with "Black Democratic lady." Exactly the type I'm calling out Republicans that don't want to make the world better. They just didn't get the Trump special. Be careful. These whiners will screw the base with their tomfoolery.
He's also a very good liar
I thikn Karen Bass is great!
Yeah betting against insert "black Democratic lady people support" is always a great winning strategy. Slam dunk loss. Like Kat what's her name from Illinois. Hasn't TRUMP shown the world the dangers in electing TALKING HEADS?
Not being Karen Bass is a pretty big deal!!!!!
Hi, I spend a weird amount of time (aka “getting a PhD”) studying drugs and how people use them. “Super meth” isn’t real. Meth is meth. Read my comments on Spencer Pratt’s weird fixation on a fictional drug! Thanks @milesklee.bsky.social for covering it! www.wired.com/story/spence...
Every time I see the phrase “mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt” my eye starts twitching
Arguably, all meth is super
I will admit I haven't read up or looked into his campaign at all, but he gives off fascy vibes is all I know. "Super meth" just sound like more "PCP makes you superhuman and extremely dangerous" type rhetoric used to cover for overpolicing and abuse in poor neighborhoods.
If that’s true than explain what Superwalter Superwhite has been making in his superlab with Superjesse.
I have issue with this quote in the article: "P2P meth is the molecular mirror-image of the meth that was once more common in the US, but that doesn’t make it a distinct drug." Wouldn't the mirror image be levo-methamphatimne, which is sold over the counter as a nasal decongestant?
What a shitstain. Hyperfocusing and doubling down on a narrative he wants to tell rather than actual solutions.
Spencer Pratt is proof that we have been too kind to people who love reality TV
like astrology, reality TV is often “girl-coded,” a categorization that makes me insane with rage lol
the 2010’s introduced a wider audience to the language of liberation and social justice and the only identity we actually protected was Stupids
Insane that there's a guy who just walks around being named Spencer Pratt
About Spencer Pratt's ads. They may not win the race, but they're changing the game. www.againstallenemies.net/p/about-spen...
We all understand that Spencer Pratt lost everything because he didn't have insurance (his choice) and that he is living at the Beverly Hills Hotel, not in that trailer he has in his stupid ad, right?
Sadly, you're right. I know Bass isn't perfect, but to L.A. residents: For the love of God, *do not* vote for this pathetic reality show whore Pratt. You will not like the outcome one bit.
Omg I watched Laguna Beach when it was on. Not that people can’t change, but based on then, I would never vote for him!
I have to diagree with you. If any candidate uses AI in their ads, I immediately write them off as a chud who can't be bothered to actually make the ad that they used AI to make. If they want to make such ads, go for it! Just do it with humans and not a computer. AI slop sucks.
I think you’re making that classic mistake where YOU like an ad/message, and it’s doing numbers, ergo it must be effective. Doesn’t mean he’s doing anything beyond consolidating the reactionary segment of the vote there. That and $3 will get you a bag of chips