Spencer Pratt's Secret Weapon: Three Times a Week of Mexican Food

When you’re running for L.A. mayor and people keep throwing around Donald Trump comparisons, you need a way to make it clear you’re your own guy. Spencer Pratt’s solution? Lean hard into his genuine love for Mexican food — and back it up with cold, hard numbers.

In a new profile with Vanity Fair, the reality star turned mayoral hopeful made a bold claim: he’s probably eaten more Mexican food than any white person in Los Angeles. Three times a week for the last decade. That’s not casual appreciation — that’s commitment. And he’s putting his money where his mouth is. TMZ previously reported that Pratt dropped around 8K at his go-to spot, Don Antonio’s, hosting campaign fundraisers there.

The context here matters. Pratt’s been fielding comparisons to former President Donald Trump over his mayoral run, and those comparisons aren’t exactly flattering to his brand. His way of pushing back? By making it clear he deeply respects and supports Mexican culture. He took those comments to Vanity Fair while weighing in on federal immigration enforcement, making it known he doesn’t support ICE or the raids happening across the city. He did clarify he supports getting violent criminals off the streets — saying murderers and rapists should go — but framed it as a crime issue across the board, not an immigration one.

It’s a smart move, actually. Instead of issuing some sanitized press statement, he’s letting his actual behavior and spending habits tell the story. If you’re eating somewhere three times a week for ten years, you’re not doing it for optics. You genuinely love the food, you know the owners, you’re part of the neighborhood fabric.

Whether voters buy what he’s selling come election day is another story. But right now, his appetite might just be his most authentic campaign asset.