• Chrishell Stause called Katharine McPhee an “insecure woman” in a scathing TikTok comment after McPhee backed Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral run
• McPhee and husband David Foster hosted a fundraiser for Pratt at their Brentwood Park home, where she sang an altered version of Tina Turner’s “The Best”
• Stause also fired back on Threads, writing she’d “eye roll” McPhee’s advice on men if she’s “campaigning for Trump backed Pratt”
• Lauren Conrad, Pratt’s former The Hills co-star, also gave a notably icy response when asked whether she’d vote for him

Chrishell Stause has never been shy about her opinions, and this week she turned them squarely on Katharine McPhee — and it got personal fast.

The Selling Sunset alum dropped a pointed comment on a TikTok video examining McPhee’s relationship history, and the words landed like a grenade. “One day she will find her real inner confidence,” Stause wrote, “but it won’t come until after she is disregarded enough times by the problematic men she backs.” Then she twisted the knife: “An insecure woman will steal your man, and give the worst advice.”

She didn’t leave it there. Over on Threads, Stause made the political connection explicit: “If you’re in these streets campaigning for Trump backed Pratt, yeah, I’m gonna eye roll your advice on men Katherine.”

What Set Stause Off

The whole thing started with a TikTok from influencer Jordy Cray that unpacked McPhee’s dating history in considerable detail — from her first marriage to Nick Cokas (who was roughly 20 years her senior, and whom she wed in 2008 after meeting during her American Idol run) to her current marriage to music producer David Foster, who is 35 years older than her. McPhee, 42, married Foster, 76, in June 2019, becoming his fifth wife.

Cray’s video also revisited the 2013 cheating scandal that became tabloid fodder at the time — photos surfaced of McPhee kissing her Smash director Michael Morris while she was still married to Cokas. Morris was also married then, to actress Mary McCormack, and the two are still together. McPhee and Cokas briefly reconciled but ultimately divorced, with the split finalized in 2016.

McPhee addressed that chapter of her life in a 2016 interview with Ocean Drive magazine. “I got married really young, and then divorced,” she said. “This is what I should have been doing when I was 20 instead of planning a wedding. But I don’t have any regrets. All of the choices I made I learned from in a really deep way.”

Cray wrapped his video with a direct message to his audience: “If you got nothing from this video, let me just end by saying this: Please, if you live in Los Angeles, do not vote for Spencer Pratt.”

That’s exactly where Stause was already standing.

The Fundraiser That Started It All

McPhee and Foster hosted a fundraiser for Spencer Pratt‘s mayoral campaign at their Brentwood Park home, and the video that circulated afterward did not exactly play well online. Foster played piano while McPhee performed a rewritten version of Tina Turner’s 1989 classic “The Best” — with lyrics swapped out to declare that Pratt is “better than [LA Mayor] Karen Bass and [LA Councilmember] Nithya Raman.” At one point, she forgot Raman’s first name entirely and called her “Cynthia” instead.

The footage spread quickly, and the reactions were not kind. “This is embarrassing,” one user wrote. Others questioned why wealthy celebrities were amplifying a campaign from someone with no political experience. “What a disgusting display of wealth,” another commenter posted. “This man has done nothing to deserve a political position.” Some said the whole event was simply “not a good look for the Fosters.”

Pratt launched his mayoral bid in the aftermath of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfires, which destroyed his own home. He’s since made homelessness and public safety the pillars of his campaign, and he’s been blunt about his motivations. “Business as usual is a death sentence for Los Angeles,” he said when announcing his run. “And I’m done waiting for someone to take real action. That’s why I am running for mayor. But let me be clear, this just isn’t a campaign. This is a mission, and we are going to expose the system. We are going into every dark corner of L.A. politics and disinfecting the city with our light.”

Stause’s position on all of it has been consistent. Back in April, she wrote on Threads: “Can I please implore NO MORE reality star politicians PLEASE! I have nothing against Spencer! In fact I like him on TV! NOT in the government tho. CA please pull it together.”

Lauren Conrad’s Ice-Cold Non-Answer

Stause isn’t the only one keeping Pratt at arm’s length. His former The Hills co-star Lauren Conrad had her own uncomfortable moment when the subject came up during a recent appearance on NBC’s Today.

Asked point-blank whether she planned to vote for him, Conrad, 40, deflected with a simple geographic fact: “I’m not a resident of Los Angeles.” When pressed on whether the two had finally buried their long-running feud from their MTV days, her answer was just as brief.

“Sure,” she said. “You’re asking me about people I haven’t spoken to in decades.”

Meanwhile, E! News reached out to McPhee’s representatives for comment on Stause’s remarks and has not received a response. McPhee, for her part, has spoken openly about her life choices and her marriage to Foster — telling People in 2024 that neither of them dwells on their age gap. “We’re both very similar in this way,” she said. “I welcomed my 40s, and David didn’t have any conversations about, like, ‘Oh, I can’t believe I’m 75.'”

Whether she’ll have anything to say about Stause’s comments — or whether Stause is done saying her piece — remains an open question. But given how loudly the Selling Sunset star has been about all of this, don’t count on the silence lasting long.

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• Katharine McPhee and David Foster hosted a fundraiser for Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral campaign at their Brentwood Park home
• McPhee sang a rewritten version of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best” targeting opponents Karen Bass and Nithya Raman
• Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer was among the guests; Lakers minority owner Jeanie Buss has donated the maximum $1,800 to Pratt’s campaign
• New polling shows Bass leading at 30%, Pratt at 22%, and Raman at 19% ahead of the June 2 primary
• Pratt launched his campaign after losing his Pacific Palisades home in the 2025 wildfires

Spencer Pratt’s Los Angeles mayoral campaign just got its most Hollywood moment yet. Over the weekend, Grammy-winning producer David Foster and his wife Katharine McPhee opened up their Brentwood Park home for a lavish backyard fundraiser — and McPhee didn’t just show up. She performed.

Footage posted to Instagram by One America News Network anchor Alicia Summers shows Foster, 76, at the keyboard while McPhee, 42, belts out a custom rewrite of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best” — renamed, effectively, as a campaign anthem. “He is simply the best, better than all the rest, better than Karen Bass and Nithya Raman,” she sang as Pratt, also 42, looked on. “He’s going to fix this broken LA.”

There was one small hiccup. At one point McPhee blanked on Raman’s first name, calling the LA city councilmember “Cynthia” instead of Nithya. When she caught herself and pointed it out, Pratt just shrugged — apparently not entirely sure of the name either.

“You know the tide is turning in California when David Foster and Katharine Foster open their home and write a song for Spencer Pratt,” Summers wrote in her caption. “La La Land is ready for a plot twist.”

A Hollywood Night With Real Political Weight

The guest list carried some serious industry weight. Vanity Fair confirmed that Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer — the man behind Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, and The Da Vinci Code — was in attendance, with a photo reposted to Pratt’s Instagram story. Grazer, notably, is no stranger to Hollywood controversy himself: he recently acknowledged there was “blowback” from colleagues after his vote for President Trump became public.

The Foster connection runs deeper than just a favor between neighbors. During an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience in April, Pratt recalled that Foster — who he affectionately calls “the Fos Man” — once gave him a piece of advice that shaped his entire reality TV career: “You got to be like Simon Cowell.” Pratt credits that nudge with helping him lean into his villain role on The Hills. Now, years later, the same man whose daughters Erin and Sara Foster created Netflix’s Nobody Wants This was helping legitimize Pratt’s political ambitions from his own backyard.

Publicly backing a candidate who has been labeled “MAGA” and “Trumpian” by critics still carries reputational risk in Hollywood circles. But the Fosters hosting this fundraiser suggests that stigma may be softening — at least among some corners of the entertainment world.

Growing Momentum and a Crowded Celebrity Corner

The fundraiser is the latest sign that Pratt’s unconventional campaign is drawing real traction. Los Angeles Lakers minority owner Jeanie Buss donated the maximum allowable $1,800 to his campaign. Former View co-host Meghan McCain has endorsed him. So have reality TV veterans Kristin Cavallari, Jax Taylor, Brody Jenner, Audrina Patridge, and Jonathan “FoodGod” Cheban — who went so far as to say he’ll move back to Los Angeles if Pratt wins. “I miss the LA energy, and only Spencer could bring it back,” Cheban said.

Paris Hilton, Jamie Kennedy, DJ Kaskade, podcaster Nick Viall, former Millionaire Matchmaker star Patti Stanger, actor James Woods, and former Hills co-star Doug Reinhardt round out a supporter list that reads like a 2000s pop culture reunion. Entertainment producer Jeff Jenkins and businessman Rick Salomon are also among his donors.

His campaign has leaned hard into viral social media content, podcast appearances, and meme culture — framing Los Angeles as a city in freefall under the current leadership. And it appears to be working, at least in terms of visibility. A recent Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey shows incumbent Mayor Karen Bass leading the field at 30%, with Pratt climbing to 22% and city councilmember Nithya Raman at 19%.

Pratt has also reportedly overtaken Bass in campaign fundraising — a notable benchmark for a candidate many initially dismissed.

The Fire That Started It All

Pratt’s entire candidacy traces back to January 2025, when the Palisades Fire tore through his Pacific Palisades neighborhood, destroying his home along with roughly 6,000 others. He launched his campaign shortly after, centering it on what he calls Bass’s failed wildfire response, along with promises to address homelessness and crack down on crime.

When news broke recently that Pratt, his wife Heidi Montag, and their two sons had moved from a temporary trailer into the Hotel Bel-Air, some critics questioned the optics. Pratt didn’t take that quietly. On X, he fired back: “Hey guys, why don’t they wanna talk about why I need a hotel in the first place? Karen Bass let my home burn down. Also 6,000 of my neighbors. NBD.”

Bass and Raman’s campaigns did not respond to requests for comment on Pratt’s growing celebrity support or fundraising momentum.

GOP strategist Mike Madrid sees a tactical angle in all of this for Bass. “I think the chances of Bass making the runoff are considerably higher than they were before the debate,” he said. “She’s been trying to elevate Pratt. That’s the best way that she can survive.” A Pratt-Bass runoff, Madrid argues, benefits both candidates — and cuts Raman out of the picture entirely.

The June 2 primary will determine whether it comes to that. If no candidate wins a majority, the top two advance to the general election on November 3. One thing is clear: Spencer Pratt is no longer just a punchline. And Katharine McPhee just made sure everyone in Brentwood — and beyond — knows it.

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