Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag — the unapologetic villains of “The Hills” and arguably the most shameless famewhores of the 21st century — were ubiquitous in the gossip news cycle until America’s collective revulsion finally rendered them obsolete. Now, in a lengthy and revealing interview with The Daily Beast, they recognize making mistakes in their intertwined careers and personal lives. The whole thing is worth reading, but here’s the crux of it:
They’re broke and living at Spencer’s parents’ beach house in Santa Barbara because of the free rent; Heidi’s body and face are forever changed from plastic surgeries she now wishes she had not gotten; their relationships with friends and family are severely damaged; and they have found themselves largely unemployable, both on camera and off.
Other revelations: “Reality TV is not a career” (Spencer); the couple spent $2 million on Heidi’s hilariously terrible attempt at a music career; Spencer estimates he spent $1 million on clothes he wore once and threw away (“I would never wear that again. They’re props. Everything we were doing, we were buying props”); and much of the drama between them — not just for the cameras, but in their lives — was faked (they’ve never broken up).
All in all, The Daily Beast article paints a fairly sympathetic picture of them — two young people caught up in the notion of fame, used by a TV network and a celebrity culture all too happy to exploit their naïveté. I actually felt a little bit of pity for them. Then I did an image search for “spencer pratt heidi montag,” and I remembered, “Oh right, these people are AWFUL.” A rent-free beach house in Santa Barabara? F**K YOU. I’ll feel a tiny modicum of respect for them when they pay for a lousy apartment in a crappy neighborhood with money they earned doing construction work or busing tables, because that’s what NON-entitled assh*les do.
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I’d definitely let Heidi feed me her taco.
God, that schadenfreude is a better pick-me-up than a cup of coffee.
its funny how people don’t start to act like real people until they’re off REALITY tv
You’re next, Paris.
Is it bad that I hope things get way worse for them? It is? Oh well.
La Schmoove: These asshats have a long way to go before they start acting like real people. I just had a finances fight with the gf who wants to go to NY/Mia on vacation when we’re broke. These douchebags (as Matt pointed out) are living rent-free on a beach house.
DIAF. And I hope that fire consumes the beach house.
Um, that’s some delicious schadenfreude…
Any word on whether they’ve considered my idea for a spinoff of Karl Pilkington’s travel show “An Idiot Broad” titled “An Idiot, A Broad”?
@Patty Boots
Then the Kardashians…
if she’s really starving for money and attention there is always porn.
Misrepresenting yourself and your relationship on television has negative consequences? Who would have thought?
Call me a softee but I feel bad for the two idiots. Almost everyone makes an idiot of themselves when they are young, most of us are lucky enough to not have the resources to let it get out of hand or have it be televised for all the honest world to view. That means that when we get our just deserts they are generally limited in scope and only seen by people in our immediate group. Sure, we may have pissed all of them off and need to go make new friends but we can because most people are ignorant of our situation. These two managed to brand themselves way too early in their lives in a country that loves to tear people down. Do they deserve it? Yeah, to a point, but probably not the extent or duration they are going to get.
As for the beach house, morally it is not that different from crashing on your mom’s couch, you are using your family for support, they just happened to be born into rich families. I’m not saying they have it bad, just that they are doing what all too many young people have to do these days.
In conclusion (if you are still reading, why?) yeah, these folks showed their ass in a misguided and obnoxious attempt at fame, but be honest, how many other 18 year-olds, including ourselves at that age, wouldn’t have been bigger assholes if someone would have enabled it?
I await your scorn.
These two ignorant assholes are a waste of skin and earth’s precious resources and should be shot in the face at close range with say… 10 shot and put in a dumpster. Most 18 year olds I knew and know are not that completely fucking stupid. Other than that they are OK and I too feel sorry for them.
@poonTASTIC, give her 5 years. If not, she’ll pull a Debbie Gibson and give a nude spread when she’s 40. “It’s like, who gives a shit?”
I might feel sorry for them if they weren’t such smug assholes. Couldn’t happen to a nicer pair
Danger, I think I love you.
BTW, it would be a site to behold watching Karl slack-jawed at their unintentional stupidity
They are a money hungry and attention needing couple, if I’ve ever seen one. They sorta make me sick, but I can’t look away….. [instapop.com]