Jimmy Kimmel used his latest late-night monologue to take aim at President Donald Trump\u2019s claim that Spencer Pratt\u2019s Los Angeles mayoral race was unfairly handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em>, the host joked about Trump\u2019s suggestion that the election process worked against Pratt after the reality TV personality failed to move forward in the mayoral primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The comments came after Pratt finished behind Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilwoman Nithya Raman in the June 2 primary. Under California\u2019s election rules, the top two candidates move on to the general election unless one candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kimmel focused on what he saw as a major flaw in Trump\u2019s argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mayoral race appeared on the same ballot as California\u2019s governor\u2019s race. In that contest, Republican candidate Steve Hilton, who had Trump\u2019s support, advanced to the November runoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That detail became the center of Kimmel\u2019s joke. He questioned why one race on the ballot would supposedly be unfair while another race on the same ballot produced a result Trump supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Continue reading…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The late-night host played a clip from Trump\u2019s Oval Office remarks, where Trump criticized the election process and suggested Hilton only advanced because public attention was already focused on the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kimmel responded by mocking the logic behind the claim, joking that the idea required voters and election officials to be both careless and highly strategic at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spencer Pratt\u2019s mayoral campaign had already drawn attention because of his public comments about Los Angeles and his claim that he would leave the city if he did not win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kimmel also joked about that promise during an earlier monologue, saying Pratt should follow through if he meant what he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The host even added a bit about renting Pratt a moving truck, joking that it would have enough room for his furniture and crystals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Pratt did not take the joke lightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pratt responded on X by pointing to the loss of his former home in the 2025 Palisades Fire. He said he did not need a moving truck because he had nothing left to pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reply quickly shifted the tone of the exchange. What had been a late-night joke turned into a more personal public back-and-forth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pratt has previously said his campaign was about saving Los Angeles, not simply making a political statement. In a recent interview, he argued that if the city did not change direction, it would become increasingly difficult to live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kimmel\u2019s jokes also drew criticism from Meghan McCain, who called the host cruel and said the country would be better off when he was no longer on the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her reaction added another layer to the story, turning the late-night segment into a broader debate over comedy, politics, and how far public jokes should go when personal loss is involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What started as a monologue about Trump\u2019s election claim quickly expanded into several different arguments at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was the political question of whether the mayoral race was fairly handled. There was the comedy question of whether Kimmel went too far. And there was the personal issue of Pratt pushing back by referencing the destruction of his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For now, the Los Angeles mayoral race is moving forward without Pratt, while the public debate around his campaign, Trump\u2019s comments, and Kimmel\u2019s jokes continues online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether people see Kimmel\u2019s remarks as sharp political comedy or an unnecessary personal jab depends largely on where they already stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What do you think \u2014 was Kimmel just doing late-night comedy, or did the joke go too far? Share your thoughts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Trump\u2019s Claim About Spencer Pratt\u2019s Los Angeles Mayor Race Jimmy Kimmel used his latest late-night monologue to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23303,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23301\/revisions\/23303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Kimmel Questions Trump\u2019s Election Claim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Pratt\u2019s Loss Becomes Late-Night Material<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Spencer Pratt Fires Back<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Meghan McCain Criticizes Kimmel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A Political Joke Turns Into a Larger Debate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n