Kelsey Grammer backs Spencer Pratt in Entourage-linked LA race
Kelsey Grammer put his weight behind Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral entourage, saying Pratt is the only "real option" in the June 2 race. The actor framed the choice as a hard line, not a courtesy nod, with incumbent Karen Bass and Nithya Raman also on the ballot.
"He's the only guy that's a real option," Grammer said in a Digital interview about the race. He added, "We know what the rest is gonna do," a sharper dismissal than the usual celebrity endorsement language that often tries to praise everyone at once.
June 2 primary lineup
The Los Angeles mayoral primaries take place on June 2 in a nonpartisan race. Bass, Pratt and Raman are the candidates named in the field, and any contender who clears 50% avoids a later runoff. That structure puts a premium on early name recognition, especially when a well-known actor chooses to make the race more personal.
Grammer's endorsement arrives as a public signal, not a policy memo, but it still adds another voice to a contest that already has a sitting mayor defending the office. Pratt's candidacy now has one of the more recognizable names in entertainment attached to it, while Bass retains the burden of incumbency and Raman remains part of the three-person frame voters will see on June 2.
50% and a runoff
The 50% threshold is the built-in complication in this race: if no candidate reaches it, the top two finishers move on to a runoff later in the year. For voters, that means the first round is not just about picking a favorite but about deciding whether one candidate can finish the job immediately or whether the contest gets extended into another campaign phase.
Grammer has been talking publicly about politics beyond Los Angeles, too. On May 29, he discussed President Donald Trump's federally-backed accounts for minors, saying he told his accountant, "Let's get a Trump account. Let's get this thing going." He also said he is the father of eight children, which gives his endorsement a family-and-future angle that fits his broader public posture on money and opportunity.
May 29 and the vote
"They talk about financial literacy. I mean, and I have a beef about actual literacy, but I want to make sure my kids understand that this is still the greatest country in the world for a lot of reasons. And one of those reasons is capitalism," Grammer said at Rustico Restaurant Westlake Village on May 29. His LA mayoral stance lands a few days after that appearance, and the timing keeps him in the political conversation just as voters are moving toward June 2.
For Pratt, the immediate test is straightforward: convert celebrity backing into actual votes before the primary. For Bass and Raman, the job is to hold their own coalitions while the race heads toward a first-round count that could end the contest or send it to a runoff later in the year.
