Katharine McPhee and David Foster threw a lavish fundraiser for L.A. mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt in their Brentwood Park backyard.
One America News Network host Alicia Summers shared footage via Instagram of the event on Monday, May 13, including a snippet of Foster, 76, playing the keyboards as McPhee, 42, sang new lyrics for Tina Turner’s hit “The Best.” McPhee crooned that Pratt, 42, is “better than Karen Bass and Nithya Raman,” his two leading opponents.
At one point, McPhee seemingly forgot Raman’s first name, referring to her incorrectly as “Cynthia.” When she pointed out the mistake, Pratt shrugged as if he wasn’t sure of the L.A. city council member’s first name either.
Per Vanity Fair, the guest list at Foster and McPhee’s “Spencer Pratt for Mayor” fundraiser included Brian Grazer, the Hollywood titan who produced Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code with his Imagine Entertainment partner Ron Howard.
Us Weekly has reached out to representatives for McPhee, Foster and Grazer for comment.
Foster has a longtime connection to the former Hills star through Pratt’s friendship with the songwriter’s former stepson Brody Jenner. (Foster was married to Jenner’s mother, Linda Thompson, from 1991 to 2005. He was also married to B.J. Cook from 1972 to 1981, Rebecca Dyer from 1982 to 1996 and Yolanda Hadid from 2011 to 2017. He tied the knot with former American Idol star McPhee in 2019.)
In his recent memoir The Guy You Loved to Hate, Pratt recalled frequently watching Foster perform and described the musician as the “G.O.A.T,” an acronym for the “Greatest of All Time.”
Pratt’s campaign has received support from numerous public figures, including former Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss making an $1,800 donation to Pratt’s mayoral bid in April, according to a contribution report viewed by Us. Former View cohost Meghan McCain, Jax Taylor, Kristin Cavallari and Jonathan “FoodGod” Cheban, among others, have all endorsed Pratt’s mayoral run.
Per KTLA, current L.A. Mayor Bass maintained the edge over Pratt in a new Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey, leading him 30 percent to 22 percent. The candidates are headed for a primary on June 2. If no single candidate receives a majority of the vote in that primary, the top two will move forward to the general election on November 3.
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Pratt has based his campaign on what he sees as Bass’ failed response to the Palisades Fire in January 2025, in which he lost his home. News broke this week that Pratt, his wife Heidi Montag and their two sons have moved from a temporary trailer into the glitzy Hotel Bel-Air in California.
As some questioned the cost of his move, Pratt fired back via X on Wednesday, April 13, “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.”
