Goldberg condemned the former reality star, who’s running for mayor of Los Angeles, for resharing an AI-generated video of current mayor Karen Bass.

Whoopi Goldberg calls out Spencer Pratt for sharing ‘violent imagery’ amid political race: ‘Freaked out by what I saw’

Goldberg condemned the former reality star, who's running for mayor of Los Angeles, for resharing an AI-generated video of current mayor Karen Bass.

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Whoopi Goldberg on 'The View'; Spencer Pratt at SiriusXM Studios in 2026. Credit:

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- Whoopi Goldberg slammed Spencer Pratt on Thursday after the reality star and political candidate reposted an AI-generated video featuring current Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass.

- "It stunned me," Goldberg said on *The View*. "Especially when we're talking about [how] we have to tone down the violence."

- Bass described the AI video as indicative of a "dangerous trend" in politics.

Whoopi Goldberg called out what she condemned as "crazy stuff" happening in the Los Angeles mayoral race — with the EGOT-winning actress expressing particular concern over reality star Spencer Pratt's campaign.

Goldberg kicked off Thursday's live show of *The View* with a Hot Topics discussion about an AI-generated ad shared by Pratt's campaign last week. She said the video is "full of violent imagery featuring Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, and incumbent mayor, Karen Bass." Show producers then played a clip of Bass also speaking out against the ad.

Bass said on a recent appearance on CNN's *The Story Is With Elex Michaelson* that the AI video (which spoofs *Star Wars* and features Bass as Darth Vader) represents a "dangerous trend" and is "absolutely 150 percent fiction." She added that she's worried about the "violent turn" the video took, as it depicts candidates clashing.

"I'm glad we're not showing it, because it stunned me," Goldberg said on *The View*, which did not air clips from the video. "Especially when we're talking about [how] we have to tone down the violence, I was kind of freaked out by what I saw."**

Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin on 'The View'.

Goldberg then attempted to calm general anxieties about celebrities crossing over into the world of politics.

"If they know what they're doing, I welcome anybody who knows how to do this," Goldberg said.

"But, if you're going to be like the guy who's already in charge? Thank you, no, I'm not happy with what's going on," she went on. "Just because somebody's famous or is famous for something doesn't mean they know what's going on and how you're thinking or feeling."

Cohost and former Donald Trump White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin also spoke out against the video Pratt shared, calling it "AI slop." Sara Haines then noted that "there were people that didn't agree to it that are all over it."

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Griffin added that she's "all for the viral approach if it's pushing forward a message and solutions for people," but she called the use of AI "super dangerous" and said she was "shocked to see so many people applauding it."****"We're throwing tomatoes at Democratic politicians we don't like? Do better," she said.

Goldberg finished the segment by speculating that Pratt might not "have any solutions" while he's "throwing shade" at others.

Spencer Pratt at the 2025 American Music Awards.

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"You have to have some idea of what needs to be done. A lot of people were affected by those wildfires [in California], a lot of my friends, people you know, lost everything. This is not a 'Ha ha, let's do an AI video.' This is real stuff, this is people's lives," Goldberg said.

"Before you're passing judgment, you need to be able to tell people what you have to offer, Spencer," she continued. "I don't know what qualifies as the right way to be a politician, but what I do know is they have to be the people to understand what people are going through."

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Prior to joining the L.A. mayoral race, Pratt rose to fame in the early aughts as one of the stars of the MTV reality series *The Hills*, which also starred his current wife, Heidi Montag.

*The View* airs weekdays on ABC.

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