A contrite Spencer Pratt apologized via Twitter on Friday, February 19, after making an insensitive comment in a new interview.
During a chat with Vice's Broadly, the reality personality told writer Mitchell Sunderland: "[The Hills getting canceled] was our 9/11.” (The popular MTV series ran from 2006 to 2010.) The analogy immediately incited backlash, prompting the 32-year-old former reality star to own up to his insensitive comment on Friday afternoon.
Where Trump and Yeezy at when you need them!?
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) February 19, 2016
RE: my 9/11 comment: I want to apologize for making a such a thoughtless analogy. (1/5)
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) February 19, 2016
I’m not going to make dumb celebrity excuses about being taken out of context. (2/5)
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) February 19, 2016
I just said something dumb and potential hurtful to a lot of people and that’s all there is to it. (3/5)
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) February 19, 2016
I’ll likely say something dumb again, but I know I need to check myself on this one. (4/5)
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) February 19, 2016
Again, apologies to anyone I offended and for being insensitive. Much love, Spencer (5/5)
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) February 19, 2016
Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montag, made their marks as villains on MTV's Laguna Beach spinoff series. The only thing that hasn't really changed since The Hills ended is, well, their romance, which is apparently thriving.
"I love Heidi because she's the most special angel I have ever come across," Pratt told Broadly in the piece. "Heidi is like the sunset."
