Spencer Pratt on Rap, God, and Spencer Pratt

Excerpts from Spencer's July interview with David Marchese for Spin magazine.

Be honest: how much of what you say do you actually believe?
I have a book coming out in September called How to Be Famous. There's a chapter in it called "Everything You Need to Do to Become a Tabloid Fixture." So you would think that everything I do has an ulterior motive.

Have you lost the ability to have a genuine, non-manipulative interaction with a stranger?
Since I was born, I've been calculating. That's my version of being genuine. Life is like chess. I'm always moving pawns around. So you used the word "genuine" -- of course it's always genuine. But I'm still the best chess player in the media game right now.

Help me understand your behavior on a practical level. If someone comes up to you at a bar, are you immediately thinking about how to manipulate that person towards some goal of yours?
That would depend if the cameras were rolling or not. If they were, then yes, 100 percent I'm manipulating you. I got a 180 I.Q. So I'm definitely not just talking out my you know what. But A) I'm definitely not in a bar, and B) I'm not talking to you unless you're my close friend or a family member, so I probably wouldn't have struck up a conversation with anyone.
You obviously know that people expect you to be outlandish and say extreme things. Does that ever bother you? Isn't it a bit "Dance-Monkey-Dance."
I'll say this: I love that I'm the first person your editor wants you to go to when they want publicity. They know that Spencer Pratt will give the readers what they want. The realness. The rawness. I say what's in my heart at that time. If you ask me about Michael Jackson right now, I'll tell you that he was one of the greatest performers of all time. But focusing on his death -- and that's part of life, death is part of life -- it was shocking and everything, but what's even more shocking to me is the death of our political system. A 1300-page climate bill can get passed when senators are begging you to read it because it's a pile of shit. North Korea's saying they're gonna throw a big nuclear missile at Iran and everyone's talking about moonwalking?

What's the difference between someone paying attention to Michael Jackson's death and paying attention to you?
Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. I do feel like I'm part of what's wrong. We're on the exact same page. I apologize to America for being part of the media distraction. My goal now is to talk about things people are afraid to talk about. That's why my album will be called Info Wars. I want to bring things to the water cooler that wouldn't be brought in unless I did it. "I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here" was pre-Spencer Pratt enlightenment. "I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here" is what's wrong with America. It should really be, "I'm a Christian, Get me in Here to Save the Day."

Okay, give me some exclusive news.
I'm filming a reality show about people who work at a cannabis café here in California. We haven't found a distributor yet, but it's gonna be crazy. It'll go deep in the life of these people. The working title is Cannabis Club.

Do you smoke weed?
I haven't really decided my political response to that question yet. I know that people will do things based on what I say, so I have to think about how I'm going to approach that question.

If the answer was no, wouldn't you just say no?
Nah, David. Everything I do has levels.


How much money are you worth?
That's the problem with me. I spend so much money. But if you're asking how much money I've made?

That's not what I asked. How much are you worth? Assets.
Oh, man. I wouldn't want to go on record with that. It'll make people hate me more. Let's just say with this economy I'm dead broke and very relatable to all of you. Everything I have is rented. Fake it till you make it. That's my thing.

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