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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel slammed Spencer Pratt’s success in the Los Angeles mayoral primary as “insane” during his show Wednesday night — while also acknowledging the silent support among Democrats for the upstart candidate.
During his opening monologue, Kimmel said LA voters “should be very embarrassed” for putting Pratt in second place and on track to make it to the general election in November to face off against Democrat incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.
Getty Images“Barring a late ballot buzzer beater, it appears that Mayor Karen Bass will advance to a runoff against the former reality show villain,” he said. “Sixty percent of the vote has been counted. If that holds, it means that in November, Los Angelenos are going to have to choose between a woman named Karen and a man who is one.”
Discussing California’s sluggish vote-counting process, Kimmel then admitted: “It could take a while for Democrats here in Los Angeles to figure out which of their friends secretly voted for Spencer Pratt.”
He went on to say that “we should be very embarrassed. Spencer Pratt should not be a top-two finalist for mayor.
“He should be DJing the worst New Year’s Eve Party in Reno right now. Now, he’s unlikely to win. And in fact he’s already filming a reality show about his run for mayor. So, he definitely has his priorities in order.”
Pratt and Bass remained in the top two spots on Thursday with 62% of the votes counted, according to the Associated Press.
As of Thursday morning, Bass had 35% of the vote, while the former reality star had just shy of 30%. Far-left LA Councilmember Nithya Raman was in third with 22.8%.
London EntertainmentThe tally officially secured Bass a spot in the November runoff election.
Another update on the vote count from county election officials is expected on Thursday afternoon. The official certification of the results of the June 2 primary will take place on June 26.
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