Trying their best to get their careers back up and running, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt were spotted visiting a friend's home in Pacific Palisades, CA on Friday (April 8).
Walking past paparazzi side-by-side, the former Hills stars glanced over at the shutterbugs as they headed inside to spend time with their pals while closing out another week.
Spencer Pratt is hoping to start over -- as Ryan Seacrest's radio intern.
The 27-year-old Hills alum wrote an e-mail to Seacrest's talent booker, Amy Sugarman, asking for a five-week stint under the media mogul. "I'm trying to change my image and make myself more likable," he told her.
Pratt called into Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Thursday to further explain his desire to change his public image.
"How do you go from being hated to even a little bit likable? It's about who you're around," Pratt said. "I've learned you need to be around likable people to even start to be likable. Who's the most likable person in America, if not the world? That would be Ryan Seacrest."
When Seacrest, 36, asked if the MTV bad boy had finally shaved his oft-mocked "flesh-colored beard," Pratt assured him that he's "completely shaved" and "clean-cut."
"I got a nice nine-month vacation living on the beach collecting sand dollars, and I really got to reflect and realize that in entertainment, you can definitely go too far," the former Hills star -- who once dropped $400,000 on healing crystals -- said. "I'm ready to start a whole new [chapter]."
As for wife Heidi Montag, 24? She's busy shooting a new reality show for VH1 with The Bachelor's Jake Pavelka, 33, and The Real Housewives of New Jersey's Danielle Staub, 48.
"She's up every morning at like 4:30. She starts her day with jump-roping while I'm still asleep, and then she heads off to film this new series for VH1 and she doesn't get back until at least 10 p.m.," Pratt told Seacrest. "I'm twiddling my thumbs all day like, 'I need to get a job.'"
Heidi Montag was spotted giving husband Spencer Pratt a ride in her (we’re assuming rented) Ferrari California sports car in Venice, CA on Sunday (April 3) before they kissed each other goodbye as she went into a hair salon.
Wearing sunglasses, a white cardigan, ripped jeans, a blue t-shirt and sneakers, Heidi went for the casual look as she arrived at the salon carrying a grey handbag.
Spencer Pratt's next big career move, becoming the new KFC spokesperson, has been placed on the back fryer, while the fast food giant and the reality TV star iron out some legal disputes.
Radar Online can exclusively report that it was all systems go for Spencer as KFC moved forward with their plans to use his music track "Ain't No Thang But A Chicken Wing," as part of an upcoming ad campaign, but now a major spanner has been thrown in the works.
"Spencer had worked on the track with music producer Daniel Cortez and when Daniel heard about the talks between KFC and Spencer he lawyered up and contacted them immediately," a source close to the situation tells Radar Online.
"He is disputing Spencer's ownership of the song and right to license it and until that issue is resolved KFC won't proceed any further.
"Spencer is not happy with the situation and is concerned that it's going to blow his whole deal.
"Spencer was under the impression that everything had been ironed out with Daniel, but now he's being told everything is on hold until Daniel receives a satisfactory contract proving his share of ownership regarding the track.
"He's concerned that this is going to totally jeopardize things and that KFC will pull out of the deal."
However, Radar Online has learned that there is some good news on the horizon for the aspiring rapper and his many fans.
"Spencer is going into the studio with Hip Hop platinum selling artist Waka Floka Flame and Wooh Da Kid this month in Atlanta," a source says. "They're making a compilation CD with guests from all walks of rock 'n' roll, old school and R&B!"
He tells RumorFix in an exclusive interview that the reason her pilot was recently dropped by MTV is because "she's boring."
Lauren released a statement saying that MTV passed on the show about her fashion career because it was too "high brow" and they wanted her to put more of her personal life in the show, but Spencer says that would not have helped.
"We watched 70 episodes of your personal life on The Hills -- It was boring!" he says.
Mr. Heidi Montag has some more advice for Lauren: "The goal is to be entertained not watch an infomercial of your clothing line."
He says when taping The Hills, producers often asked him to save the day. "With one minute of Spencer Pratt trying to make the craziest antics and drama on The Hills, it was still almost impossible for people to watch because she was so boring."
He says the sad part is that Lauren's real life persona is far more interesting than the one she shared on TV.
"In real life Lauren is a bigger ho than Snooki or any of the girls on Jersey Shore. She was always making out with guys on the dance floor and being all sloppy drunk. They just edited it out to make her look like this Mary Tyler Moore character."
Lauren now says several other networks are looking at her pilot.
Spencer Pratt is furious with Bravo network executive Andy Cohen for his verbal tirade Thursday on his wife Heidi Montag, and he exclusively told Radar Online, "I want a public apology!"
Cohen referred to Heidi as "trash" in a verbal attack after Montag Tweeted "Watch out Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Here comes Heidi."
While Heidi may want to join the cast, Cohen didn't take kindly to the suggestion, and unleashed an aggressive assault on the 24-year-old former reality TV star.
"Professionally, I'm not supposed to discuss any negotiations so I have to parse my words here. That trash is delusional and I would sooner stab ... knives into my own eyes than see her on this network." He then
called her the "Jackhole" of the week."
Spencer was stunned by the hurtful comments about his wife, and he told Radar Online, "Andy is clearly the Jackhole."
"You think you're special because you have your little talk show that's hurting in ratings doesn't give you special authority to bash a young girl."
"Maybe you have issues with women. From how I see you treat the women on all the series during your reunion shows, it's clear you you don't respect your talented housewives, always mocking them."
"Most viewers of Bravo are women, and no woman wants to hear a man call another woman trash."
"If he had such a problem with my wife, why didn't he say something to our faces when we met his arrogant self in NYC.
"He is not an individual, he represents a network and as much as I used to love watching shows on Bravo. After this, I will never watch a Bravo series because they choose hateful people as the face and spokesperson
of the network."
Cohen's comments have definitely lost Pratt as a viewer for this season's RHONY and said, "He is not an individual, he represents a network and as much as I used to love watching shows on Bravo. After this, I will never watch a Bravo series because they choose hateful people as the face and spokesperson of the network."
Heidi Montag spent $2 million on a failed attempt at a music career, but the 24-year-old blonde bombshell has been given a second chance, and she's excited!
Montag told Radar Online in an exclusive new interview that Deb Antney, mother of rapper Waka Flocka and music manager extraordinaire, has agreed to take her on as a new client.
"Spencer Pratt is going into the studio with Wooh Da Kid and Waka Flocka Flame, and I requested that his mother Deb Antney meet with me and manage me, because she is just fabulous," Montag said.
"I spent $2 million on my music career, and it didn't happen for me, and now I have this opportunity."
Antney runs the Atlanta-based Mizay Entertainment that boasts hot acts such as Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane and of course, Waka Flocka.
"I need her to guide me in the right direction and I know amazing things will happen because she really knows what she is doing," Montag said.
"I've never been able to be the true Heidi, and now that I am not working on The Hills, I can really focus on this."
Radar Online confirmed through Antney's rep that it's a done deal, and she has agreed to meet with the aspiring singer.
"While Spencer is working with Waka Flocka, I'm going to do some tracks with Eric Nolan Grant," Montag said, excited to have the opportunity to work with the jazz singer.
"We are meeting in the studio on February 21st through February 24th, and I am so excited.
"I want to make my own niche in the music world, that's just Heidi. It could be a Pink meets Britney Spears."
"Andy's tasteless remarks were hurtful and completely unnecessary," Montag tells PEOPLE. "I was simply being playful. I'm well aware I'm not the right demo for that show, but Andy Cohen took it to a malicious place. I have always been a fan of the Housewives franchise and I don't appreciate being bullied."
The harsh comments came from Cohen during his Watch What Happens Live late night talk show. Cohen also called Montag "delusional," for a Tweet that implied that she was in talks to appear on Real Housewives.
"Watch out Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Here comes Heidi," the former Hills star wrote with a link to a report that said she and husband Spencer Pratt were in talks with show producers.
Her husband Spencer Pratt wants to come along too and he confirmed the news to Radar Online that his “people” are going to be talking to the RHOBH honchos on Tuesday.
“We would move to Beverly Hills in a heartbeat. We would be psyched if this happened for us,” Spencer told Radar Online.
The show has been a ratings hit and Camille Grammer has not publicly said if she will return for Season Two.
Adding former MTV The Hills stars Heidi and Spencer to the show is sure to increase the drama and would be a publicity coup for Bravo.
Heidi is a regular on weekly magazine covers because of her drawing power and is not stranger to controversy after revealing she had 10 plastic surgery procedure in one day.
And as far as Spencer is concerned, we’re sure he’ll figure out a way to grab attention, too!
As if there weren't enough problems in the Middle East ... TMZ has learned Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are about to get on a plane bound for Saudi Arabia!
Spencer tells TMZ, their bad ass friend -- MMA fighter "King" Kevin Casey -- will be throwing down at the Abu Dhabi Martial Arts Tournament on April 14 ... and they'll be ringside cheering him on.
Spencer adds, “Heidi and I are both so excited to visit the Middle East and even more thrilled to watch King Kevin Casey smash his opponents.”
Spencer Pratt's chicken wing rap has a leg to stand on after all -- because KFC just put a sweet offer on his table ... involving his song, a music video, and Colonel Sanders!!!!
TMZ has obtained a letter KFC President Roger Eaton sent to Pratt this week offering him a sweet partnership with the company.
In the letter, Eaton says, "We heard the song came out before it was fully cooked, and that you were just winging it as a first cut. So on behalf of the entire Kentucky Fried Chicken family, we want to make you an offer so good you can't resist." Chicken puns ... free of charge.
Eaton continues, "We're willing to help you tune up the track and even turn it into a tasty music video, featuring the Colonel himself. That is, if you're not chicken."
Spencer afraid of a little attention? His response to the letter was, for once, simple -- "My dreams have come true!"
Aspiring rapper Spencer Pratt was planning to pitch a song he wrote and performed about chicken wings to fast food chain KFC.
But, the former reality TV star shelved the idea after listening to the finished product -- unfortunately however, not before the song was 'leaked' all over the internet.
Always quick to spot a red hot promotional opportunity, animal rights group PETA heard about Pratt's aborted attempt to become a rapping KFC spokesperson and challenged the 27-year-old to cross over to the other side, by recording an anti-KFC rap instead.
In an email exclusively obtained by Radar Online, PETA Senior Vice President Dan Matthews writes: "Dear Spencer, Instead of rapping about KFC's wings, why not speak up for the chickens who are scalded to death for the colonel?
"As you can see in this video hosted by Pamela Anderson, chickens who are killed for KFC live their entire lives mired in their own waste and filth, only to be shackled upside down by their fragile legs and have their throats cut while they are still conscious.
After watching the video, please consider recording a PETA campaign tune for our Kentucky Fried Cruelty campaign. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Dan Mathews, Senior Vice President."
Meantime, it's somewhat of a turnaround for the animal rights activist group. They once lambasted avowed hunter Spencer and his wife Heidi Montag for choosing to buy a pure breed dog rather than adopt from a shelter.
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have been keeping a low profile lately – but you haven't heard the last of the dynamic duo.
A year after the debut of her album Superficial, Montag has released "Heartbeat," a synthesized dance tune.
"Touch me," she sings. "Let me know. Touch me. I don’t need. You enjoy myself. Enjoy myself to the music. Heartbeat."
As Montag, 24, told PEOPLE, "I put my heart into this music ... I want to become a galaxy star."
Not one to miss out on the fun, Pratt, 27, has a couple tunes of his own that have just hit cyberspace. Shortly after his chicken wing-themed jam, "Ain't No Thang," made its way to the public, the former Hills star has also come out with "Go to Work," his rap featuring Ya Boy and Pete G. Check it out below.
It's the songSpencer Pratt was too embarrassed to release -- an incredibly nonsensical attempt at rap about chicken wings ... counting eggs ... we have no idea ... but worst of all, it's actually not THAT bad.
The details around the song are pretty fuzzy -- but we're told Spence recorded it at an L.A. studio last year ... and he was so ashamed of the final product ... it never saw the light of day ... until now.
A sample of the lyrics -- "Money ain't a thing / Nothing but a chicken wing / Call me Mr. KFC / S dot P in the flesh."
Heidi Montag was seeking perfection when she famously underwent 10 plastic surgery procedures in November 2009. Now a year later, Heidi reveals her operation-room battle wounds for the first time to Life & Style. "Parts of my body definitely look worse than they did presurgery," she told Life & Style exclusively at a photo shoot on Dec. 2. "This is not what I signed up for."
The former Hills star reveals a series of unsightly scars, red inflammation and uneven body parts including: a 2-inch-long raised blemish under her chin from her chin reduction, two caterpillar-size bald spots along her hairline from a brow lift, a horrifying jagged line behind her ears from having her ears pinned back, lumpy legs and four spots left on her lower back and below the buttocks from botched liposuction, a bright-red mark inside her right nostril, uneven boobs, a stretched mark on her chest and deep scars around her nipples from a second boob job.
"The big dark mark from my chin reduction is probably the most noticeable. But the absolute worst is on my breasts, and the scariest is below my butt cheek," Heidi tells Life & Style. "People have fewer scars from car accidents than I have on my body."
Heidi says the scars are constant reminders that she made a big mistake. "I would love to not be 'plastic girl' or whatever they call me. Surgery ruined my career and my personal life and just brought a lot of negativity into my world. I wish I could jump into a time machine and take it all back. Instead, I'm always going to feel like Edward Scissorhands."
For more, pick up the new issue of Life & Style, on newsstands now!
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are so shameless (and broke), they're reportedly planning another fake in the New Year.
In the past few months they've realized that no one really cares about them anymore and their star power died out a while ago, so they're going to try to stage another breakup in hopes of getting some press or another magazine cover.
A source close to the situation said, “He’ll cook up these schemes as long as he and Heidi continue to be paid. They’re telling anyone who’ll listen how seriously they’re taking their marriage.
“Their every move is calculated to earn money. But what they don’t realize is people are sick of it.”
So expect to see paparazzi videos and photos of them getting into a screaming match in public followed by another "we're splitting" scheme.
My theory is after they fake the split they'll pretend Heidi is pregnant and now has to be a single mom. These two are so predictable!
Heidi Montag's estranged mother Darlene Egelhoff has blasted her daughter in a new post on her self-titled blog, telling her: “It's time you showed a little respect!”
Egelhoff wrote she'd "decided to leave Heidi out of my blog because I had heard second hand she was accusing me of 'using her.'" But mom says she believes her blog posts actually are benefiting Heidi “and if anything helping her image.”
Last month, Heidi’s husband Spencer Pratt labeled Egelhoff a “hypocrite” who was just interested in trying to piggyback off her daughter's fame.
In her response, Egelhoff tore into her daughter over their year-long estrangement.
"Heidi was so unbelievably cute and such an equal part of our family, all but the last year, that without her our history is incomplete," her mother wrote.
"She is a part of our family whether she acts like it at this time or not. If you don't like it Heids, call me, lets work it out, otherwise too bad.
"I'm the mother; it’s time you showed a little respect.
“I have made mistakes but none that warrant completely shunning your entire family as a result. If you want to receive grace you must give grace."
Pratt has insisted Egelhoff is insincere in her public attempts at reconciliation with Heidi.
"If I [needed] an acting coach, I would go to Darlene," Pratt said, adding she can cry on cue "like she's Julia Roberts!”
Heidi Montag’s life may have seemed charmed during her days on The Hills, but the reality TV star revealed a darker side of fame in a recent exclusive interview with Radar Online. Montag says that the attention can often be more overwhelming than flattering and she recently schooled herself in martial arts to learn ways to protect herself.
“I can’t afford security, so I practice self defense and chain punching,” Heidi explained to Radar Online.
Though she used to have a posse of bodyguards on hand, she and husband Spencer Pratt have fallen on learner times. “I have spent millions in security in the last 4 years because I had to take care of the cost all on my own. It’s crazy and it’s hard, but life is not always fair.
“I have had to change my life. I can’t afford to go out to the clubs anymore because the sort of protection I need can cost anywhere from 5 to 10 thousand dollars a night...when you travel it’s even worst, because you need to cover the guards travel, food lodging, etc., and pay them. That is actually where all my money went because safety is number one.”
Besides cutting costs, Heidi has enjoyed the burst of independence from her practice.
“It gives me a confidence I didn’t have before,” she added. “I am doing this self defense because it gives me inner strength, and I feel safe in my home. It’s a deterrent, but I know I can’t do what the body guards do.”
Heidi has been training to become a black belt in Wing Tsun with her trainer (SIFU) Michael Casey who explained that “the system is geared straight towards self defense, so there are no rules. Punches, kicks, knees, elbows, ground fighting, strikes to vital areas. Anything goes as the goal of the system is to stop an opponent.”
“It is scary to be out there without protection, people do follow me and you can never be to careful,” Heidi added.
“It’s overwhelming, and it’s most difficult when I’m in large groups of people.”
The beautiful reality star said that while it takes years to perfect the ancient Chinese martial arts form, she has been practicing for about 6 months and realizes she has a long way to go.
“I’m not ready to go out alone yet...I’m only 5ft 2inches tall and have a small frame so I understand I can’t completely do it alone. Which is why I don’t go out as much anymore.
“Half the reason I am laying low and staying to myself is because I don’t have that security like I used too, and you never can predict what will happen.”
There may have been a Mexican elopement and a lavish Hollywood ceremony in front of "The Hills" cameras, but Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have finally said "I do" for their first "real" wedding and ETonline Senior Editor Nicole Dabeau was exclusively there for their romantic nuptials!
Reality TV's most polarizing couple renewed their vows just before sunset late Sunday afternoon at a beachfront house in Southern, CA.
"[This time] it's just me and my bride on a little secret beach with nobody else and it's just about her," Spencer says. "Versus last time it was about everything else, it was about drama, it was about ratings."
Heidi adds, "It was about everyone but us, so this is really our first wedding about Spencer and I and our love. Now I feel like I can finally just be Heidi and just be in a marriage and just be a person. I’m just really enjoying every day."
The couple, who has gone public about being broke, had their dream wedding donated to them. Everything from Heidi's Jenny Yoo gown, which she picked out with the help of wedding stylist Anya Sarre, to Spencer's Rik Ducar tuxedo, to their four-tier, multi-flavored cake decorated with white chocolate seashells from Hansen's Cakes, and rings from Alan Friedman. They received a 50% discount on their flowers from Sky Flowers.
Since the Heidi Montag/Spencer Pratt sex tape is never going to see the light of day, a leading porn company is going after the next best thing ... a porn directed by Speidi themselves.
TMZ has obtained a letter sent by Vivid honcho Steven Hirsch, offering the couple the chance to get behind the lens. The idea, it appears, is to have the gruesome twosome helm skin flicks that will draw directly from the couple's own fantasies.
We're told both sides will get together in the near future and discuss the deal, and Spencer is definitely interested ... if the numbers are right.
That's a phrase that applies to almost anything Spencer is offered.
Spencer Pratt is hoping to start over -- as Ryan Seacrest's radio intern.
Spencer Pratt's next big career move, becoming the new KFC spokesperson, has been placed on the back fryer, while the fast food giant and the reality TV star iron out some legal disputes.
Spencer Pratt is furious with Bravo network executive Andy Cohen for his verbal tirade Thursday on his wife Heidi Montag, and he exclusively told Radar Online, "I want a public apology!"
Heidi Montag spent $2 million on a failed attempt at a music career, but the 24-year-old blonde bombshell has been given a second chance, and she's excited!
Andy Cohen struck a nerve when he said Thursday that he'd rather "stab ... knives into my own eyes" than have Heidi Montag join the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Watch out Camille, Lisa, Kyle and gang, there’s a new housewife who wants to move into Beverly Hills.
Aspiring rapper Spencer Pratt was planning to pitch a song he wrote and performed about chicken wings to fast food chain KFC.
Heidi Montag was seeking perfection when she famously underwent 10 plastic surgery procedures in November 2009. Now a year later, Heidi reveals her operation-room battle wounds for the first time to Life & Style. "Parts of my body definitely look worse than they did presurgery," she told Life & Style exclusively at a photo shoot on Dec. 2. "This is not what I signed up for."
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are so shameless (and broke), they're reportedly planning another fake in the New Year.
Heidi Montag's estranged mother Darlene Egelhoff has blasted her daughter in a new post on her self-titled blog, telling her: “It's time you showed a little respect!”
Heidi Montag’s life may have seemed charmed during her days on The Hills, but the reality TV star revealed a darker side of fame in a recent exclusive interview with Radar Online. Montag says that the attention can often be more overwhelming than flattering and she recently schooled herself in martial arts to learn ways to protect herself.
