Spencer Pratt defends Mandy Moore amid GoFundMe backlash over wildfires

Spencer Pratt comes to the defense of another victim of the Los Angeles wildfires Mandy Moore following criticism over a recent GoFundMe petition on behalf of her in-laws.

“Let me tell you about Mandy Moore. Mandy Moore, when I was younger, mentions Mandy Moore. She booked my hotel for me because she was a very good friend. Just as a friend, she booked my hotel in New York; I had never been to New York. I feel like he even booked my flight because I was so fun to be with. Mandy Moore, I will run for Mandy Moore,” Pratt, 41, said in a tiktok published on Saturday, January 11. “If I see one more TikTok about Mandy Moore and GoFundMes, I’ll start chasing them. Do you want to fight your worst nightmare, which is me right now? You post about Mandy Moore. I will run for Mandy Moore.”

Moore, 40, whose Altadena neighborhood suffered tremendous loss in forest fires devastating Southern California, received backlash from social media followers after she shared a GoFundMe campaign in support of his brother-in-law’s family.

“Yesterday, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law Griff and Kit [Goldsmith] They lost their home and everything they owned in the Eaton Fire,” the This Is Us alum wrote via Instagram on Thursday, January 9. “With their first baby on the way in a matter of weeks, they need our support now more than ever. “

Some users had apparently taken issue with a celebrity asking for money, to which Moore said: “And people wondering if we’re helping our own family or attributing an arbitrary amount of money that Google says someone has He is NOT helpful or empathetic. Of course we are. Our friend Matt [Koma] started this, go fund me [sic] and I share it because people have asked me how they can help them. We also lost most of our lives in a fire. Kindly F OFF. Nobody forces you to do anything.”

Pratt supported Moore in posting her video, reaffirming that she is “the nicest lady ever.”

“Mandy Moore doesn’t do anything wrong,” he said, noting that he’s known her for two decades. “If you were nice in 2004, you’ll still be nice in 2025. Like I’m speaking very nice. So don’t you dare come for Mandy Moore.”

He continued: “Maybe delete your content about Mandy Moore because Mandy Moore is real. She is a great human. He doesn’t do anything out of pocket: he posts GoFundMes, that’s great. She doesn’t have to pay for anyone. “She has her own life, probably her own kids, so don’t come for Mandy Moore.”

Moore, who shares three children with her Dawes frontman husband. taylor goldsmithHe lost part of his house in the forest fires. “We were able to park and walk down our street to witness all the loss. Miraculously, the main part of our house is still standing. For now,” Moore wrote in instagram on Thursday.

And he added: “It is not habitable, but it is practically intact. We lost Taylor and Griffin’s studio with all the instruments and equipment they once had. We lost our garage and our back house. Everyone we know lost everything. All the houses on our street have disappeared. My in-laws. My brother and sister-in-law, 6 weeks away from welcoming their first baby. Our best friends. Feeling a strange survivor’s guilt. We love this community and will do everything we can to help rebuild and support. Thank you all for checking on us and offering help. “Altadena strong”.

Pratt and his wife, Heidi Montagalso They lost their home in Pacific Palisades in the fire, which started on Tuesday, January 7. the hills The students said that when their house caught fire, they had already evacuated with their two children, Gunner, 6, and Ryker, 13 months.

In a video shared by Montag, 38, via TikTok on Thursday, the couple revealed the few elements that remained from his house after the fire, all contained in a single plastic bag.

“The Hummingbird pot, with some cooked nectar,” Pratt said in the video, along with “one [rubber] backyard snake, a backyard crystal, [another] glass from the backyard, Ryker’s shovel from the backyard and broken pieces.” (Pratt is a business owner of Pratt Daddy Crystals.)

Related: Which stars have been affected by the Los Angeles fires?

Los Angeles suffered a terrifying natural weather event and its star-studded community has been severely affected. An extreme wind storm, caused by gusts from Santa Ana, sparked fast-burning wildfires around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, and drivers along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive abandoned their cars to seek safety, according to the […]

Other celebrities, including Miles Teller, ricky lake, Bryan Greenberg and Jaime ChungThey also lost their homes in the natural disaster.

“It was supposed to be our forever home, but nothing lasts forever,” Greenberg, 46, shared on instagram. “Thankfully our family is safe, however, other victims of the Los Angeles fire are not so fortunate. Please donate to them if you can.”

Check the LAFD website for local forest fire alerts and click here for resources on how to help those affected.