Spencer Pratt is publicly challenging George Clooneys moral authority after the Hollywood star used a prestigious European film festival to deliver yet another political sermon.
The former reality television personality, who this year mounted a bid for mayor of Los Angeles, took to X to blast Clooney and his wife, Amal, over what he framed as glaring hypocrisy between their rhetoric and their lifestyle, according to Fox News. Pratts criticism came as the Clooneys made highly publicized appearances at the Venice Film Festival, where the actor was honored with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement and used the platform to weigh in on American politics and the state of the world.
Pratt focused his ire on the staggering price tag of Amal Clooneys red-carpet ensemble, arguing that the couples lavish spending undercuts their moral posturing on social and political issues. "$500M net worth George Clooney couldve permanently housed 8 homeless people for the rest of their lives with the money he spent on a single-use dress for his wife at a 4 hour event," Pratt claimed on X.
He followed that up with a broader rebuke of Hollywoods progressive elite, making clear he has no patience for lectures from celebrities who live far removed from the realities facing ordinary Americans. He added, "I will never tolerate a woke scold lecture from these people. Just be an ostentatious celebrity and own it."
Pratt attached to his post a Page Six report detailing Amal Clooneys look in Venice, where the couple has been photographed repeatedly this week. According to the outlet, she wore a custom design by Haider Ackermann for Tom Ford, paired with Cartier earrings priced at $149,000 and a Cartier diamond bracelet valued at $225,000.
While the Clooneys walked red carpets and posed for cameras, George Clooney also used the festival as a political pulpit, speaking multiple times in public forums. At the opening night ceremony, as he accepted the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, he delivered a sweeping address about fear, power and the role of artists in society.
During his speech, he said in part, per People, "Were living through a moment in time where people in charge, the people with the most money, are telling us to fear one another. But we know better than that, dont we? Because history does teach us a lesson. It teaches us something. The first people that authoritarians tried to shut down are not politicians. Theyre journalists who ask questions. Theyre the artists who refuse simple answers; the filmmakers, writers, actors, and musicians who insist that someone you never met is deserving of your empathy."
He added, "Stories are always dangerous to people who peddle in fear, the people who are afraid of books and music and stories are never the heroes in history. So, yes, movies dont stop wars, they dont lower inflation, they dont fix elections, but they do something remarkable. They remind us that a stranger is never a stranger, and that he might just be the hero in somebody elses story."
Earlier in the day, Clooney had already set a partisan tone during a press conference, where he was asked about the political climate in the United States. "Im always very optimistic about things," he said, per Deadline. "Were at a moment in time thats unfortunate thats an understatement. I do believe that were going to get through all of this. Im old enough to have been through 1968 in the States when every city in the United States was set on fire, and we lost Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy in the same year. There was tons of violence. The capital was surrounded with tanks. Weve had some other difficult times, but this is one of them."
Clooney then escalated his critique of current leadership in Washington with language that many conservatives would see as yet another Hollywood swipe at Republican governance. Going on about the topic, Clooney said, "Theres a great word, kakistocracy, which is a country run by the least qualified people. I think maybe we have a kakistocracy right now, but well get through it, and we will have an election in November that should be a check and balance, and then in 2028, with any luck, well have some restoration into some normalcy."
Fox News Digital has reached out to Clooney for comment on Pratt's criticism, but the actor has yet to respond to the charge that his rhetoric does not match his lifestyle. When reached for comment on Clooney's take on the current administration, a White House spokesperson responded, "Nobody cares."
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