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The hills star Spencer Pratt broke down crying as he thanked fans for sending his wife Heidi Montagthe first album of 2010, Superficialat No. 1 on iTunes 15 years after its release.
The 41-year-old reality TV star, who lost last week its Pacific Palisades is home to Los Angeles’ devastating wildfiresshared the news in a TikTok video posted on Sunday, January 12.
“We spent all our money on this album, Superficial. 15 years ago, three days ago, so January 10, 2010, it came out,” Pratt said. “We weren’t trying to be reality TV stars; we were like, ‘ We’re going to make Heidi a pop star.” We were a team Every night, when you thought we were watching. The hillswe were in the recording studio working with the best.
Pratt continued: “Every dollar we made from The hills we put in this album, Superficial. And so that it finally becomes number 1 in America, 15 years later.
“Do you know how many times we cried and how many regrets we had about spending all our money, investing it and believing in Heidi’s music even though we knew it was so good, and that she can finally come out and be really touched,” he added before bursting into tears.
“It feels so good,” he said, sobbing.
The couple, best known for their appearance in the reality TV series The hillshave been married since 2008 and share two sons, Gunner and Ryker.
Montag, 38, co-led the hit six-season MTV series alongside Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port from 2006 to 2010. Pratt joined the series during its 2007 second season shortly after he and Montag met at a Los Angeles nightclub.
Montag released Superficial months before The hills aired its last episode.
A sped-up version of “I’ll Do It” from the 12-track album has since become a trending sound on TikTok, with several celebrities, including Emily Ratajkowski and Tana Mongeau, declaring it their “escape music.”
More than 150,000 Los Angeles residents have been evacuated from the area as three major fires continue to rage. The fires have burned more than 40,000 acres, destroyed more than 12,300 structures and killed 24 people so far.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom described the wildfires as the worst natural disaster in U.S. history “in terms of scale and scope.” These fires are on track to be among the the most expensive ever in the United Stateswith losses expected to exceed $135 billion.
