Crystals are objectively beautiful. They come in almost any color you want, reflect light or scatter it in ways that seem inappropriate for an average rock. Scientists recently published evidence Even chimpanzees, given the choice between a quartz crystal and a plain stone, will choose the crystal every time. Our ancestors were collecting them for no practical reason 780,000 years ago. We never really stopped.
Los Angeles is the center of American crystal culture. It is as common as owning a cactus, or being a doctor. Health-conscious and beauty-lovers alike keep some on windowsills, on nightstands, around their necks. Charging your rose quartz with the light of the full moon is the equivalent of vacuuming your floors. That’s just what people do here.
So it tracks that Spencer Pratt—former reality TV villain, current mayoral candidate, and a native Angeleno—will be in Crystal. However, “Into” doesn’t completely capture the Crystal situation. A Recent NBC News Interview Reacquainted with many people from the past Hills The personality’s interest in crystals, including his belief that they generate energy equivalent to hugging a tree, and his continued attachment to the collection of crystals he once owned, which were lost in the devastating Pacific Palisades fire of 2025. “When I go to heaven,” he said, “they will be in a museum. The Pratt Family Collection in the Natural History Museum.” (gq We contacted Pratt’s campaign for comment on his crystal-related beliefs and spending history, but have not received a response as of publication.)
That interview is the latest chapter in a nearly two-decade-old history. Currently incomplete election resultsPratt is running second in the primary race for Los Angeles mayor. This makes her a potential contender against incumbent Karen Bass, who according to associated Press, Earned enough votes to continue to the general election. As we wait for an estimate 250,000 to 350,000 remaining ballots To count down where he lands, we’ve revisited said history. Below, is a complete timeline of Pratt’s love for and faith in Crystal.
2009: 3,000 Pound Rock
Heidi Montag-Mountain‘ Another villain who had a fling with Spencer in 2008 – inadvertently sparking her husband’s crystal obsession. In 2009, after undergoing ten plastic surgery procedures in a single day, Montag was bedridden and writhing in pain, she recalled in an article. 2016 vice president profile. She said Pratt brought a crystal home and placed it near her bed and the pain disappeared. “I thought the crystals were helping,” he said. Vice. “Whether it was just metaphorically, or just a placebo effect, they helped.” Pratt took this as proof. He later said in his memoirs that it was then that “really a crystal daddy“
That same year, shortly after this incident, Pratt saw a crystal in a local coffee shop. She did an interview with Katie Couric In 2021. He said it was not for sale, but he bought it anyway. He also claimed that the crystal weighed 3,000 pounds and had to be delivered to his home by crane.
2010: seventh best
in one interview with lifestyle In February 2010, Pratt revealed that his initial attraction to Crystal had become an obsession. “I’m so addicted to crystals, it’s like a disease,” he told the publication. “I’ve spent $500,000 on crystals this year. I checked my bank account last night and I have $203 left.” He said he got his collection from a shop called Santa Monica wonders of the World. Shop owner, reached for comment lifestyle, Most crystals noted are priced between $1 and $100. “It doesn’t seem right to me,” the owner said of the $500,000 figure spent by Pratt.