Spencer Pratt has revealed he has made a ‘life-changing’ amount of money through TikTok after he and wife Heidi Montag lost their home in the recent LA wildfires.
The reality star, 41, has seen a huge surge in his follower numbers in recent days, and admitted that it’s helped to change his family’s financial fortunes.
Spencer told Variety: ‘I made, like, $4,000 on TikTok this week, but on TikTok Live, where people can just give to me direct, I think maybe $20,000. So that’s phenomenal, and life-changing.
‘That’s the power of individual supporters, people just backing you and getting behind you.
‘And that’s the most powerful when you don’t have to rely on ads or AI and algorithms when just actual human beings just want to give. It’s unbelievable and incredible.’
It comes after the app confirmed it’s working to restore the app while thanking President-elect Trump for intervening as the social media platform shows the first signs of recovery following its dramatic shutdown.
Spencer Pratt has revealed he has made a ‘life-changing’ amount of money through TikTok after he and wife Heidi Montag lost their home in the recent LA wildfires
The reality star has seen a huge surge in his follower numbers in recent days, and admitted that it’s helped to change his family’s financial fortunes
Spencer has even been able to use the platform to promote his wife’s 2010 album, Superficial: ‘I have no idea how much money [the music has made]. I don’t know if it comes in cheques or when, but everybody keeps telling me, don’t expect any money’.
‘I’m more excited about the energy and opportunities that come from it. I don’t think these streams and all these charts [make money].’
Spencer said his TikTok experience has also given him a renewed sense of hope, following the wildfires.
He said: ‘Based on what people are telling me, the music business is about touring, it’s about merchandise, it’s about all the things that come with it; that’s how the artists make money unless you’re doing billions of streams, which I’m still energetically [pushing]’.
‘It’s not happening yet! I’m being optimistic because truly, it’s the only way to get through all this.’
It comes after the couple responded to the backlash they received for getting donations after the loss of their home.
Los Angeles area has been struck by its worst windstorms in over a decade, fuelling fires that have destroyed thousands of structures and claimed at least 27 lives, though the full death toll is not yet known.
One blaze in the ritzy Pacific Palisades consumed a number of celebrity homes, including Heidi and Spencer’s $2.5 million house in the neighborhood.
‘I made, like, $4,000 on TikTok this week, but on TikTok Live, where people can just give to me direct, I think maybe $20,000. So that’s phenomenal, and life-changing’
![Spencer has even been able to use the platform to promote his wife's 2010 album, Superficial: 'I have no idea how much money [the music has made]. I don't know if it comes in cheques or when, but everybody keeps telling me, don't expect any money'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/18/94270311-14302469-image-a-20_1737312595936.jpg)
Spencer has even been able to use the platform to promote his wife’s 2010 album, Superficial: ‘I have no idea how much money [the music has made]. I don’t know if it comes in cheques or when, but everybody keeps telling me, don’t expect any money’
Spencer said his TikTok experience has also given him a renewed sense of hope, following the wildfires
They fled the disaster area with their two young sons Gunner, six, and Ryker, two, leaving most of their personal belongings behind.
Although Heidi and Spencer did not solicit donations themselves, two of their TikTok friends created a GoFundMe for them – eliciting outrage from social media users who pointed out that many less privileged people had also lost their homes.
In reply to the blowback, Spencer insisted he and Heidi are ‘not rich,’ adding that no one was ‘required’ to give money to them and ‘it’s not a tax,’ via Us Weekly.
‘Speidi,’ as they are known to fans, first rose to fame as a reality TV couple on The Hills, which concluded its run on MTV in 2010.
Along with the over $134,000 they netted from the GoFundMe, they have also been earning money – Spencer, for example, has been selling his Pratt Daddy Crystals.
Heidi’s fans meanwhile have been streaming her 2010 album Superficial so enthusiastically that her single single I’ll Do It reached number one on iTunes US.
She had a little bit of help from other celebrities, as her music was boosted on social media by Paris Hilton – who also lost a home to the fires – and Emily Ratajkowski.
Spencer has taken a defiant stance to the backlash over the GoFundMe, saying: ‘We’re very used to negative things, so it’s pretty standard. If people want to send their own money to whoever they want, it’s the equivalent to buying a celebrity’s merch, buying their movie tickets.’
He added: ‘People can do whatever they want with their own money and, thank God, there’s people who want to support and send us whatever.’
Spencer noted: ‘Nobody’s required to, and it’s not a tax. People can say whatever they want and they’re entitled to their opinion. But, all the people that are messaging, they’re asking to send money, they’re asking to do the Amazon wishlist.’
It comes after the couple responded to the backlash they received for getting donations after the loss of their home (pictured 2019)
They fled the disaster area with their two young sons Gunner, six, and Ryker, two, leaving most of their personal belongings behind; the family are pictured last month
Heidi and Spencer were also criticized for breaking down in tears while discussing the loss of their home this Wednesday on Good Morning America
Spencer meanwhile shared: ‘The worst was like, sorry, our kids’ room is like so magical,’ adding: ‘We do storytime every night’
He pointed out that it was his TikTok friends who ‘created a GoFundMe on their own and it just kept on doing great and so amazing. And then they transferred it over to us. We’re so thankful for them doing that and they set up the Amazon wishlist.’
Heidi said she and Spencer were against soliciting money on a crowdfunding platform, but ‘our friends Brandon and Courtney were like: “We don’t care what you say. We know people who want to donate money to you and even if it’s one donation that’s going to help you.”‘
She iterated: ‘So, we had no expectation of anyone donating. I haven’t posted it, but we’ve had so many people wanting to give $5.’
Spencer pointed out many people donated small amounts like $5, which is ‘a coffee for somebody, so somebody bought us a coffee,’ though he added: ‘There’s some people that it’s a bigger number and I thanked every single person.’
Turning his attention to his ‘haters,’ he said: ‘Nobody thought we were rich celebrities until three days ago and it’s getting frustrating. Like if you Google “Spencer,” it literally [says]: “Broke, no net worth.”‘
He continued: ‘So now our house burns down, my parents’ house burns down [and] now we’re rich celebrities, which is infuriating because the media, respectfully, has never called us celebrities [and] never called us rich.’
Spencer maintained: ‘“There’s nobody with a brain [who] thinks we’re rich celebrities. It’s like these are just hater people trolling. The people [who] are supporting us and have been following our lifestyle on social media, they see we’re not rich celebrities.’
The fans, he said, ‘see what we do every day. We have been posting our life on Snapchat for the last 11 years, all day long. Our audience knows we’re not rich celebrities, they know we just eat Mexican food and we get organic eggs and they know we do it. We film everything.’
He shared: ‘We put all of our money into our house and our life to build something for our kids to put in their name and every detail we just kept on every year for the last eight years. Our house was 3,000 square feet. It is not a mansion in the Palisades.’
