Spencer Pratt is coming to the defense of a baker who lost everything in the Palisades Fire after she was allegedly attacked by Jimmy Kimmel’s relative for selling pro-Pratt cookies.
Daniela Romano works out of the bakery at Vicente Foods in Brentwood started selling cookies with a “Vote Pratt” emblem on them earlier this week.
The baked goods, a sugar cookie with decorated with the pro-Pratt design started to gain popularity, selling in masses and drawing ire from Pratt’s critics.
Among the most vocal anti-cookie critics was allegedly Carly Kimmel, the sister-in-law of lefty late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Carly is married to Jimmy’s brother Jonathan.
The popular LA fashion and lifestyle boutique Kitson — which counts stars Paris Hilton, Kate Beckinsale, Angelina Jolie and Janet Jackson among its clientele — revealed in a social media post said that it “spoke to a reliable source” who said Carly threatened to never shop at Vicente Foods again if they continued to sell the cookies.
Romano, like Pratt and his family, lost everything in the Palisades Fire — including her home and former business. She did not want to speak with The Post about the controversy surrounding the baked goods.
“That woman (Kimmel) was trying to stop somebody from trying to support their family. I hope they (Kimmel family) go support a fire victim that lost everything and maybe make amends and buy some of these cookies, I think that would be a good apology,” Pratt told The California Post Friday as he held a box of the cookies.
“We’re doing a lot of things, but I’ll always have time to support people that are trying to build back from nothing and that are being attacked by people that obviously don’t understand that my message is common sense,” he continued.
Pratt argued critics opposing his efforts are ignoring rising public safety and homelessness concerns in Los Angeles, and praised supporters for buying the cookies from a baker who is is “fighting for LA.”
“So, if you don’t support what I’m doing then you just want drug addicts that are naked in front of kids in parks, and you want people’s arms getting hit with machetes in broad daylight on the sidewalk. So, I don’t know what’s going on with those people, but the people that are buying the cookies whose brains are functioning,” he told The Post.
“I hear you can just eat them all day long and you don’t even gain weight, I hear they’re actually healthy cookies, they’re delicious,” he joked.
The Post called about the availability of the cookies Friday morning around 11 a.m. and was told a new batch wouldn’t be ready until 3 p.m. — as they were a hot selling item.
Kimmel’s social media profiles were marked private through the cookie scandal, but Kitson’s social media page offered up a chance at redemption.
“The bakery is coming out with Karen Bass cookies so people like you will not be outraged. We suggest you put in an order for 1,000 cookies so you can show some remorse and pass them around at the next Kimmel family function.”
“I couldn’t be happier to help sell cookies now while also saving the city,” Pratt said.