Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt’s story began at a Los Angeles club in 2006, setting the stage for a relationship that would unfold in the public eye.
“I pretty much told everyone I was going to marry him and that I loved him,” Montag recalled in a 2016 interview with Vice. “[Everyone] thought I was crazy.”
Not everyone welcomed the romance. As stars of The Hills, Montag and Pratt—better known as Speidi—were frequently portrayed as reality TV villains, and their relationship drew plenty of criticism.
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The couple nevertheless stayed together. They married, welcomed sons Gunner and Ryker, and continued building their reality TV careers through appearances on shows including Celebrity Big Brother, Marriage Boot Camp and The Hills: New Beginnings.
In January 2025, however, Montag and Pratt lost their Los Angeles home in the devastating wildfires. While the family worked to rebuild, Pratt promoted Montag’s music on social media, helping her 2010 album Superficial surge up the charts.
“For us to be able to feel people really come together and support us and our family, and to kind of burn off, literally, that shell and that stigma that we had for so many years,” Montag told Billboard in February 2025, “it’s nice that people can finally see through that and see that there was always a love story.”