Spencer Vs. Al, Round 2

Once reality royalty, now they're forced to eat 'tacos and burritos'

(NEWSER) - The famewhoring and ridiculous antics of Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag finally backfired, leaving them broke and forced to live rent-free at Spencer's parents' house. (Although, it is a Santa Barbara beach house, so don't feel too sorry for them.) They explain to the Daily Beast how it all went wrong:

• They thought that living a fake life in front of the cameras (for example: Through it all, they never actually broke up ) would pay off for them in the long run, but it turns out "you can be too famous," Spencer says. "Reality TV is not a career." His antics for the camera made him so widely detested he can't find a job, and is considering going back to school. Heidi has been appearing on a reality competition show.
• Spencer says they never truly had any money, because they spent it as quickly as they got it. A whopping $2 million went toward hiring writers, producers, and engineers for Heidi's failed music endeavor .
• "I probably spent a million dollars on suits and fancy clothes,” Spencer says. “My whole million-dollar wardrobe—I would never wear that again. They’re props. Everything we were doing, we were buying props."

For some reason, magazines still chatting with Pratt

(NEWSER) - Spencer Pratt, really a parody of himself at this point, confesses that he chose “fame” (infamy?) over wife Heidi Montag. “We love each other but I'm a famewhore and I'll never grow out of it,” Pratt tells People , adding that Heidi “doesn't want that.” Despite his admitted famewhorishness, Pratt insists their impending divorce is not a publicity stunt. Heidi “doesn’t want to be Speidi anymore. She wants to be Heidi Montag: the sex symbol.” (A goal that clearly has nothing to do with fame.) More»

Pratt is leaving the Hills for a while, but not for noble reasons

(NEWSER) - Poor Spencer Pratt just is not having a good week. First, the reality star’s wife fired him as her manager and replaced him with a psychic . Now it comes out that Pratt’s story about leaving The Hills to fight cyber crime is a lie. The truth? “He is leaving The Hills for six weeks because he was asked to,” a source tells Us . Pratt allegedly “flipped out” when a female producer asked him to do something, and she was so “rattled” she filed a complaint. More»

But don't worry: Montag, Pratt still married

(NEWSER) - Heidi Montag is getting serious about her career, and that means getting a new manager…a psychic manager. "No longer is my husband the face of my business or managing my career," the reality star tells People , although—thank goodness!—the two are still married. Replacing Spencer Pratt, who has had the gig for five years, is Aiden Chase, whom Montag calls a “healer intuitive.” More»

'The Hills' star will, of course, record their reunion for reality TV

(NEWSER) - In case you’ve been on Mars and haven’t heard, Heidi Montag had 10 plastic surgery procedures in 1 day—and now she’s scared to confront her “horrified” mother with her new face. The reality star, featured in an exclusive in People (timed to coincide with the release of her debut album), will continue to maximize her earnings potential by facing her mother for the first time on camera. The reunion will appear in a future episode of The Hills. More»