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Pratt: Bass concern over AI ads 'funniest thing I've ever heard'
Key takeaways
- Bass has criticized Pratt s ads, which have depicted the mayor in Joker makeup while Angelenos pelt her with tomatoes as she leads a dystopian Los Angeles, as taking on a violent trend in politics.
- Which is the funniest thing I ve ever heard coming from the lady who allowed 12 people to burn alive.
- Bass said in a separate interview with Michaelson that she finds the violent trend … very scary.
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Bass has criticized Pratt s ads, which have depicted the mayor in Joker makeup while Angelenos pelt her with tomatoes as she leads a dystopian Los Angeles, as taking on a violent trend in politics.
Which is the funniest thing I ve ever heard coming from the lady who allowed 12 people to burn alive. And she s worrying about AI, Pratt told CNN s Elex Michaelson, referring to the 12 people killed in the Palisades Fire, which also destroyed Pratt s home in January 2025.
Bass said in a separate interview with Michaelson that she finds the violent trend … very scary.
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