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Pratt: Bass concern over AI ads 'funniest thing I've ever heard'
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Pratt: Bass concern over AI ads 'funniest thing I've ever heard'

The Hill · May 22, 2026, 9:48 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

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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