However, many celebrities have come under fire for this Asking for donations After the fire destroyed, Spencer Pratt And Heidi Monday saying our Why aren't they bothered by "reactions".

"We're so used to the negative stuff, so it's pretty standard," Pratt, 41, tells EXCLUSIVELY. our weekly Wednesday, January 15. “If people want to send their own money to whoever they want, it's like buying a celebrity's merchandise, like buying their movie ticket. People can do whatever they want with their own money and, thank God, there are people who want to support us and send whatever they want."

He added, “No one needs to and it is not a tax. People can say whatever they want and they are entitled to their opinion. But, all the people who are messaging, they're asking to send money, they're asking to do an Amazon wishlist. … These are their choices.”

Pratt and Montag, 38, Los Angeles lost them Homes in the ongoing wildfires that ravaged Southern California earlier this month. The natural disaster engulfed thousands of acres of land and killed at least 25 people. including many residents the mountain The city limits have been evacuated following government orders.

Pratt and Montag left the area with their sons Gunner, 6, and Riker, 2, with only a few personal effects. After losing Most of their stuffA pair of TikTok followers created a GoFundMe campaign on behalf of Pratt and Montag

"When it first happened, on that first day, they created a GoFundMe themselves and it just kept doing great and so amazing," Pratt recalls. “And then they handed it over to us. We are very grateful to them for doing this and setting up an Amazon wishlist."

Montag also insisted that neither he nor Pratt sought contributions.

“Then our friends Brandon And Courtney (From TikTok) was like, 'We don't care what you say. We know people who want to donate money to you and even if it's a donation that will help you,'" he said our. “So, we did not expect anyone to donate. I didn't post it, but we have a lot of people wanting to pay $5."

According to GoFundMeThe Pratts have raised more than $134,000 so far, and some of the generosity is as small as $5, but that's not the amount that matters—gifts mean so much more.

"People are like, 'Oh, they're asking for money,' it's a coffee for someone, so someone buys us a coffee," he explained. "It's just in volume, so it might seem like all the money, but scroll (through it and see) it's just people sending you a latte."

"There are some people who think it's a big number and I thank every single person."

Pratt also theorizes that the supposed backlash comes from those who falsely believe that celebrities are all super rich.

"Until three days ago, no one thought we were rich celebrities and it's frustrating. If you Google 'Spencer,' like, it literally (says) 'broke, no net worth,'" Pratt said Wednesday. “My net worth has been $1,000 on the site you've been searching for the past 15 years. so now Our house burned downMy parents' house burned down (and) now we're rich celebrities, which is annoying because the media, respectfully, never calls us celebrities (and) never calls us rich."

He added, "It's this weird disconnect that we're grouped with real rich celebrities, which would be great if we were ... but we're not, people know that."

According to Pratt, it's "just haters" calling him and Montag out.

“There's nobody with a brain (who) thinks we're rich celebrities. It seems they are just trolling the haters,” he said. “People (who) are supporting us and doing Follows our lifestyle On social media, they see that we are not rich celebrities. They see what we do every day. We've been posting our lives on Snapchat all day long for the past 11 years. Our audience knows we're not rich celebrities, they know we only eat Mexican food and we get organic eggs and they know we do it. We film everything."

In addition to GoFundMe and Amazon Wishlist donations, Pratt and Montague also have funding coming in from their respective business ventures and social media uploads. Many fans have frequently bought crystals from his Pratt Daddy crystal shop Montag's past music streaming and purchase its accompanying products. (They're also members of the TikTok Creator Fund, where the app pays influencers for every popular video that gets authentic engagement, as well as a similar program on Snapchat.)

“Heidi's 1 out of 13 countriesI didn't know the people of Oman would support Heidi, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Saudi, I mean all these countries I hope, God willing, and she becomes a global superstar," Pratt said. "We can go see and hug these people. We could do it for those who needed us the most."

Their former MTV costars Christine Cavallari, Audrina Partridge And Lowe Bosworth Montag also filmed himself dancing to his 2010 tracks excessively in their respective videos.

“The overwhelming support of these people using their platforms to help us when they know how influential their platforms are, and how important each post is to them and their brand, and to rally behind us and their followers. to help us - It's amazing," Montag gushed. "We've never felt this kind of support or kindness or recognition, and it's really heartwarming for something that's so important."

Pratt, who mentioned that they plan to Rebuilding their family homeRecently revealed about their financial situation in recent social media videos.

"We put all our money into our house and our lives to build something in our children's name, and every detail we've put in every year for the last eight years," she said. our. “Our house was 3,000 square feet. it is Not a palace Everything from the Palisades stove to the washing machine was perfect. All this we deposit our money - and then we go to Irehon and eat excellent groceries. But our life was like, 'Keep our money at home, eat clean groceries and that's it.' We take one trip a year to visit Heidi's parents in Colorado."

Pratt continued, "Any TV opportunity or social media opportunity that we make money from is just to be verified. So it's all like, 'Oh, Heidi and Spencer (are) these rich celebrities who want money.' I wish I was a rich celebrity, I keep saying I'd be in Cabo eating tacos right now."

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With reporting by Andrea Simpson