{"id":2602643,"date":"2026-05-14T11:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katharine-mcphee-sings-simply-the-best-better-than-karen-bass-to-spencer-pratt\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:19:53","slug":"katharine-mcphee-sings-simply-the-best-better-than-karen-bass-to-spencer-pratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katharine-mcphee-sings-simply-the-best-better-than-karen-bass-to-spencer-pratt\/","title":{"rendered":"Katharine McPhee sings &#8216;Simply the best, better than Karen Bass&#8217; to Spencer Pratt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkatharine-mcphee-sings-simply-the-best-better-than-karen-bass-to-spencer-pratt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2602643&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Katharine McPhee performed at a fundraising event at the home of her and David Foster in Brentwood, California. Footage from the backyard showed a karaoke-style setup with Foster playing keyboard as she sang Tina Turner\u2019s \u201cThe Best,\u201d turning it into a playful political twist by altering the lyrics to reference Los Angeles mayoral candidates Karen Bass and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >city council member<\/a> Nithya Raman; she even briefly mis-sang \u201cCynthia Raman\u201d and laughed it off. Spencer Pratt, who is running against Bass and Raman, was a major figure at the event, wich reportedly included wealthy donors, influencers, and Hollywood figures. The Los Angeles mayoral primary is scheduled for June 2.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Singer Katharine McPhee sang for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles<\/a> mayoral candidate and reality TV star <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4410991\/spencer-pratt-launches-bid-la-mayor-one-year-anniversary-palisades-fire\/\">Spencer Pratt<\/a> during a fundraising event at McPhee\u2019s and husband David Foster\u2019s home in Brentwood, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\">California<\/a>, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Footage circulating <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ErikTelford\/status\/2054727579802730824\">online<\/a> showed a karaoke-style setup in the backyard, complete with a microphone and lyrics on a screen, and Grammy-winning producer Foster on the keyboard. McPhee sang a rendition of Tina Turner\u2019s \u201cThe Best.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4568037\/dc-officials-ramp-up-security-america-250-events\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DC officials ramp up security for America 250 events after WHCA dinner shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4564731\/judge-tiger-woods-hearing-allows-drug-records\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge in Tiger Woods hearing allows access to drug records<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4563011\/jimmy-kimmel-air-rerun-night-stephen-colbert-final-late-night-broadcast\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Kimmel to air rerun on night of Colbert\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-in-tiger-woods-hearing-allows-access-to-drug-records\/\" title=\"Judge in ... allows access to drug records\">final late-night broadcast<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>But what\u2019s grabbing everyone\u2019s attention: McPhee\u2019s variation on the lyrics.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>As she swayed around the backyard, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-released-of-violent-myanmar-protests-after-at-least-38-people-killed\/\" title=\"... Released Of Violent Myanmar Protests After At Least 38 People Killed\">videos showed<\/a> her singing, \u201cYou\u2019re simply the best, better than <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\">Karen Bass<\/a> and Nithya Raman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erik Telford, senior vice president of public affairs at the Commonwealth Foundation, posted a video <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ErikTelford\/status\/2054727579802730824\">on X<\/a>, and said McPhee turned the song into a \u201ccrowd anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Los Angeles political machine was ready for policy attacks. <\/p>\n<p>They were not prepared for karaoke night.<\/p>\n<p>And Katharine McPhee turned \u201cSimply the best\u2026 better than Karen Bass\u201d into a legit crowd anthem.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katharinemcphee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@katharinemcphee<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spencerpratt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@spencerpratt<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VwvniykEhe\">pic.twitter.com\/VwvniykEhe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erik Telford (@ErikTelford) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikTelford\/status\/2054727579802730824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Pratt is running against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> Karen Bass and Nithya Raman in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Bass is the city\u2019s current mayor, and Raman is a city council member. <\/p>\n<p>At one point, when McPhee repeated the chorus, she accidentally said, \u201cCynthia Raman.\u201d She quickly turned to Pratt and said, \u201cI called her Cynthia,\u201d which drew laughter from the guests. Pratt shrugged as if he didn\u2019t notice the mistake.<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser included wealthy donors, influencers, and Hollywood figures, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/spencer-pratt-david-foster-fundraiser\"><em>Vanity Fair.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4567007\/spencer-pratt-spin-residence-swipe-bass-la-fire\/\"><strong>SPENCER PRATT SPINS RITZY RESIDENCE SWIPE INTO JAB AT BASS FOR LA FIRES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One America News Network host Alicia Summers also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-falls-silent-on-rabbi-stabbing-in-boston\/\" title=\"\u2018Squad\u2019 Falls Silent on Rabbi Stabbing in Boston\">shared footage<\/a> of the song <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYPwDkCFBDy\/?img_index=1&#038;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The primary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\/\">election<\/a> will be held on June 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katharine McPhee sang at a Brentwood fundraiser for Spencer Pratt, with karaoke-style lyrics and music provided by David Foster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2602644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-vmambhlbh-1778767182046-e1778768485701.jpg?1778753066&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36238,48133,79662,79663,70393],"class_list":["post-2602643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-celebrity-news","tag-karen-bass","tag-katharine-mcphee","tag-simply-the-best","tag-spencer-pratt"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-vmambhlbh-1778767182046-e1778768485701.jpg?1778753066&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602643"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602647,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602643\/revisions\/2602647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2602644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}