What Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt Packed Before Evacuating Their Palisades Home During L.A. Fires (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Spencer and Heidi Pratt in October 2024.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Jon Kopaloff/Getty

The experience of evacuating their during theLos Angeles wildfireswas shocking forHeidi MontagandSpencer Pratt.As they left their Pacific Palisades home in January, the couple — who share sonsGunner Stone, 7, andRyker, 2 — was forced to make a last-minute decision about what to pack.The “I’ll Do It” hitmaker, 38, found herself in “fight or flight” mode, she says.Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt in October 2019.Presley Ann/Getty"The logical thinking isn’t there," she tells PEOPLE exclusively. “So I was literally looking at my closet quickly like, ‘What can I grab?'“Montag says she grabbed a pair of jeans before she found herself “running around and wasting time staring at something.“She adds: “I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, what am I doing?’ You’re like, ‘Am I coming back? Am I not?’ I really thought I was coming back, so I grabbed a pair of shoes at the end.“Before Montag left, however, her husband, 41, told her to “grab anything you want to keep.“While the “Superficial” singer was “overwhelmed,” she grabbed some of her kids’ belongings, including “their bears and some of their clothes.““I have no photos, I have no memorabilia. Just stuff for the kids.Everything’s gone,” says Montag.The “Body Language” singer also opened up about the secret to her lasting relationship with Pratt.“We put each other first,” she says.Montag also provided advice for other couples, including “laughing whenever you can and trying to keep positivity in there, but also being realistic with what you’re facing and having to deal with, and appreciating each other for what you do.“For the pop star, communication is “important.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt in October 2010.Jesse Grant/WireImageThroughout their almost 20-year love story, Montag also says she and Pratt have learned to navigate the “unique” circumstances of their marriage.“Spencer and I have a really unique relationship where we’re usually with each other throughout the day,” she says.Adds Montag: “Some couples, or most, I would say, probably go to work in separate jobs and our work has always been really intertwined, which keeps us so on the same page and usually dealing with the same things.”

The experience of evacuating their during theLos Angeles wildfireswas shocking forHeidi MontagandSpencer Pratt.

As they left their Pacific Palisades home in January, the couple — who share sonsGunner Stone, 7, andRyker, 2 — was forced to make a last-minute decision about what to pack.

The “I’ll Do It” hitmaker, 38, found herself in “fight or flight” mode, she says.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt in October 2019.Presley Ann/Getty

“The logical thinking isn’t there,” she tells PEOPLE exclusively. “So I was literally looking at my closet quickly like, ‘What can I grab?'”

Montag says she grabbed a pair of jeans before she found herself “running around and wasting time staring at something.”

She adds: “I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, what am I doing?’ You’re like, ‘Am I coming back? Am I not?’ I really thought I was coming back, so I grabbed a pair of shoes at the end.”

Before Montag left, however, her husband, 41, told her to “grab anything you want to keep.”

While the “Superficial” singer was “overwhelmed,” she grabbed some of her kids’ belongings, including “their bears and some of their clothes.”

“I have no photos, I have no memorabilia. Just stuff for the kids.Everything’s gone,” says Montag.

The “Body Language” singer also opened up about the secret to her lasting relationship with Pratt.

“We put each other first,” she says.

Montag also provided advice for other couples, including “laughing whenever you can and trying to keep positivity in there, but also being realistic with what you’re facing and having to deal with, and appreciating each other for what you do.”

For the pop star, communication is “important.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt in October 2010.Jesse Grant/WireImage

Throughout their almost 20-year love story, Montag also says she and Pratt have learned to navigate the “unique” circumstances of their marriage.

“Spencer and I have a really unique relationship where we’re usually with each other throughout the day,” she says.

Adds Montag: “Some couples, or most, I would say, probably go to work in separate jobs and our work has always been really intertwined, which keeps us so on the same page and usually dealing with the same things.”

source: people.com