{"id":430599,"date":"2010-03-15T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T20:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=96599"},"modified":"2010-03-15T16:24:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T20:24:22","slug":"spencer-pratt-leaving-%e2%80%9cthe-hills%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6-to-fight-cyber-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/430599","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Pratt Leaving \u201cThe Hills\u201d\u2026..To Fight Cyber Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Spencer-Pratt-Cyber-Cop-499x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Spencer Pratt Cyber Cop\" width=\"499\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-96625\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spencer Pratt is finally biting his tongue. On Monday, the reality villain <em>Hills<\/em> fans love to loathe announced that he is leaving the long-running MTV  docusoap to become a cyber sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;No, we&#8217;re not joking&#8230;.So reset your passwords, PopCrunchers: Heidi Montag&#8217;s manbag is making it his duty to patrol the Interwebs for us. <\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-96599\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pratt, 26, is currently studying software engineering with a focus on encryption at the University of Southern California. To devote his full focus to school, Spencer will abandon his role on <em>The Hills<\/em> and work toward becoming a cyber security officer with the American Defense Enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>Think that&#8217;s ridiculous? Allow Spencer to explain&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In the last few months I have discovered a new passion and new purpose to my life,&#8221;<\/em> Pratt told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20351567,00.html\">PEOPLE.com<\/a> on Monday. <em>&#8220;With this in mind, I have decided to take a break from my obligations to MTV&#8217;s &#8216;The Hills&#8217; and discontinue filming any more episodes for this current season. Upon learning of President Obama&#8217;s declaration that the &#8216;cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation,&#8217; I have decided to refocus my energy and devote my full resources to helping America face this and other unprecedented challenges,&#8221;<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am saddened to take this break from filming,&#8221;<\/em> he continued. <em>&#8220;At this time, however I feel I would not be honoring my country or myself if I were to continue this endeavor when I have the opportunity and the ability to assist our nation&#8230;..&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, Mrs. Pratt plans to remain on <em>The Hills<\/em> for the time being. She&#8217;ll certainly stir up enough drama for the both of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Qk_rFOutJOiParxJWZr3CWNHcaY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Qk_rFOutJOiParxJWZr3CWNHcaY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Qk_rFOutJOiParxJWZr3CWNHcaY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Qk_rFOutJOiParxJWZr3CWNHcaY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Pratt is finally biting his tongue. On Monday, the reality villain Hills fans love to loathe announced that he is leaving the long-running MTV docusoap to become a cyber sheriff. &#8230;No, we&#8217;re not joking&#8230;.So reset your passwords, PopCrunchers: Heidi Montag&#8217;s manbag is making it his duty to patrol the Interwebs for us. Pratt, 26, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}