Why Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag say their son is ready for a YouTube career

Originally appeared on E! Online

At only 6 years old, a large part Gunner PrattLife is still not written.

However, Spencer Pratt And Heidi Montag‘s eldest son is already following in his parents’ famous footsteps and aiming for something far away: fame on social media.

“Gunner is going to start his own YouTube channel,” Heidi told E! News in an exclusive interview last month. “We are working on it now.”

Actually, The hills couple – who are also parents to a 19-month-old son Ryker Pratt-let’s just say Gunner has been asking for his own YouTube channel for over a year.

“No mommy-daddy,” Spencer insisted. “But he watches all these kids on YouTube. So he’s like, ‘Why do they have unwrapped toys?’ That’s not us, even though I’m so excited about his channel.”

Yet Gunner isn’t exactly looking at a blank page in front of him. After all, he and Ryker both have their own Instagram pages run by their parents, with the older brother already amassing over 70,000 followers.

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Additionally, Gunner is very familiar with his mother and father’s fame.

“He sees mom now as a pop star singer,” Spencer said of the “I’ll Do It” artist. “But before, he just understood social media because we’re always filming ourselves. So he’s like, ‘Show this on Snapchat.’ Dad, put this or don’t put this on Snapchat. We don’t want that.” So he’s already a good little director.”

Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag, Gunner Pratt, Ryker Pratt — Instagram

And even though Gunner just graduated from kindergarten, he’s already developed an appreciation for respectful fans.

“He loves it when people come up to us and ask for a photo and they leave,” his father added. “He said, ‘He was a nice fan, Dad.’ I’m like, ‘They were very nice fans, we’ll call them fans, son.'”

Although Gunner and Ryker aren’t old enough to have watched their mother and father The hills in any case, the Speidi that they would have seen on their screens SO probably wouldn’t fit with the duo they know now, especially because Heidi says she’s become more serious since becoming a parent.

“A bit like the captain of the ship,” she said. “I plan things, and I have to get everyone out on time, and ‘do you have any snacks and water and this and that?’ So I feel like I’m still in go mode, I’m really trying to breathe and not take everything so seriously, but it’s hard to ask to leave the house 10 times. and there’s so much going on, so I’m really trying to find that balance between letting things go and keeping things tidy and on time.

Meanwhile, Spencer said he tries to maintain balance in other areas of his life. This includes his approach to fitness and nutrition, and he emphasizes that he was inspired by Heidi’s weight loss journey.

“Heidi always has a fun life,” Spencer said while promoting her partnership with Hydroxycut. “She drinks red wine sometimes and eats bread. But she trains really hard. If we’re at soccer practice with Gunner, she’s doing lunges or air squats. And so yeah, the six-pack is Obviously my goal, but I really would like to have a healthy and fit lifestyle.

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