United Kingdom, Feb. 26 -- Spencer Pratt was "joking" when he said he reached out to Taylor Swift for help following the loss of his home.

The 41-year-old reality star - who has been married to 'The Hills' co-star Heidi Montag, 38, since 2008 and has sons Gunner, seven, and two-year-old Ryker with her - saw his family home go up in flames amid the Los Angeles wildfires in January and said that he had contacted pop superstar Taylor for help but has now confirmed that he didn't mean any of it seriously.

He told E! News: "That was a joke people took very seriously.I don't have Taylor Swift's number, so yes, that was a joke."

However, Spencer did contact the 'Anti-Hero' hitmaker's publicist Tree Paine in the aftermath of the the disaster b...