Pratt, hand in hand with wife, plastic surgery victim Heidi Montag, was recently spotted on the lush campus of University of Southern California.

In a Daily Mail article, a sad-looking Heidi was accompanying her husband to class. (Who does that? What did she do while he was in there?)

Spencer is pursuing a political science degree. What a perfect vocation for a former snake oil salesman. In both this article and one in The Daily Beast, the couple confess to having never broken up or filed for divorce. That lie was strictly to keep their names in the gossip sites. But we kinda knew that, didn't we?

While Heidi said she’d spent $2 million on her non-existent “pop” career, Spencer’s gone from million-dollar wardrobe to cargo pants and a plain blue shirt. They lived a chaotic, hyperbolic life as the headlines relate – “Spencer Flips on ‘The Hills,’” “Most Dysfunctional Couples,” “Heidi Pratt Hospitalized.” “Heidi, Spencer Return to Jungle.”

In July, the couple confessed to The Daily Beast that being famous for nothing doesn’t last forever. Crowned the ”whoriest of famewhores” in the piece, they cried broke and said they were living in Spencer’s ‘parents’ beach house for the free rent. But really, how clever are they? They’ve now created a fall-from-grace story arc to keep their fame going.

Trisha B. contributes regularly at CrabbyGolightly on reality TV.