Years after MTV’s “Laguna Beach” and its spinoff “The Hills” concluded, main star Kristin Cavallari has been open about how many of her storylines were fabricated and faked by producers to manufacture drama.
After revisiting “Laguna Beach” with Stephen Colletti on their “Let’s Go Back to the Beach” podcast, Cavallari has now been unpacking her years on “The Hills.” In a recent episode of “Let’s Be Honest,” she revealed some of her biggest regrets from the series, moments that producers pushed her into.
Kristin Cavallari Shares One of Her Biggest Regrets on ‘The Hills’
Kristin Cavallari hasn’t shied away from revealing just how heavily producers manipulated and manufactured storylines on MTV’s “Laguna Beach” and “The Hills.” During a Dec. 2 episode of her “Let’s Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari” podcast, she revisited a season 5 episode of “The Hills,” breaking down what was real and what wasn’t, including one moment she says she never would have done if producers hadn’t pushed her to stir up more drama.
In the episode, Cavallari reflected on co-star Brody Jenner and Jayde Nicole’s relationship, noting that their relationship was very real during filming on “The Hills.” What wasn’t real, however, was Cavallari’s so-called feud with Jayde, a storyline producers amplified because of her history with Jenner.
She revealed that one of her biggest regrets was a scene where producers encouraged her to give Jenner an adult toy at his 26th birthday party. She said it was something she never would have done on her own, and it ended up upsetting Nicole and sparking conflict between her and Jenner afterwards.
Getty“I never would have done that on my own or intentionally to piss off Jayde. That’s just not who I am as a person,” Cavallari admits. “There is probably a piece of this where I maybe took it too far sometimes with the filming stuff, and I could have had more empathy for Jayde and Brody because they were in a real relationship, kind of like when Stephen [Colletti] and I were in a real relationship.”
“Maybe that is something where I should have been like, ‘Hey, I’m not gonna give Brody sex toys. This is so dumb.’ But in my head, I’m like, cool, I’m a team player, I’m going to do whatever you guys want,” she added.
“I thought the only way for me to enjoy ‘The Hills’ was to be game and be up to do whatever, and maybe there’s a world in which it was too far for some people. If that’s the case, I do feel really bad about it,” Cavallari shared.
Cavallari Opened up About ‘Faked Fights’ & ‘Faked Relationships’ on ‘The Hills’
GettyBack in 2013, during an appearance on Bethenny Frankel’s talk show, “Bethenny,” Cavallari admitted that she “faked relationships” and “faked fights” on both “Laguna Beach” and “The Hills.” She even addressed her tense on-screen dynamic with Nicole, clarifying that their so-called drama was entirely manufactured.
“I dated Brody when I was 18, right after “Laguna Beach,” actually, and that’s it. And then on the show, on “The Hills,” they had us ‘dating’ for a few episodes. They pretended that him and Jayde broke up and I was dating Brody, and Jayde and I got into a huge fight because she saw us in a club. It wasn’t real at all. They were together the entire time,” she admitted (via E! News).
However, she acknowledged that she ultimately leaned into the persona producers created for her on “The Hills,” especially after being pushed to play the “villain” during her “Laguna Beach” days.
“When I decided to join “The Hills,” I knew exactly what I was getting into, I knew exactly the character they wanted me to be, so I said, ‘Listen, I’m game. What do you want me to do?'” Cavallari revealed.
However, Cavallari has since clarified that her on-screen persona was nothing like who she really is. It was all simply part of creating a dramatic show that fans continue to watch, whether moments were real or staged.
