Lauren Conrad & Kristin Cavallari Admit They’d Already ‘Squashed’ Their Beef Before Filming ‘Laguna Beach’

Lauren Conrad was a peculiar impermanent on Stephen Colletti and Kristin Cavallari’s Dear Media podcast, Back to the Beach, for the show’s Nov. 8 episode. Despite being progressive successful a “love triangle” with Kristin and Stephen connected the archetypal play of Laguna Beach, which aired successful 2004, Lauren was successful a good place with her erstwhile classmates during the in-person interview. Stephen and Kristin had re-watched and discussed the full archetypal play of Laguna Beach connected their podcast, and Lauren stepped successful during the finale occurrence to springiness her instrumentality connected immoderate of the biggest moments from the show.

Laguna Beach was filmed during the 2nd fractional of Lauren and Stephen’s elder twelvemonth of precocious schoolhouse (Kristin was a junior). One of the biggest storylines connected the amusement was the hostility betwixt Lauren and Kristin implicit Stephen (Kristin was successful an on/off narration with him, and Lauren had antecedently hooked up with him portion they were breached up). “You and I ne'er REALLY had immoderate beef,” Kristin pointed retired connected the podcast. “There was a small spot of information to what happened to the 3 of us, but I felt similar MTV kept it live and made it mode worse than it would person been.”

Lauren agreed and explained that immoderate issues she and Kristin had were “done” by the clip filming really started. “Everything happened [between us] and past it was, like, wintertime ceremonial — it was the week earlier they started filming — we got into it but past we made up,” Lauren revealed. “I don’t deliberation we were champion friends, but we were like…it’s fine.” Kristin recalled not adjacent “having an issue” with Lauren, but Lauren pointed out, “We had an contented with each other, but it had been squashed.”

Lauren and Kristin connected the reddish carpet. (OConnor / AFF-USA.com / Lumeimages / MEGA)

She recognized, though, that MTV “ran with” the storyline aft proceeding astir it successful the months starring up to filming. “Which I get,” she admitted. “It made for an absorbing show.” Stephen besides added, “Talking with the producers, [they said] erstwhile they heard these stories that’s erstwhile they knew they had something. Like, oh, thing truly large conscionable happened betwixt these 3 people, let’s spot what we tin bash with that.”

The trio besides discussed the infamous occurrence wherever the group went to Cabo, and Lauren admitted her “biggest regret” was calling Kristin a “slut” connected the trip. “I’m truthful sorry!” she apologized. “I couldn’t judge I did that. Where I’m astatine now, I would ne'er telephone different pistillate that and for maine it was the astir embarrassing moment.” Kristin besides apologized for things she said astir Lauren connected camera. “I said immoderate truly dumb stuff,” she shared. “I look back, and that’s my biggest thing, erstwhile I ticker it now, I’m like, I wasn’t assured astatine all. I was really truthful insecure and I took it retired connected you successful a batch of ways and I’m atrocious for that.”

Lauren besides admitted that backmost successful precocious schoolhouse she wasn’t adjacent alert of however superior Kristin and Stephen’s narration had been erstwhile she hooked up with him. She explained that she and Stephen were adjacent increasing up, but successful precocious school, they didn’t truly bent retired until elder twelvemonth due to the fact that she had been spending clip with upperclass boys until that point. “I don’t deliberation I realized [Stephen and Kristin] ewre fellow and girlfriend!” she revealed. “I didn’t cognize you guys had a full relationship. Going backmost and watching, I’m like, ‘This is truly sweet, they’re truthful successful love.’ I didn’t cognize this! When we started hanging retired again arsenic friends, I deliberation I got the aftermath [of the breakup]. All I got was this miss who I don’t truly cognize and a batch of negatives due to the fact that you guys had conscionable breached up. So I deliberation that was ever my idea. One of my takeaways looking backmost is that [your relationship] was truly sweet. You guys were truly successful emotion and had a existent relationship.”