Where Is 'The Hills' Star Jen Bunney Today? She & LC Are No Longer Best Buds (2024)

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Where is LC from The Hills now? ›

After leaving "The Hills," Lauren married William Tell in 2014, and they now have two sons together. Lauren has her own clothing collection with Kohl's and has published both nonfiction and fiction books, like "LA Candy" and "The Fame Game."

The Hills alum Lauren Conrad speaks out about removing herself from the show after five seasons in order to "emotionally recover" from reality TV. Lauren Conrad from The Hills spoke out on her reality TV exit, saying she needed time to “emotionally recover” from the show's toxic elements.

But they aren't the only ones who have come full circle, as Lauren now lives in the coastal California town she grew up in with husband William Tell and their two sons, Liam, 5, and Charlie, 3. "I'm the only one who's still there," the fashion designer said on the Nov.

Where Is 'The Hills' Star Jen Bunney Today? She & LC Are No Longer Best Buds.

Lauren and I were never really friends again.” Patridge says she and Conrad have not been in touch since the latter left “The Hills” halfway through Season 5 after three years of leading the unscripted hit.

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Multiple sources connected to the MTV show tell us "The Hills: New Beginnings" is officially not coming back for a third season, and late last week the cast got the bad news from production.

Heidi and Spencer

“Lauren and I have not spoken,” Montag told Us in June 2022. “Now that we're both mothers, I think we see how unimportant so much of the drama is. Also it really makes you have a tighter group of friends, and you don't really have time to chit-chat or have long-term acquaintances.

Even though the former best friends don't appear to be as close as they once were on Laguna Beach or The Hills, there doesn't seem to be any bad blood between them (at least none that they're electing to talk about publicly, which is their right).

But in the end, it's great these two are still friends. I only wish they had recorded this pod from the Teen Vogue closet, just like the old days. Listen to part one of Whitney Port's conversation with Lauren Conrad here.

More than a decade after that admittedly questionable decision and her subsequent split from Jason Wahler, LC has earned a few more laudatory descriptors: New York Times best-selling author; co-founder of The Little Market, with a mission to empower female artisans worldwide; and, of course, fashion designer, her ...

Why does Lauren Conrad's voice sound different? ›

“I destroyed my voice when I moved to L.A. There are polyps all over my vocal chords (sic) because I was in a lot of loud places,” stated Conrad in an interview with Marie Claire magazine. From her description, it appears Lauren has fragile vocal cords that are prone to injury.

The Hills alum, 35, shared that she has no interest in getting back together with her Laguna Beach co-star, 36, following her 2020 divorce from NFL quarterback Jay Cutler.

Bunney, now Dunphy, works in healthcare. She has an MBA and is a doctor of public health. She married Taylor Dunphy in 2014 and now goes by Jennifer Dunphy.

Jen Bunney and Brody Jenner Never Hooked Up

"I was always filming everything, so I have footage of what really happened on my own camera." Pratt revealed that the producers created the Jen/Brody storyline to cause drama when things with Lauren and Brody didn't work out.

After many episodes of angst about Lauren's relationship with Jason Wahler, as well as her ups and downs as an intern at Teen Vogue, Lauren turns down the experience of a lifetime – a work trip to Paris – in order to spend summer at a beach house with Jason. She chooses him over her career.

Heidi clearly remains close with her mom after posting an Instagram in December back in her hometown of Crested Butte, Colorado with her son, Gunner, in her arms and her mom next to them.

In a new interview with Yahoo Style, Jenner, 31, revealed that he never hooked up with his costars while filming the hit reality series. “I would say that the hardest part of it was having to live that fake reality and not being able to say, 'I didn't screw every girl on the show,'” the host of Sex With Brody said.

"Unfortunately, one connection that didn't last was my relationship with Lauren, who doesn't really talk to anyone from the old cast," writes Audrina in the book. "There are reasons that she and I aren't friends anymore, and there was a lot of turmoil between us that we couldn't talk about on-camera at the time.

EXCLUSIVE: MTV has opted not to proceed with a third season of The Hills: New Beginnings, a revival of one of the network's signature reality series.

The fourth episode of the season, "This Is Goodbye", which aired on May 18, 2010, marked the final appearance of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt from The Hills. Pratt was kicked off the show after threatening to kill a producer of the series.

Is Hills coming back? ›

The reboot brought back original cast members including Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt. No more New Beginnings—The Hills reboot is officially ending. MTV canceled the reality revival after two seasons, E! News confirms. The show debuted in June 2019 and aired its final episode in August 2021.

For starters, there's her reality TV career...

Then came The Hills, aka when Lauren moved to L.A. and was friends with (and then seriously-not-friends with) Heidi Montag. Reportedly, Lauren was paid $125,000 an episode and even had it in her contract that nobody could make as much as she did.

In 2006, she rose to prominence after being cast in the reality television series The Hills, which chronicled the personal and professional lives of Patridge and friends Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag and Whitney Port. During its production, she was cast in positions with Quixote Studios and Epic Records.

In her memoir, Patridge writes about her intense connection with her on-off flame, Justin Bobby Brescia, and how she's never had that spark like that with anyone else. "Justin is always going to be that guy. Everyone has that guy," she explains of her ex.

Lo Bosworth confirms she's still friends with Lauren Conrad, but that they don't talk 'super frequently' At least one friendship between former cast members on The Hills has remained the real deal. At least one friendship between former cast members on The Hills has remained the real deal.

Lauren "Lo" Bosworth also told Us Weekly in 2016, "Audrina wasn't friends with us in real life, ever. She just never had much interest in forming a genuine relationship ... But I would not say that there was ever a real-life feud or animosity."

Explaining the reasons behind the friendship break-up, Audrina said: 'I also found her to be very controlling over her friends. If you're in her circle, you have to do and say what Lauren does and says. Otherwise, you're on the outs. 'Heidi experienced the same thing.

On June 1, 2022, Montag and Pratt announced that they are expecting their second child. The baby is due in December 2022.

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Whitney Port / Husband (m. 2015)

The final episode of Laguna Beach: The Real O.C. aired fifteen years ago, but that doesn't mean the cast has drifted apart. “They're all my best friends still,” Alex Murrel exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, November 1, about her former costars and classmates.

Did Lauren and Kristin make up? ›

"Yeah, I think it was done when they started filming," LC agrees. "It was like a week before they started filming. We got into it and then made up... And it was fine."

“Lauren and I have not spoken,” the “Superficial” singer exclusively told Us. “Now that we're both mothers, I think we see how unimportant so much of the drama is. Also it really makes you have a tighter group of friends, and you don't really have time to chit-chat or have long-term acquaintances.

When you watch Laguna Beach, you'll notice that most of the cast members grew up rich. Well, at least their parents had money. Lauren Conrad's family lived in a gorgeous home in the coastal Southern California town, and after starring in the MTV shows, she made her own fortune.

Conrad asserted that Port's falling-out with that friend did not change her feelings toward her, explaining that she simply needed a "break" after saying goodbye to The Hills. "I wish we'd had this conversation, because when you said this, I was like, I actually have no idea what you're talking about.

Lauren Conrad, 36, and Kristin Cavallari, 35, say there's no bad blood between them — and there hardly ever was. Conrad reunited with Cavallari and co-star Stephen Colletti, 36, on the most recent episode of the pair's “Laguna Beach” rewatch podcast, “Back to the Beach with Kristin and Stephen.”

Heidi Never Really Worked At Bolthouse

In a tell-all interview with Buzzfeed, Heidi spilled that she never really worked at Bolthouse, and never really got a promotion over long-time employee, Elodie.

The hookup between LC and Stephen happened before MTV started filming, so any residue beef between LC and Kristin over the prior hookup had been dealt with by the time the cameras were rolling. "We got into it and then made up," LC added "I mean, I don't think we were best friends. But we were like, 'It's fine.

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The couple is now based in Charleston, South Carolina, and have three children together. She also founded her own swimwear line, Minnow Swim.

Kristin Cavallari found her Franklin, Tenn. house after her 2020 divorce from ex-husband Jay Cutler, and immediately knew the 28-acre property would be a forever home. Kristin Cavallari is living life in the country. The reality star shared details on her 28-acre Franklin, Tenn.

Jen Bunney

She married Taylor Dunphy in 2014, and now works and studies in the public health space.

Where is Jen from Laguna Beach now? ›

Jennifer married Taylor Dunphy in August 2014. (Spencer and Heidi were guests.) She earned her master's degrees in public health and business fields from University of California, Berkeley, and currently works in the healthcare field.

But after years of appearing in reality competitions, the now 36-year-old is throwing in the TV towel, and looking ahead to a career in real estate. She is the mom to two boys; four-year-old Gunner Stone and she gave birth to her second son on Thursday, November 17.

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt

Since eloping in Mexico in 2008, Heidi and Spencer have had their fair share of ups and downs but are still together.

Audrina and Brody have known each other for more than a decade and a half, but she's insisting in her new memoir, Choices, that they've never cross the line from friendship into romance.

In 2014, Brody confirmed that he and Lauren "had to pretend like we were dating, but we never dated" during their time on The Hills. While appearing on MTV's The Hills: That Was Then, This Is Now special two years later, Lauren admitted that she did have "a crush" on Brody, though they had "zero chemistry."

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Pratt was also Creator & Executive Producer of the series, he acted in the role of "manager/publicist/agent/stylist" to series star Brody Jenner. Pratt's friendship with Jenner led to his role on the MTV reality series The Hills, in 2006.

The reality TV personality turned fashion designer and author, 33, announced on social media that her 7-year-old rescue dog, Chloe, died on Wednesday. “We lost our sweet Chloe yesterday 💔” wrote Conrad on Thursday, captioning an Instagram gallery featuring photos of the Lab-Shepherd mix. “We will miss you good girl!”

Stephanie also mentioned how remains close friends with her former Hills co-stars, Lauren Conrad and Lo Bosworth.

From launching a Kohls line to bag collection to a makeup line to most recently a fragrance, you can count on LC to set trends. Today, she still lives on Laguna Beach, where she raises her kids.

After Love is Blind, Mark dated Lauren Chamblin, aka LC

In June last year she said to People: “Mark and I were casually dating, but talked about remaining exclusive, especially because of COVID-19, but that's over now."

How old is Lauren Conrad? ›

36 years (February 1, 1986)

Lauren Conrad / Age

The couple never mended fences with Conrad after Montag and her former roommate had a falling out over Pratt. “Lauren and I have not spoken,” Montag told Us in June 2022.

“Lauren and I have not spoken,” the “Superficial” singer exclusively told Us. “Now that we're both mothers, I think we see how unimportant so much of the drama is. Also it really makes you have a tighter group of friends, and you don't really have time to chit-chat or have long-term acquaintances.

Deepti Vempati, who starred on Netflix's Love is Blind season two, revealed what her dating life looks like after her break-up with fellow contestant Kyle Abrams. Deepti Vempati is loving the single life.

“It was when Shayne and I were dating last year,” she said. “That's why we're not together anymore.

Mark and Lindsey's relationship ended in divorce, but they seem to appreciate each other more since they separated.

Lauren and Cameron have been going strong ever since, celebrating their third wedding anniversary in November 2021 and plenty of other milestones. From their unconventional love story to earning a book deal and moving in together, here's everything to know about Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton's relationship.

In the episode, Lauren Conrad ends her friendship with former housemate Heidi Montag after suspecting that Heidi and her boyfriend Spencer Pratt fabricated rumors of a sex tape involving Lauren and her ex-boyfriend Jason Wahler.

36 years (September 15, 1986)

Heidi Montag / Age

So, it made us a bit sad (probably too sad, but please don't judge us) that Lauren went and got married to William Tell last weekend and Heidi wasn't stood at her side as maid of honour. In fact, Heidi wasn't even THERE. It's a modern day tragedy.