Conraddescribedthe“gross”highschoolname-callingincidentasher“mostembarrassingmoment”onLagunaBeach,andsheadvisedStephenCollettinotto“feelbad”abouthisroleintheTVlovetriangle.
LaurenConradhasonemajorregretaboutherLagunaBeachexperience.
Conradapologisedtoco-hostKristinCavallarionTuesday’sepisodeoftheDearMediapodcastBacktotheBeachwithKristinandStephenforcallinghera“slut”duringafilmedcasttriptoCaboSanLucas,Mexico.
“Mybiggestregret,watchingit,wascallingyouaslut,”theLittleMarketco-founder,36,admitted.
“I’mtrulysorry.”
“Icouldn’tbelieveI’ddoneit.
BecauseIdon’tthinkI’devercallanotherwomanthatfromwhereI’matnow“addedthemotheroftwo.
“Anditwasthemostembarrassingmomentofmylife.
‘Oh,gross,’Ithought.”
Cavallariadmittedtosaying“somereallydumbstuff”ontheMTVrealityshowfrom2004to2006.
“WhenIlookback,that’slikemybiggestthing,”theUncommonJamesfounder,35,said.
“Iwasn’tconfidentwhenIwatcheditnow.
Iwasreallyinsecure.”
SheexplainedtoConrad:“Itook[myinsecurities]outonyouinavarietyofways.
So,IapologisebecauseIsaidsomehorriblethings.”
StephenColletti,Cavallari’sco-hostandex-boyfriend,weighedinonhowproducersheightenedthedramasurroundingthetrio’sallegedhighschoollovetriangle.
“Thethingwiththeshow,themomentswheresomeofthoselinesthatwepopoff,andwhetherwe’retryingtogetalaughfromourfriend,it’sjustallthoseinsecurities,”heexplained.
“Andthat’sexactlywhatthey’regoingtodo.”
Colletti,36,toldConradthatheisstillbotheredbythefactthatshewasthrustintothemiddleofhisandCavallari’son-again,off-againhighschoolromance.
“Ifeelbadwatchingthatforyou,”headmitted.
“AndI’msorryyouendedupinourlittlehurricaneofarelationship.”
ButConradreassuredhim,saying,“Idon’tbelievethisisyou.
Idon’tbelieveyoushouldfeelbad.”
Cavallariadmittedthatshewouldhavehandledthingsdifferentlyifshecouldgobackintime.
“Iprobablywouldhavedirectedalittlemoretowards[Stephen]ratherthanyou,”sheadmittedtoConrad.
“Youdidit.
“Itjustwasn’tcaughtoncamera,”Collettiteased,andCavallariagreed,saying,“True.
Mostlikely.”
Collettidiscussedtheshow’sproducers’craftednarrativebetweenthetrioonanAugustepisodeofthepodcast.
“IhadahugeproblemwiththisbecausetheyobviouslycreatedthisshowaroundthislovetriangleandthereweremomentswhereyouandIwerebrokenupandtheyhadlearnedaboutLaurenandIhookingupandbeingverygoodfriends,”heexplained.
“And,youknow,obviously,stuffhappenedatcertaintimes,”headmitted,“butIwouldnever,everstepoutonyouinthatwaywheneverweweretogether.”
Andtheyreallypaint[it]asifthat’swhatI’mdoingthroughouttheshow,whichIfindextremelyoffensive.”
Collettidid,however,givecredittothetrio’sallegedlovetriangle“theeditinggeniusof[theshow]
Youhavetohandittothem;theyreallycraftedthisstorylineinsuchawaythatIbelieveitkeptaudiencesengaged.”
