As reality TV viewers know, Lauren Conrad and Spencer Pratt were never besties — not even close.
So when Conrad was asked Wednesday on Today whether she would vote for Pratt — her former costar on the MTV reality show The Hills — in the upcoming election for Los Angeles mayor, it was awkward.
“I’m not a resident of Los Angles,” said Conrad, who was promoting the upcoming reunion of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, the show from which The Hills was a spinoff, alongside Kristin Cavallari and Stephen Colletti.
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Colletti quickly came to the defense of his former costar: “We live in Orange County.”
Meanwhile, Cavallari added, “I don’t live in L.A. either, but I think he’s onto something. We will see what happens. I will always have a soft spot for Spencer.”
She noted that she also asked Conrad that question on her podcast, Let’s Be Honest With Kristin Cavallari, and she had thought, “Good answer, Lauren!”
That’s probably not true for Conrad, who infamously feuded with Pratt, the boyfriend of her roommate Heidi Montag on The Hills. Airing between 2006 and 2010, The Hills began as a show depicting Conrad’s post-high school life.
Meanwhile, when Today cohost Jenna Bush Hager asked Conrad whether she and Pratt had squashed their beef, Conrad wasn’t looking at her.
When she caught Conrad’s attention, LC was clear: “Sure? You’re asking me about people I haven’t spoken to in decades.”
The contentious relationship between Conrad and Montag-Pratt infamously culminated in an argument at a nightclub — their frequent hangout spot, Les Deux — in which Conrad accused Speidi of having spread rumors about her having a sex tape.
“You know what you did!” Conrad told Montag at the time, before ending their friendship entirely.
Lauren Conrad; Heidi Montag with Spencer Pratt
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The moment, including seeing Conrad’s pain, was brutal.
Pratt declared his political aspirations in January, a year after he and Montag’s home was destroyed by the city’s fires in 2025. The couple married in 2008 and share sons Gunner, 8, and Ryker, 3.
“This isn’t just a campaign, this is a mission,” Pratt told supporters then. “We’re going to expose the system. We’re going into every dark corner of L.A. politics and disinfecting the city with our light. And when we are done, L.A. is going to be camera-ready again.”
He is polling second in the upcoming primary election for the office, per data released this month by UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs.
A report from the Los Angeles Times this week called into question his eligibility, however, because he has said that he’s living in Santa Barbara County rather than the city of Los Angeles, as required. Pratt then said he planned to live in an Airstream trailer in his former neighborhood.
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to Pratt for comment.
For those who are Team Lauren, The Reunion: Laguna Beach premieres April 10 on Roku.
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