18 things you probably don’t know about ‘The Hills’

Before meeting her now-husband, Heidi dated Jordan, who seemed nice enough and even gifted her an adorable puppy for Christmas.

Jordan and his roommate, Brian, were reoccurring stars on season one, but then they kind of disappeared. 

“I don’t know what happened to Brian and Jordan, honestly,” Heidi told BuzzFeed in 2016. “The dog that I was given on ‘The Hills’ for Christmas is with my best friend’s family, and Bella lives the most posh, luxurious life in this mansion by the pool.”

She went on, “I think Bella has a better life than even I do now.”

Even if cast members weren’t of legal drinking age during filming, Pratt told BuzzFeed, “When we were all at Les Deux we were drinking whatever we could get our hands on.”

She continued, “We got in because I did work for Bolthouse and who doesn’t want some hot, young, fun girls in their club?”

Enzo, the neighbor, was the super-cute bane of Spencer’s existence. But he wasn’t really Heidi and Spencer’s neighbor. 

“In season six [Spencer and I] allegedly moved into a house, which was Enzo’s house, so he wasn’t a neighbor. We were, you know, in the other part of his house,” Heidi told BuzzFeed. “And I think we threw him a party to add a storyline or something — I’m not really sure.”

The Pratts actually lived in a different part of Los Angeles.

After their falling out, Conrad seemingly wanted little to do with her former best friend.

Heidi told BuzzFeed, “So originally once Lauren and I split she didn’t really want to film together, and I would have to, like, find her at the bar and be like, ‘Hey, Lauren!’ and she’d, like, run away.”

She added, “If I had to do ‘The Hills’ all over again, I would definitely have stood my ground more with Lauren and just have her be more honest with me.”

After the cameras stopped rolling in 2010, Us Weekly reported that Justin “Bobby” Brescia was actually dating Holly Montag.

But the romance seemingly fizzled out as quickly as it began.

Though Heidi insists she and Conrad were really friends, other friendships likely weren’t as close as the reality show made them seem.

Per People, Patridge told Sweden With Love in 2015, “We went our own separate ways. We weren’t all friends before ‘The Hills,’ and we were kind of friends for the show.”

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.”

During a fight over Patridge’s relationship with Brescia, Conrad famously cried a single, mascara-soaked tear. 

“I was sad because I felt like she didn’t want to be my friend anymore,” Conrad told Us Weekly in 2016. “I just put on too much mascara, and it became a thing. They slowed it down for dramatic effect.”

Patridge also told the publication, “I just wanted my own house, my own freedom. I didn’t even notice the mascara until the episode aired.”

From Lady Gaga to Kim Kardashian, the show had no shortage of “blink-and-you’ll-miss-them” cameo moments.

Gaga briefly appeared on season four before she was a big name.

Kardashian’s season-three cameo never aired on the episode, but it did show up on MTV’s “The Hills: That Was Then, This Is Now” special in 2016. 

Unlike some of the drama and relationships, Spencer’s love of healing crystals on the show wasn’t fabricated. 

Some reports say he even spent $75,000 on one.

This story was originally published in August 2018 and most recently updated on October 30, 2024. 

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