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Spencer Prattis dropping another bit of behind-the-scenes intel about his time onThe Hills— specifically the time he tried to split upBrody Jennerand then-girlfriendNicole RichiesoThe Hills’Lauren “LC” Conradwould have a suitable onscreen love interest.
“It was all good, to the point where I talked Brody into breaking up with Nicole Richie to fake double-date with LC,” he dished.
Before Conrad, 36, famouslyfell outwith Pratt, 38, and his wifeHeidi Montag, 35, on the show, he was optimistic about where his and Conrad’s combined savvy and star power could take them.
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Pratt said he “was already in the game with the paparazzi” from having pitched and producedPrinces of Malibu(which also starred Jenner, now 38), so he arranged for photographers to capture the double date.
To his surprise, Conrad was not happy the date would be publicized. “So that was when I was like, ‘Oh, you’re not all there … don’t have a full deck running here as you’re trying to be on your second television show,'” said Pratt.
Looking back even now, he finds her response confusing.
“I just watched a season 2 episode,” he said. “LC knew [about fame], because if you look at her on the couch, she has every tabloid on her lap. That’s what she’s reading.”
He said, “I’m all for people who don’t want to be famous, but, like, you’re a second show, like you spun off. … You are choosing the path of fame.”
He added, “So don’t be mad at me, girl.”
Brody Jenner and Spencer Pratt.Amy Sussman/Getty; Craig Barritt/Getty
Though viewers shipped the couple for several seasons, Pratt said his plans for his friends “didn’t work out from night one” and added that “eventually Brody couldn’t pretend anymore.” (For her part, Conrad has also said for years she had"zero chemistry"with Jenner.)
Pratt still believes the central problem was that Conrad “didn’t understand, like, I was ahead of this game. I already saw this worked on a way bigger scale because I’m not from Laguna Beach, I’m from [Los Angeles].”
He added that he’s long been on “a black belt level” when it comes to courting fame and publicity.
“All due respect to LC,” he said, “she’d never been in a tabloid until I unlocked that for her.”
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source: people.com
