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“Every year, the producers would hit me up, ask me if I wanted to do a show, ask me if I could find a way to do the show,” Colletti said on his podcast. “When they started doingThe Hills: New Beginnings, they hit me up. And at the moment, we were working on finding [my show]Everyone’s Doing Greata home. We were trying to sell it. So I was like, ‘I’m going to take a meeting. If there was a world where if I show in a couple episodes ofThe Hillsand Viacom or one of their platforms buys the show, I’ll f—ing do it.'”
Though the deal didn’t work out the way Colletti imagined, he also added the show wanted him to cozy up to Patridge, insinuating they could have some chemistry if they worked together.
“[They] we’re like, ‘Couldn’t you see yourself having a little something with, like, Audrina? It seemed like you guys have good chemistry, and you know her, right?'” he told Cavallari, 36. “‘So it’s not totally unrealistic to think that you’d maybe go out on a date.'”
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Though Colletti did not join the main cast of the spinoff, he did appear in one episode of the original show while attending friendLauren Conrad’sparty. With that in mind, Colletti said he didn’t think he could be part of the new show since he was only close with Cavallari and Conrad, 37, noting that the rest of the cast were “not people [he] hung out with.”
Cavallari disagreed with Colletti, stating he would have “taken over that show” had he been on it.
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While theOne Tree Hillalum did not participate in the show, he did appear in two seasons ofLaguna Beach, where he gained fame for the love triangle between himself, Cavallari and Conrad.
He and Cavallari have remained friends and launched their podcast in July 2022, where they debunk rumors about the show and explain how the series may not have been as “real” as people thought — even the infamous triangle.
“I had a huge problem with this because look, obviously they created this show around this love triangle and there’s moments where you and I were broken up,” Colletti explained in an August episode. “And they had learned about Lauren and I hooking up and being very good friends and, you know, obviously stuff happened at certain times, but at no point ever whenever we were together would I step out on you in that way.That made my blood boil a little bit.”
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Colletti and Cavallari’s on-and-off relationship began before the cameras started rolling onLaguna Beachin the early 2000s. The series depicted Conrad, now 36, as another love interest for the actor.
Cavallari went on to wedJay Cutlerin 2013 but their divorce was finalized this year. Conrad, for her part, has been married toWilliam Tellsince 2014.
Meanwhile, Colletticonfirmed his relationshipwith girlfriendAlex Weaverin August.
source: people.com
