Anna Wintour is the reason Lauren Conrad will always be known as “the girl who didn’t go to Paris.” (2024)

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Why did Lauren Conrad not go to Paris? ›

After Lauren decided not to go to Paris to give her relationship with ex Jason Wahler another go, Whitney took the slot. The girls then both secured Fashion PR jobs at Kelly Cutrone's agency People's Revolution.

When it comes to fake storylines on The Hills, one of the most manufactured aspects of the show appear to be the jobs that cast members claimed to have. Lauren Conrad's internship and subsequent job at Teen Vogue appeared heavily scripted to viewers.

She went on to explain that she did the show 'for as long as I could' and noted that it wasn't a 'healthy space' for her anymore. She added, 'I [was like], "I need to live my own life and do this." I removed myself from that whole scene.

After leaving "The Hills," Conrad married William Tell in 2014, and they now have two sons together. Lauren has her own clothing collection with Kohl's and has published both nonfiction and fiction books, like "LA Candy" and "The Fame Game."

She's gonna always be known as the girl who didn't go to Paris." Lauren admits to Lisa that she regrets her choice, but luckily, Lauren gets to go to Paris with Whitney in a later season.

Reportedly, Lauren was paid $125,000 an episode and even had it in her contract that nobody could make as much as she did.

Lo Bosworth says she's still friends with high school pal Lauren Conrad from 'Laguna Beach.

It originally aired on MTV on August 13, 2007. In the episode, Lauren Conrad ends her friendship with former housemate Heidi Montag after suspecting that Heidi and her boyfriend Spencer Pratt fabricated rumors of a sex tape involving Lauren and her ex-boyfriend Jason Wahler.

When Conrad graduated from high school, she spent one semester at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. After she left “Laguna Beach” in its second season, she transferred to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, although she didn't complete her degree.

For the kids? (By kids, we mean us). So, it made us a bit sad (probably too sad, but please don't judge us) that Lauren went and got married to William Tell last weekend and Heidi wasn't stood at her side as maid of honour. In fact, Heidi wasn't even THERE.

Did Lauren keep her dog from The Hills? ›

Fans might remember that Conrad adopted Chloe back when she starred on MTV's The Hills. She has since adopted two other rescue dogs. In 2012, Conrad added Fitz to the pack.

Doug Reinhardt

The LC Lauren Conrad designer went on a few dates with Reinhardt, then a minor leaguer for the Baltimore Orioles, in 2008. Their courtship was short-lived, as Reinhardt went on to date fellow Hills costar Stephanie Pratt.

Per Patridge, while LC "acted like she hated Justin while the cameras were filming," it was "a different story" off-camera. "When Justin and I were broken up, Lauren ran into him in Vegas and, according to a good friend of mine, ended up hooking up with him.

They later lived together in a house along with Lauren's high school best friend Lo Bosworth. While many fans were on Lauren's side throughout the series, fans who have rewatched the show recently have found her behavior concerning.

However, after failing to find the school "challenging", she dropped out and received employment from Bolthouse Productions as an assistant. Though later interviews with Montag revealed that the position at Bolthouse was all a set up for The Hills and she was never promoted.

Lauren Conrad only revealed later what really happened during the awkward filming for Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt's wedding, and that Vogue US editor-in-chief Anna Wintour was the one who originally referred to Conrad as 'the girl who didn't go to Paris. '

To refresh your memory further, here is the context of why Conrad finally getting to Paris was such an important episode. Back in season 1, Conrad gave up the opportunity to go to Paris with Teen Vogue to stay with her then-boyfriend Jason Wahler, and wound up deeply regretting her choice.

When Conrad graduated from high school, she spent one semester at Academy of Art University in San Francisco. After she left “Laguna Beach” in its second season, she transferred to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, although she didn't complete her degree.

Still, everything wasn't exactly as it seemed on TV. "We were very much part-time interns," Port reveals. "I was a student, as well as filming a TV show, and Lauren was obviously -- she had a full-time job filming a TV show.