Lauren nearly quit show over feud

Lauren Conrad admits she almost bailed on the third season of The Hills because she is so disgusted with the behavior of ex-BFF Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt. "I actually came dangerously close to not doing season three, because I really didn't want to do the show with Heidi and Spencer," Conrad tells Seventeen's October issue. "I'm not who they are. I don't stage my own publicity. I just kind of live my life and do my job, and I don't want to be grouped with them." Conrad says MTV argued that all the characters needed to return for the show to work, saying "Heidi and Spencer were always a part of the show, and they can't all of a sudden make main characters disappear," Conrad explained. "And so we continue to follow their lives, and the producers keep letting Heidi and Spencer think there's some hope [that we'll make up]." The reality star puts much of the blame for their lost friendship on the pursuit of fame. "Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight," she says. "They just want to become famous so badly, and that's never really made sense to me. I mean, it's fun to go out and do stuff in Hollywood, but if it was gone tomorrow, I really wouldn't be disappointed."

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