Lately, my not-so-secret TV shame has been “The Hills.” Yes, girl, the OG “Hills” from 2006!
A little back story for ya — last week was an emotional roller coaster for me, so I?ve desperately needed to turn off my brain. Enter “The Hills,” a guilty reality-TV pleasure from way back when, which I’ve binge- watched over the last few days.
If you didn?t catch the show the first time around, FYI, it’s completely ridiculous!
It ran on MTV for years and became progressively more fake as time went on. Despite the obvious staging of storylines and general tomfoolery, its fans, including yours truly, leaned into it.
The show follows a group of 20-something girls in Los Angeles through all of their ups and downs — friendships, boyfriends, betrayals and, oh yeah, “work” (in air quotes). It stars Lauren Conrad, a fashion student who moves in with her best friend at the time, Heidi Montag — spoiler alert, Heidi ends up being the show?s cautionary tale — along with a whole host of other characters and various hangers-on.
Even though the storylines made no sense, and it was very obvious the girls played roles the producers wanted them to play, it was also strangely compelling.
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