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Lauren Conrad is officially retired from reality TV and won’t be returning for the new season of The Hills this fall, but she has high hopes for it.

On her official site, the 23-year-old LC blogged some thoughts on saying goodbye to the MTV show that has chronicled her life for five seasons:

“Last night was my last episode of The Hills. It was a bittersweet night for me. A part of me is sad to say goodbye to something that has been such a prominent part of my life, but I know that it was time and I am very happy with my decision."

"I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has watched and supported me over the years. While putting my personal relationships and struggles on television wasn’t always easy, the support I received from people made such a difference."

[Photo: Juan Rico / Fame Pictures]

"Because of all of you and your support, I was able to accomplish so many aspirations and for that I am very grateful. So, THANK YOU EVERYONE!!! I have some interesting projects in the works and I will keep you all updated."

"From what I’ve heard the next season will not disappoint. :-)”

Wow, an exciting tease. The new scripts must be really good.

The hour-long finale of The Hills began with Lauren Conrad and Lo Bosworth packing up their house. Guess now that Lauren is retiring from The Hills, she has to move out of the $2.2 million house MTV was paying for. Just kidding. Maybe.

The roommates decide to throw a final party for their closest friends.

What a perfect opportunity to stage awkward conversations about Spencer and Heidi's wedding and tie up plot points bring the whole gang together for a fun time.

Encouraged by Frankie Delgado to attend the upcoming Speidi wedding, LC responded with, "I'll be at the next one." Ohhhhh, snap, Spencer. No way she's going now, right? Well, don't be so sure. Because we already know she is.

After all, Spencer Pratt is a changed man if you haven't noticed. He even convinced Heidi Montag's mom, Darlene, to give him her blessing. Impressive.

Brody Jenner, however, was not buying Spencer's "nice guy" persona.

"You have lost your mind," Brody laughed during a guys' lunch with his childhood BFF, who admitted going to marriage counseling. "I have a beautiful relationship with a beautiful girl. We have a great time - we don't need to go to therapy!"

Notwithstanding cheating on Jayde Nicole with Audrina Patridge, sparking Audzo's feud with Jayde that has dominated much of this spring, of course.

Meanwhile, Heidi was in full wedding-planning mode. Too bad her maid of honor was the most inept, unstable and worthless maid of honor in history.

Amazingly, we are not talking about Stephanie Pratt!

Heidi's big sister Holly Montag had the big title and managed to mess it up at every turn. She didn't write down the gifts Heidi got at her shower, gave a comically bad speech at the rehearsal dinner, and had an epic, drunken meltdown later.

Absolutely amazing showing, Holly.

Once the big day arrived, all anyone could talk about was whether LC would show up. And she did. A little awkwardly. Their exchange went as follows:

Lauren Conrad:  "You're getting married!"
Heidi Montag: "It's crazy! And you're here!"
Lauren Conrad: "I'm supposed to be."

Read: Because the producers made her. Knowing she's not returning to The Hills after this particular event, she can't even hide her disdain and fake it.

The guests at the wedding included Justin-Bobby, who clearly did not bother to shower, along with Perez Hilton, Spencer's Nana and Heidi's dad, Bill.

Oh, and lightning rod Kristin Cavallari, who shockingly returned to the MTV payroll witness the nuptials of the couple she helped set up many years ago.

As Lauren Conrad realized that she had been replaced, by Kristin Cavallari, on her own show, and reacted with what appeared to be legitimate disgust, her former rival successfully recaptured the spotlight in a matter of minutes.

She flirted with Justin-Bobby for reasons unknown, rubbed in Audrina's face that she flirted with him for obvious reasons (no wonder Audrina hates her already), flashed do-me eyes at Brody, glared at LC and caught Heidi's bouquet.

Oh, and Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag officially tied the knot. Hooray, we guess.

In a recent interview, Paris Hilton explained why her boyfriend - and Lauren Conrad's ex - Doug Reinhardt won't be appearing on MTV's The Hills in the future.

No, not because the show's star dumped him, but ...

"The show is, like, so lame and fake," she said. "He doesn't want to be a part of it. They make up relationships when they're not there. He just thinks it's lame."

MTV Movie Awards weekend guest hosts and The Hills stars Frankie Delgado and Stephanie Pratt responded to her comments, saying she should apologize.

"Doug's not even on the show, so I don't even understand that," said the annoying sister of Spencer Pratt. "And in real life he is friends with those boys, so it's not fake. I would never call her show dumb, so I think she should apologize."

NO YOU DIDN'T: Stephanie Pratt and her 70 I.Q. points take issue with Paris.

Delgado also defended The Hills, saying: "She knows that it's not fake. It's not fake at all. It's as real as it gets. There's no way to create that kind of drama. Nothing can even be scripted like that. Things do happen and they happen for a reason."

But Frankie Delgado did point out that although there's nothing fake about the show, sometimes their friends' personalities may give people that impression.

"Some people ... maybe their personalities are fake. They act fake on the show, but that's what makes it dramatic," Brody's BFF explained. "She should understand it's all entertainment. It's all business ... Paris, it's all business."

So, in conclusion, the show is not fake, but some of the people on it act fake, and that's what makes it dramatic, so therefore it is fake. Thanks, Frankie.

Say "smile for the camera so we can sell this picture to tabloids and make millions of dollars off our staged wedding" "cheese!"

We've already taken fans inside Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag's April wedding.

But here's a newly-released photo of the entire cast of The Hills at the event. It's enough to make an MTV executive cry over the incoming cash...

Pictured above, from left to right:

Jayde Nicole; Brody Jenner; Holly Montag; Speidi; Audrina Patridge; Stephanie Prat; Kristin Cavallari; and Lauren Bosworth.

The wedding ceremony will be featured on this week's hour-long season finale of The Hills. Will you be watching it?

Excuse Lauren Conrad if she can't stand up straight these days. The newly retired reality star is still pulling that knife out of her back.

In an interview with E! News, Holly Montag showed serious love for new co-star Kristin Cavallari.

"I think Kristin's openness is going to be far more entertaining than anything Lauren had to offer," Holly said. "Lauren's always been very conservative, which is good for her values, but Kristin just wants to put everything on the line because she thinks reality is real. Kristin doesn't hide anything. She's seriously the most real girl you'll meet in reality television."

Isn't that like being the tallest person at a midget convention?

Holly Montag admires Kristin Cavallari for being "real." We admire Montag if she was able to keep a straight face while making that statement.

Despite implying that LC is fake, Holly wishes nothing but the best for her pal:

"I'm happy she's done with this. Now, that she's out if it, I have no doubt she'll be a successful designer. She's so talented and driven."

Meanwhile, Stacie Hall - the bartender that's dating Frankie Delgado - has already partied with Kristin.

"Kristin's a really fun, outgoing person, and I think we're going to have a great time continuing to film," Stacie said. "Lauren is a good, good girl, but Kristin is more outgoing and crazy."

Paris Hilton says her boyfriend, Doug Reinhardt, won't be appearing on MTV's The Hills again. She also thinks the reality series pretty much sucks, and knows a lot about it despite claiming she has never actually watched it.

"The show is, like, so lame and fake. He doesn't even want to be a part of it," the ho-tel heiress told Us Weekly at the Fifi Awards in New York.

Not that he had much of a choice, after The Hills' star, Lauren Conrad, dumped him on the show for being so effing boring. Details, right?

Doug Reinhardt then pursued Stephanie Pratt for reasons unknown to any straight male with a pulse, which pissed off LC and viewers alike.

But Hilton says the show portrayed Doug "in a way he's not."

Mmm. We give this statement about as much credence as Paris' tear-filled recollection of how her most "intimate moments" of night vision sex with Rick Salomon while on the phone were released to the public (making her rich and famous, natch).

"They make up relationships when they’re not there, and he just thinks it's lame," Hilton continued. "I've never seen the show in my entire life. I have no idea what it's about. But he just thought it was cheesy."

True ... it's not nearly hard core enough for Doug. The man likes public bathroom sex, for crying out loud. Dinner and drinks with LC ain't cutting it.

Reinhardt's reality days aren't entirely over, though. He will appear on the second season of Paris Hilton's My New BFF, which debuts June 2 on MTV.

"It was great," the tramp said. "He was always on set every single day, giving fun ideas. With him there, he always gave the most amazing ideas."

They actually hired him as a producer to be on BFF Dubai [Hilton filmed a version of her reality show there]. They loved his ideas so much."

We're not surprised. Doug Reinhardt's charm is quite breathtaking ... according to Doug Reinhardt, on the official website of Doug Reinhardt.

In the new issue of Cosmopolitan, Lauren Conrad describes how she finished her last day of shooting for The Hills, and if you're a fan of the series, it should come as no surprise that the emotional LC cried as she said her goodbyes.

But the tears have dried, and she's ready for a fresh start.

"I've always had another season to look forward to, but now life is a little more unplanned," the lovable 23-year-old says. "It's really exciting."

The star, whose last episode of The Hills airs Sunday, says the awkward talk she had with former BFF Heidi Montag only told viewers half the story.

According to Conrad, the producers of the show kept pushing her to meet up with Montag throughout the fifth season, knowing it would be her last.

“I’m trying to move on, but they won’t let me," Lauren Conrad said.

"What they didn’t get is that I didn’t want to fight with her anymore. It’s hard to look at somebody who used to be your best friend and say, ‘We can’t be friends. Too much has happened.’ When someone keeps pushing you into the same position, you get upset.”

Now that her reality TV days are over, the often-glamorous star can look forward to more of what she prefers - a more low-key life with beau Kyle Howard.

"I feel sexiest with him when I'm in sweatpants and no makeup," she says of her boyfriend of about nine months, who stars on the TBS show My Boys.

"They are really good together," pal Lo Bosworth says. "Sometimes it takes somehow who treats you right to show you there's something else out there."

We'll certainly miss her, but look forward to finding out what she gets up too next. Click to enlarge more Lauren Conrad pictures, past and present:

While Stephanie Pratt will miss Lauren Conrad when she leaves The Hills, she's already gearing up for a new BFF to enter on the scene: Kristin Cavallari.

Note to K-Cavs: Stephanie's ready to party with you.

"I just met her actually. She was really, really nice and she was the kind of person that if I ever see out, I'd say hi to her because I feel like I know her because she's known Lauren and Heidi forever," Stephanie Pratt said.

"We're excited because [Lauren Conrad] wasn't going out much at the end, so Kristin's all ready to party. I've had such good luck with making friendships with these girls, so I'm optimistic I can make a good relationship with Kristin."

Stephanie Pratt can't wait to crack open a cold one with Kristin Cavallari - and figure out the best strategies for meddling with her personal life - on The Hills this fall.

As for her own perceived role as an annoying instigator - plenty of fans blame her for trouble between brother Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag and LC - Steph says it's not true, despite the fact that it clearly is true on every episode of The Hills.

"Those blogs used to really upset me, about being the meddler," she says.

"But if I wasn't on the show, you'd basically have Heidi, Lauren and [Audrina Patridge] all by themselves because they're not friends. So, you'd be watching nothing if it wasn't for me bringing everyone together."

We're not sure that makes any sense, but for whatever it's worth, Stephanie Pratt is going on record not as a divider, but a uniter. With an IQ of 76.

With a week to go until her dream wedding, Heidi Montag is in full planning mode. The only snag? She wants Lauren Conrad to attend and isn't sure she will.

Naturally, this being The Hills, Heidi asked the utterly useless Stephanie Pratt to invite Lauren, who declined, saying: “I don’t want to be a part of it.”

Stephanie hoped she might change her mind when she heard that Lo Bosworth and Audrina Patridge were going, but that only irritated the SoCal cutie more.

Ultimately, Heidi decided to handle it on her own (a novel concept) and delivered an invite to Lauren Conrad at work, begging her to be there on the big day.

Lauren Conrad said she felt Heidi Montag was making a mistake.

“It makes me sad to watch you give up everything else in your life,” LC lamented.

“I remember always being so lucky to have you as a friend. You could light up any room. Since you’ve been with him, I have watched that slowly go away.”

When none of her tactics panned out, Heidi Montag turned to the measure of last resport: begging Spencer Pratt to personally apologize to Lauren.

Heidi asked him to put his ego aside (good luck) and consider her feelings.

Despite being cool to the idea of saying sorry at first (to put it mildly), Spencer picked up the phone and dailed Lauren Conrad. His apology went as follows ...

"This is my first apology in about 24 years. I’m sorry for putting the sex tape rumors out there and for any hurt they caused. I don’t expect you to forgive me, but this girl still has a place in her heart for you. If you show up, it would be life changing for Heidi. But you don’t owe me anything so I don’t expect it.”

There you have it. After all this time, Spencer Pratt has admitted, on film, to spreading the rumors of the Lauren Conrad sex tape (co-starring Jason Wahler).

LC heard him out, but didn’t accept his apology or concede either. We have a feeling she will indeed attend the wedding. Because we know she already did.

Meanwhile, Stephanie Pratt and her former boss, Kelly Cutrone, had a final showdown at Nylon’s Young Hollywood Party, where Steph once again proved herself to be a complete moron who takes zero responsibility for her own actions.

Audrina Patridge was worried about her own awkward run-in as Jayde Nicole and Brody Jenner were also expected there. When they showed, they ignored the ladies, performed some strained PDA and sat in the same area. Pretty standard, really.

Jayde said part of her wanted to smash a bottle in Audrina’s face, while Brody said he cared more about staying on good terms with his girlfriend than being friendly with Patridge, who overheard that remark and promptly abandoned the area.

And so the Jayde-Audrina feud continues!

Tonight on The Hills, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are preparing for their fairy-tale wedding (which took place April 25). Heidi is upset that Lauren Conrad doesn't want anything to do with them, and asks Spencer to reach out to her.

Heidi Montag wants Spencer to apologize to LC, end their longtime feud and clear the way for her to attend. She tells her fiance to be the bigger person.

His response? He is not the bigger person. Nor does he seem to show interest in going out of his way to be. Hey, the man's honest, that you can't deny.

Conrad, whose relationship with Kyle Howard likely played a major role in her decision to leave the reality show after this season, makes her last Hills appearance in next week's season finale, when Speidi's dream wedding will be aired.

We know Lauren did end up going to the wedding, and that Spencer apologized ... but did he really admit starting the Lauren Conrad sex tape rumors?

We'll have to wait and see. Perhaps he will confess for the cameras tonight. Check out this clip from tonight's The Hills and watch Speidi in action: