Lauren Conrad may have one more season left on “The Hills,” but she won’t actually be filming anything from this point on — an insider says all of LC’s antics are already in the can.
According to our source, Conrad’s contract with MTV expired in March; the star celebrated the end of her reality life with cast members at a party at L.A. eatery Beso last month. But that bash was her last “real” day of filming — and producers soon had the task of coming up with enough Conrad footage to keep fans happy through the entire season.
Their solution? Taping as much LC as they could before she left for good.
“The producers would make Lauren react to a lot of potential scenarios, because they’re not yet sure how the finale will play out with the other characters,” says our source. “They would literally give her directions like, ‘Now react to Stephanie Pratt being pregnant!’ Lauren would just giggle and go for it. She also had to pretend to react to a fake story line about Audrina and Brody hooking up.”
A rep for MTV said both the contract and filming allegations are untrue. “We couldn’t cut a show with Lauren’s fake reactions,” said the flack.
Either way, Conrad is reportedly relieved to be over “The Hills” and heading far away. “Now that she’s finished out her contract, Lauren is completely done with the show,” says the source. “She’s already capitalized on her success — she’s taken this ride as far as she can.”
If Lauren is glad to be done with “The Hills,” her co-star Heidi Montag is doubly glad to be done with Lauren.
“We don’t need her,” Conrad’s frenemy sniped recently. “We’ll miss her — I just don’t know if we need her.”
LC’s nemesis added, “I know she hasn’t been wanting to be doing this for a while, and [the life she really leads] is not on camera. So I think it’s a closing chapter for her. [Lauren’s] gotta leave the dramas to the pros!”
From the looks of things, LC won’t have any problems passing the torch.
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