Laguna Beach High School reunion: Lauren Conrad, Stephen Colletti celebrate 20 years
‘Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County’ aired from 2004 to 2006 on MTV and followed cast members from the real California high school.
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The “Laguna Beach” crew is revisiting their roots: high school.
On Saturday, the Class of 2004 from Laguna Beach High School marked its 20th reunion with Lauren Conrad, Stephen Colletti, and other alumni reminiscing together.
“We had an amazing time celebrating our 20 year (!!!) high school reunion last night!” Conrad shared on her Instagram story Sunday, alongside a photo of her drink at a beachside table. “What a beautiful evening.”
Conrad, Colletti, and Morgan Olsen (now Smith) shared pictures and photo strips featuring their former classmates, including Trey Phillips, Dieter Schmitz, Christina Schuller (Sinclair), and Gary Samuelian. For those curious about Conrad’s “Laguna Beach” co-star and former rival, Kristin Cavallari, she graduated a year later, in 2005.
The MTV reality show “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County” was broadcast from 2004 to 2006 over three seasons, leading to the popular spin-off, “The Hills,” which followed Conrad and her friends living in Los Angeles. Cavallari eventually became a part of the cast in Season 5.
In recent years, both Cavallari and Conrad have spoken about their rivalry revolving around the “love triangle” that included Colletti. During a 2022 episode of the “Back to the Beach” podcast, where Cavallari and Colletti revisited their reality show days, they addressed how the producers exaggerated the triangle’s drama.
Cavallari remarked, “You and I never really had any problems between us. While there was some truth in the situation involving the three of us, I felt like MTV’s interference fanned the flames and exaggerated it beyond what it really was.”
Conrad agreed, stating that “the producers took this as a starting point and really ran with it.”
Since their time on “Laguna Beach,” the cast members have pursued various paths. Conrad, who married Will Tell in 2014, created her clothing lines, LC Lauren Conrad and Little Co. by Lauren Conrad for Kohl’s. Colletti, now engaged to NASCAR reporter Alex Weaver, has ventured into acting and writing, contributing to “One Tree Hill” and Amazon Prime’s “Everyone Is Doing Great.”
Cavallari, who was previously married to NFL quarterback Jay Cutler before their divorce in 2020, founded her jewelry and beauty brand, Uncommon James. She is also a cookbook author and hosts the podcast “Let’s Be Honest.”
Additionally, Smith launched a children’s clothing line called Minnow, Phillips has made a name for himself in fashion design, Sinclair works as a barre instructor, and Schmitz is now a hotel manager.