“Laguna Seaside” alum Alex Hooser shared that her co-star Kristin Cavallari “caught by” her aspect when her father obtained arrested behind-the-scenes of the MTV present.
Talking of her father’s quick jail stint and home arrest — which Hooser mentioned was on account of “poor monetary selections” — she defined how “it’s one thing that was by no means spoken about” on the hit sequence which ran from 2004 to 2006.
Now, she is “actually joyful to have a platform to talk on it” with the assistance of Cavallari, who she continues to be shut with all these years later.
“However Kristin, she’s experience or die. Nonetheless is immediately, it doesn’t matter what. There was by no means any judgment or something. She knew all of the issues happening, however she simply caught by,” Hooser, 39, advised Folks Friday.
“Even, once more, 20 years later we nonetheless join and have a friendship and endlessly grateful for that. So yeah, Kristin’s the true deal. She’s buddy,” Hooser added.
The chums reunited final month for “The Reunion: Laguna Seaside,” a two-hour Roku particular which premiered Friday and introduced the unique solid — together with Stephen Colletti, Lauren Conrad, Lo Bosworth and Talan Torriero — collectively on display screen for the primary time in 20 years.
Within the trailer for the reunion, Hooser obtained emotional because the host introduced up the truth that her “dad obtained combined up in some stuff” and that her “life off digital camera… took a flip that was by no means proven.”
“My entire household life was sort of simply falling aside,” Hooser replied.
For the particular’s Los Angeles premiere, Cavallari wore a white strapless minidress as a deliberate callback to the MTV present’s very first episode.
That first episode again in 2004 additionally established Cavallari’s iconic feud with Conrad that even bled into the “Laguna Seaside” spin-off, “The Hills.”
However over the previous 20 years, the 2 girls have made amends and even cozied as much as each other throughout the reunion’s premiere.
The Unusual James founder additionally mentioned that filming the reunion was “very therapeutic” for her throughout an October 2025 episode of her “Let’s Be Sincere” podcast.
“I’m not making an attempt to be tacky, however it actually was therapeutic in quite a lot of methods. It was very therapeutic,” she advised podcast listeners.
“I feel it’s humorous as a result of if I’m being utterly sincere, I didn’t truly wish to do it,” the “Very Cavallari” alum continued. “I’m actually, actually joyful that I did. It was such an important expertise and only a good technique to finish the entire ‘Laguna Seaside’ of all of it.”
