The Hills ‘It’s About Trust’…and Nana Pratt

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Debris from the Lauren/Audrina/Justin Bobby fiasco is still floating around in the air of The Hills. Lauren tells Lo, who’s ever-so curious whether this is the end of Audrina, that she doesn’t know how she’ll forgive her accuser. She’s clearly still pretty offended and wants to know Audrina is actually sorry before she can try to be friends with her again. Brody tells her to let Audrina go since no one needs a friend who defames them so fervently. Okay, he actually says, “That’s the craziest sh*t I ever heard in my entire life… You gotta let her go.” Whitney shows Audrina some sympathy, rationalizing that the poor girl probably needs Lauren right now. Whit also mentions her NYC Serenader, who signs all texts with “xoxo.” All together now: *Awwww*

Watching Chiara, as Audrina mentions Justin Bobby, is often entertaining. Either she is unable to stop her eyes from rolling or she’s cool with making her opinions obvious. Most of us have similar reactions when the dreaded surfer’s name is spoken: rolling eyes, letting out disappointed sighs, and various other nonverbal signs of disgust. Audrina is relieved but sad because the rumor (and her willingness to believe it) “costed” her friendship with Lauren. I haven’t heard anyone say “costed” since my niece was 2. Audrina says she just wants everything to go back to normal. Perhaps she should have thought of that before doing a Lauren-slept-with-Justin-and-I’m-totally-sad press tour. The following are some of what she did to publicize the details of the alleged event (acting like it was fact not rumor): The Ellen Show, The Hills After Show, Us Weekly cover story, and an official blog war. She also managed to plug her straight-to-DVD bikini movie while slandering her pal.

Casey, Audrina’s sis, makes it clear that Lauren deserves an apology. Obviously not what Audrina wanted to hear. She desperately wanted someone, anyone, to tell her she was the victim, but no one can. The mess she made was created by her addiction to a guy who continually screws with her. He may not have slept with Lauren, but he has slept with other friends and a bounty of strangers. I thought this foray back into the JB relationship was one last ditch effort to make it work. Without the ability to trust him, romance seems like an impossible feat. I know, silly me, this won’t be the last we hear from good ol’ Justin Bobby.

During a tearful meeting between wounded friends, Lauren says she’s having a hard time forgiving. She does this by interjecting self-help clichés (which she does with reliable regularity), while offering advice on being a better friend and learning to trust people. Audrina has an emotional break, confessing that if she weren’t with JB she’d likely be happier (duh), saying she feels lost, and she doesn’t know who she is. The solution seems easy (and involves the barring of one burdensome, greasy inhabitant of Venice Beach) but I fear Audrina just can’t quit her addiction. We’ll have to wait and see, I suppose. The two end their emotional discussion with a hug, possibly signifying the healing of their friendship.

When we weren’t following the dramatic tale of Patridge, Conrad, and Bobby (what is his actual last name?), we were tagging along with the Pratts. Spencer saunters in to Stephanie’s apartment, gives her decorating tips for her “janky” (aka: messed up) space, and guilts her into visiting their 84 year old nana. It works and Stephanie makes the trip out to Huntington Beach with Speidi to see Nana Pratt. Spencer shows he’s capable of being a caring human being. He’s sweet to his grandmother and apparently calls and visits often. He also doesn’t disappoint in the douchebag category, managing to insult Stephanie to their nana while eating cookies and drinking lemonade. Later on, Nana Pratt and Stephanie have a heart-to-heart where she doesn’t even try to deny favoring Spencer over Steph. Nana also says she doesn’t want to know anything bad about Spencer since she’s happy to live in blissful ignorance. I felt bad for Steph (which is difficult for me since I don’t trust the girl). It must be tough having anyone like Spencer more than you, let alone your grandma, who is at least supposed to lie about loving you equally.
“What kind of a person doesn’t check in with their nana?” -Spencer

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