I think as reasonable people, we all sort of know that reality shows aren’t 100% real. When we find a reality show that we like, however, we don’t pick it apart to a million pieces. We pretend we don’t know that it’s probably not real and we keep watching it. With that said, I’ve always been a sort-of fan of The Hills. I knew it was pretty fake because I knew that much about it’s parent-show, Laguna Beach. But it entertained me when I did watch it, so I didn’t bash it too much. So when Nick over at Celebslam “broke” the news that The Hills wasn’t real, I was like “And… the real news is what again??” Everyone knew The Hills (along with almost everything on MTV) was pretty fake, but I guess Nick was the only one who wanted to put that much time into catching it. Someone give him a gold medal! But now that news circuits and television shows have picked up the “breaking story” that The Hills is indeed fake, Lauren Conrad, the shows star, is going on damage control, letting us know exactly what’s what.

“Anyone who has worked on a reality show knows how they’re filmed,” Conrad says. “I basically had to go and call [Brody] again, have the exact same conversation on camera. I mean, it’s not lying to anyone, it’s telling what really happened, but it’s just the way they film reality shows.”

Conrad doesn’t see anything wrong with that, as long as the re-enactments stay true to the characters’ real lives. “Basically what they’re doing is taking our lives and telling a story,” she says. “They’re telling exactly what happened.”

She adds that MTV has orchestrated run-ins between Conrad and Heidi Montag. “But they only set that up because it was happening off-camera,” she says. “We were getting into these situations where we were running into [Heidi and Spencer], and [MTV] kept missing them.”

What do you think, is she telling us the full truth  or is the show way beyond reenactments? I think, personally, it’s faker than Heidi’s relationship with Spencer (and let me tell you, that’s pretty damn fake!) but I also don’t give a hoot. I believe the season 3 finale is on tonight, so for those of you who are fans, don’t let this fake news get you down. Enjoy the show!