Jason Wahler Reacts to Kristin Cavallari's Comments About Show in Her Book

Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County alum Jason Wahler says the reality show was not fake, following former co-star Kristin Cavallari's claim that the series did not, well, live up to its name. Speaking in an exclusive interview Wahler also says his former on-air relationship with Lauren Conrad, 30, who he dated on the series and spinoff The Hills, was indeed genuine.

In the book, Balancing in Heels: My Journey to Health, Happiness, and Making It All Work, released Tuesday, Cavallari writes that while she enjoyed her time on both programs “there was certainly a good deal” to Laguna Beach that wasn't 'real, but as kids we got caught up in it anyway”. She said “look the reality of it is, the relationships and the context of everything was our real lives. Obviously with editing and different things, you can make things look different, or sound different. I feel like for me, it created a character for me. Yes, there were probably things that weren't the most accurate, but it wasn't like it was scripted, you know, it was a soft script. For me, I am not upset with anything they did if anything I am very grateful for how things panned out, I wouldn't change anything. They can definitely create a character, but I wouldn't go to the extreme to say that it is all fake”

Cavallari does not mention Wahler in her book and wrote that “it was easy to go along with made-up situations and not think much about the consequences, to keep things interesting, words were dubbed, scenes filmed months apart were shown in the same episode as though they were concurrent, and phone calls were faked I would literally be on the phone with no one or sometimes with a producer”

She also said show producers "manipulated" relationships and pressured her boyfriend Stephen Colletti into spending time with Lauren Conrad.