Today,Kristin Cavallariis a mom of three and successful business owner. Needless to say, she’s come a long way since herLaguna Beachdays.
On Thursday’s episode ofVery Cavallari, the veteran reality star reflected on her wild-child past during a visit to her mom’s house in Barrington, Illinois, with husbandJay Cutler.
“I moved out of Barrington to Laguna Beach to live with my dad because I was getting into a lot of trouble,” she recalled. “And my mom didn’t really know what else to do with me.”
Driving through her old neighborhood with Cutler, Cavallari, 33, couldn’t help but laugh at some of the memories it evoked.
“I went through a phase where I would literally smoke pot every day after school and my mom would call me and be like, ‘Hey, do you want to go get dinner?'” she said. “And I’d be like, ‘F—, I’m so stoned!'”
While Cavallari’s mom Judy is one of her “best friends” now, both admitted they had their differences when the star was growing up. As they reminisced on Cavallari’s teenage years, Judy told a story about Cavallari sneaking out, then coming home drunk and getting stuck while climbing through the bathroom window.
“I can laugh about it now,” Judy said with a chuckle. “I was not laughing then.”
Cavallari acknowledged that indeed, she was no goody two-shoes.
“I started getting into quite a bit of trouble when I was in eighth grade. I would sneak out a lot,” she said. “I started drinking, smoking pot, having sex. I got arrested a couple of times.”
“My life back then was a little wild and crazy,” Cavallari said. “I don’t regret anything, I wouldn’t change it for the world, but I’m just happy that my life evolved. I met Jay, we moved to the suburbs and settled down. And I don’t miss that old life at all, I’m really happy that Jay kind ofgrounded me.”
As for what she’d tell her younger self?
“I would 22-year-old Kristin to enunciate and quit drinking so much,” she said, cracking up. “I was such a f—ing slob kabob!”
Meanwhile, her former NFL star husband, 36, had a very different upbringing.
“Jay and I were pretty much opposites growing up — I was a bit of a rebel. Jay had to be extremely disciplined because he was always an athlete,” Cavallari explained. “Also, his dad was a police officer. I wouldn’t have gotten into nearly as much trouble if my dad was a cop.”
“We never would have been friends in high school — Jay couldn’t keep up with me!” she continued, adding with a laugh, “He still can’t keep up with me.”
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Of course, after moving from Illinois to California to live with her dad, Cavallari wascatapulted to famewhen she joined the cast ofLaguna Beachas a junior in high school.
In her 2016 book,Balancing in Heels, the star admitted that “filming a super-successful reality television show when you are just 17 can do a number on your conception of reality.”
In the end, though, Cavallari said she doesn’t regret putting her teenage years in the spotlight.
“Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t trade my experiences onLaguna Beach, and later onThe Hills, for the world,” she said. “I had a blast filming the majority of the time and have beautiful footage of special moments with my friends, like prom and graduation. But I struggled with people thinking I was someone I wasn’t. Young girls all over the world were criticizing me for being a bitch, but media outlets loved it.”
“I talk toAudrina [Patridge]andHeidi [Montag]all the time,Brody [Jenner]I’ve kept in touch with,” she said. “Stephen [Colletti] fromLaguna Beachand both Alex’s fromLaguna Beach, too, so yeah, I definitely still talk to a lot of people.”
Very Cavallariairs Thursdays (9 p.m. ET) on E!
source: people.com
