Lauren Conrad‘s name no longer means reality “cha-ching” for MTV, the network who made her a star on Laguna Beach and The Hills.
According to EW.com, MTV has decided to pass on Conrad’s latest reality project, which would have chronicled her post-Hills life.
“She did do a pilot. There were talks about whether we could somehow manage to put together a special based on that footage but that’s also a big question mark based on her interest in that and the finances,” says MTV’s EVP, Head of Programming, David Janollari. “We decided not to go ahead with the show.”
Conrad herself tells a different story. She released this statement: “We sold a show to MTV, filmed it and are really proud of the final result. MTV felt the subject matter was too high brow for their audience and offered me the opportunity to change the show by incorporating more of my personal life. We agreed going into the project that this show would be an aspirational one, focusing on my career and my goals and not my personal relationships. We delivered the show that we sold and are sorry MTV didn’t feel their viewers were savvy enough to appreciate it.”