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After learning about the network’s plans forThe Hills: Next Gen, Cavallari criticized producers' choice to pass overAudrina Patridge, who starred in both the originalHillsandThe Hills: New Beginnings.
“That’s definitely a slap in the face,” Cavallari, 35, said of Patridge’s reaction to the reboot while co-hostingE! News’Daily Pop. “I would be a little butt hurt about that too.”
“I can’t believe they’re doing this, to be honest. We were all kind of shocked,” she said during a conversation onTalkShopLive. “Especially because onThe Hills: New Beginnings, we had a cast of 14 and it was actually really hard to film because there were so many people and so many things going on.”
“I’m a little bummed out about it but I guess they want a younger generation and as you get older, you have more responsibilities and you care about your image. And we’re not in our twenties anymore, so I guess getting a new generation of kids makes sense ‘cause they’re going to be carefree and wild,” she added.
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In Cavallari’s mind, though,The Hills: Next Genshouldn’t be linked to the 2006 reality show anyway. She said the series’Next Genversion sounds like “a totally different show.”
She added, “If they’re getting an entirely new cast, how are you even going to call itThe Hills?”
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source: people.com