Lauren Conrad’s Dating History: From Reality TV Romances to Marrying William Tell

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Lauren Conrad’s Dating History: From Reality TV Romances to Marrying William Tell

Finding her own fairy tale! Lauren Conrad kissed a few frogs before finding The One in husband William Tell — much of which fans watched unfold on reality TV. Viewers first met Conrad on season 1 of Laguna Beach, which aired in 2004. The MTV series followed the California native’s senior year in high school — and her complex relationship with BFF Stephen Colletti. Throughout the series, which ran for three seasons, the L.A. Candy author’s romance with Colletti was a major story line, mainly because the One Tree Hill alum had a girlfriend, Kristin Cavallari, most of high school. "I had a huge problem with this [love triangle story line] because look, obviously, they created this show around this love triangle and there's moments where you and I were broken up," Colletti told Cavallari during an August 2022 episode of their “Laguna Beach: Back to the Beach” podcast. "And [MTV] had learned about Lauren and I hooking up and being very good friends and, you know, obviously stuff happened at certain times, but at no point ever whenever we were together would I step out on you in that way. That made my blood boil a little bit.” While the on and off romance between the Everyone Is Doing Great actor and Conrad fizzled out after high school, the duo have remained in contact. “I wouldn’t say a lot, but we definitely keep in touch,” Colletti exclusively told Us Weekly in November 2018 of his relationship with the designer. “Over holidays and birthdays and whatnot, you always chime in and say hello and whatnot. We’ve always been friends.” [jwplayer JtQCtYOv-zhNYySv2] Conrad, meanwhile, moved on with fellow Laguna Beach alum Jason Wahler during the first season of her spinoff series, The Hills, in 2005. Their romance came to an end the following year — but not before the MTV personality was dubbed “the girl who didn’t go to Paris” when she chose love over her career on the show. Following her time on reality TV, the Little Market founder managed to keep her love life a little more under wraps. Once she met Tell in 2012, however, she began to open up again about romance. "My favorite thing about being married is knowing that I have a partner in life that I get to do so many wonderful things with," Conrad wrote via her blog in August 2015, nearly one year after the couple tied the knot in September 2014. "Dreaming of the things we will do 20 years from now is so fun." Conrad exclusively told Us in August 2016 that her relationship with the former Something Corporate musician dates back to when she was a teenager. “I met my husband when I was 16 and sitting on stage at one of his concerts,” she revealed at the time. “Ten years later we were set up on a blind date.” The pair are now parents to two boys: Liam and Charlie, born in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Scroll down to relive Conrad’s most high-profile romances:

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Stephen Colletti

The Laguna Beach costars dated on and off while in high school. "We were so young," Conrad told Us of their 2004 romance, which played out on the MTV series on seasons 1 and 2. The twosome still see each other from time to time in Laguna Beach.

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Jason Wahler

The Hills: New Beginnings star dated Conrad for one year from 2005 to 2006. The pair split between seasons 1 and 2 of The Hills, following the summer that the designer chose to skip her Teen Vogue internship in Paris and stay in Los Angeles with Wahler. The exes remain friends.

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Brody Jenner

The Fashion of Institute of Design & Merchandising alum briefly dated her Hills costar in late 2006 and exchanged onscreen kisses in 2007. "We're attracted to each other, but we don't work," Conrad previously told Us of the romance.

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Doug Reinhardt

The LC Lauren Conrad designer went on a few dates with Reinhardt, then a minor leaguer for the Baltimore Orioles, in 2008. Their courtship was short-lived, as Reinhardt went on to date fellow Hills costar Stephanie Pratt.

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Kyle Howard

The reality star and the My Boys actor dated for three years before calling it quits in June 2011. "He saw the relationship as distracting from his goal of being the next Robert De Niro," a source close to Howard exclusively told Us at the time. "He wasn't supportive of her career."

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Derek Hough

The Dancing With the Stars pro first took Conrad on a date in September 2011 — just months after her split from Howard. "They are having fun and seeing where it goes," a source exclusively told Us of the outing. Two months later, however, things had cooled off between the twosome.

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Chace Crawford

The former MTV personality was spotted "making out" with the Gossip Girl actor in late October 2011.

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William Tell

Conrad met Tell on Valentine’s Day in 2012 after being set up on a blind date. The Celebrate author announced in October 2013 that they were engaged. The pair tied the knot the following year in a September 2014 ceremony in California. The couple share sons Liam and Charlie.