‘The Hills’ star, best-selling author, and clothing designer Lauren Conrad is on the cover of Glamour’s May issue in only her bottoms.

Inside, she talks about what being snapped by paparazzi in a bikini can do to a gal, and what its really like being on a reality show (ie, is any of it really real?).

On her bod…
On the vacation to Cabo, I wore a bathing suit on the beach for the first time in years. Usually I’m just petrified. A couple of years ago someone zoomed in on my cellulite and it was so mean. I took it really personally. I haven’t worn a bathing suit in L.A. in years because of that.”

What really happens on a reality TV set…
“During shooting, the producers would send us quick text messages telling us what to talk about. They couldn’t walk through the shot, so they’d just text me, like, “Say something quick about this story line.” That’s why we were always checking our phones!”

More on “The Hills”…
“The show is what brought a lot of us together, and when it was gone, we didn’t have anything in common anymore.”

Awww…..

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