20 years ago the cast of Laguna Beach where embroiled in love triangles and busy throwing wild high school parties in between Saturday shifts at the surf shop.
But two decades after the iconic MTV reality show came to an end and launched the ‘scripted reality’ genre, the stars are settling down, with two of the core cast announcing baby news in the past week.
The show’s male lead Stephen Colletti revealed in a Tuesday Instagram post that he is expecting his first child with his wife Alex Weaver.
Stephen, 39, was one edge of the turbulent love triangle that overtook the storylines of Laguna Beach’s first two seasons, veering back and forth between rivals Kristin Cavallari, 39, and Lauren Conrad, 39.
Kristin, who is mom to Camden Jack, 13, Jaxon Wyatt, 11 and Saylor James, nine with her ex husband, former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler, was among the LG stars to wish Stephen congratulations on his baby news.
Her lifestyle brand’s Instagram handle Uncommon James commented: ‘So happy for you both.’
20 years ago the cast of Laguna Beach where embroiled in love triangles and throwing wild high school parties. Pictured L-R Stephen Colletti, Kristin Cavallari, Trey Phillips, Lo Bosworth, Alex Hooser, Alex Murrel and Lauren Conrad
Lauren meanwhile gushed: ‘Yaaaaaaay!!! This is so exciting!!!
Lauren, who went on to lead Laguna Beach’s LA-based follow up The Hills is mom to two boys, Liam James, eight, and Charlie Wolf, six, with her husband William Tell.
Also among those offering their well wishes was Lauren ‘Lo’ Bosworth, 39, who commented, ‘Omg!!!! Congrats,’ alongside three red heart emojis.
Lo welcomed her little girl with her husband, Dom Natale, an athlete-turned-investor last week.
She went public with her pregnancy a few days after her July wedding and last Thursday, posted to Instagram to share with her fans that she had delivered her little girl and named her after her mother.
Lo gushed: ‘our girl Nelle is here,’ adding: ‘She started the year by surprising us two weeks early, but really, she was right on time.’
Jason Wahler, 39, meanwhile, who is a dad of three with his wife Ashley, was shocked by his buddy Stephen’s news commenting: ‘Wait, what!!!?? Congrats man!!!!’
And fellow Laguna Beach castmate Alex Murrel, 38, who is mom to son Levi, five, penned ‘congrats!!! alongside three red heart emojis.
The show’s male lead Stephen Colletti revealed in a Tuesday Instagram post tha he is expecting his first child with his wife Alex Weaver
Lo Bosworth welcomed her little girl with her husband, Dom Natale, an athlete-turned-investor last week
Lo crowed: ‘our girl Nelle is here,’ adding: ‘She started the year by surprising us two weeks early, but really, she was right on time’
MTV cameras followed the then high school seniors around for their hit reality show from 2004-2005.
Kristin, Lauren and Stephen’s love triangle engrossed millions of viewers who soon began to pick sides between ‘team Conrad’ and ‘team Cavallari.’
The show went on for three seasons before concluding in 2006; Lauren famously went on to star in the spin-off The Hills but was replaced by Kristin during the fifth season.
But recently the two buried the hatchet as they filmed the Laguna Beach reunion, and Kristin uploaded a selfie which she captioned, ‘everyone can put away their team Lauren and team Kristin shirts now.’
‘I just got back from Laguna. I filmed the Laguna Beach reunion, which was awesome,’ she said on a recent episode of her podcast.
Stephen’s high school friends all rushed to offer their congratulations on Tuesday
Stephen was one edge of the turbulent love triangle that overtook the storylines of Laguna Beach, veering back and forth between rivals Kristin Cavallari and Lauren Conrad
Kristin is mom to Camden Jack, 13, Jaxon Wyatt, 11 and Saylor James, nine with her ex husband, former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler
Lauren, who went on to lead Laguna Beach’s LA-based follow up The Hills is mom to two boys, Liam James, eight, and Charlie Wolf, six, with her husband William Tell (pictured)
‘So between that and now you being here, I just feel like the world is healing… like you’re back on the pod, Lauren and I are friends.’
Lauren revealed she initially did not want to participate in the reunion but is now ‘really happy’ she did, finding the experience ‘healing’ and ‘therapeutic.’
The reunion will air later this year to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the show’s final episode.
The two-hour reunion special, tentatively titled Roku Presents: The Laguna Beach Reunion, will reunite the original cast of the series, including Lauren, Stephen and Kristin.
Jason Wahler, 39, who is a dad of three with his wife Ashley, was shocked by his buddy Stephen’s news, commenting: ‘Wait, what!!!?? Congrats man!!!!’
Lauren and Kristin reunited last Ocober after years of rivalry, to film a reunion special of the show to mark its 20th anniversary
Lo, Talan Torriero, Trey Phillips, Christina Shuller, Dieter Schmitz, Jessica Smith, and Alex Hooser will also return.
‘When I first pitched the show to my bosses at MTV, never in a million years did I think we would find such a perfect group of real friends,’ said Liz Gateley, Series Creator.
‘The show not only changed my life and the cast’s lives, but the series meant so much to a generation of fans who’ve been waiting for this,’ said Liz Gateley, Series Creator.’
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