Was Mischa Barton Confronting Perez Hilton On The Hills Scripted?

Since The Hills was an extremely successful show for MTV, fans have tried to keep up with what its stars have been up to. Fans recognize Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are two of the biggest reality star villains, they’ve watched Brody Jenner’s love life, and know what happened to Justin Bobby.

The Hills fans have also learned how fake the show could be. For example, Kristin Cavallari stated she faked dating Brody Jenner and Lo Bosworth said some of the show’s fights were staged. With that in mind, it is fascinating to look back at how fake it seemed but how great it was when Mischa Barton confronted Perez Hilton during an episode of The Hills.

Mischa Barton Confronting Perez Hilton During An Episode Of The Hills Was A Strange And Compelling Moment That Felt Staged

Since The Hills was so successful, it can be easy to forget it was a spin-off of a previous reality show. That reality show, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, seemed to be connected to the success of The OC, which was a show that starred Mischa Barton.

After The Hills originally ended, it was rebooted years later under the title The Hills: New Beginnings​​​​​​. Some fans were surprised when The Hills: New Beginnings added Mischa Barton to its cast. However, since Mischa starred in The OC, she had a longstanding perceived connection to the franchise.

Thanks to Mischa’s involvement in The Hills, fans of the franchise got to see a truly fascinating moment. During an episode of The Hills: New Beginnings, Mischa confronted Perez Hilton in a cathartic scene that also seemed staged.

Watching Mischa confront Perez about how horribly he treated celebrities like her for years was fantastic. After all, people rarely get to bluntly confront their tormentors, so it was excellent to see Mischa get that moment.

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However, even as the scene played out, Mischa and Perez both admitted that they were set up to be there and have the conversation. That made the scene seem like The Hills: New Beginnings’ producers staged everything that led to it. As a result, it makes sense that some people may say that the scene seemed fake.

Although Mischa and Perez were set up to be in that room together, the scene is still powerful. After all, it is no secret that Mischa was treated horribly by many in the media. As a result, seeing her getting to confront one of the people who was awful to her is an incredible thing. On top of that, it feels like Mischa confronted Perez on behalf of so many people.

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As the confrontation scene began, Perez entered a club that Mischa was in, and he was greeted by Spencer Pratt. Perez and Spencer then proceeded to talk about how the former gossip blogger wanted to make things right with Mischa after he spent years bullying her on his blog.

Perez then went and took a seat until Mischa walked across the club to confront him. As Mischa walked across the club, the show cut between footage of her and Perez as Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” could be heard playing. The two former enemies then had a brief conversation and confrontation about their years of bad blood.

As their brief confrontation began, Perez stated he was there because Spencer invited him to make peace with Mischa. The former star of The OC then stated that she too was aware that Perez was going to be there since Spencer told Mischa that the blogger wanted to apologize.

Mischa then proceeded to briefly explain to Perez why she was so bothered by how he conducted himself on his blog for years.

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“This bullying that you did for so long to so many young girls, I find it hard to let go. It’s not just about the body shaming or outing people who are gay before they’re really out of the closet. Like all of that stuff, I just can’t really accept the apology entirely on the behalf of how I truly feel. I feel like really, where the divide between us is, I don’t really sit well with people who purposefully harm other people.”

Most people when they get confronted about something, will instinctively try to defend themselves. However, after Mischa confronted Perez, he instantly stated that even when he was bullying people online, he knew what he was doing was wrong. “I knew it was wrong in the past what I was doing. I was still doing it even though I knew it was wrong.”

Perez then emphatically stated that he would do things differently if he could. “I say this on my kids’ life. I swear. If I could go back in time and do things differently, I would. 100% I guarantee it. Yes.”

However, when Mischa questioned if he was being sincere, the conversation then took a stunning turn before it finished. Perez angrily responded to Mischa not believing him. “I just swore on my kids’ life! And you’re s******g on me now?” Perez then waved his hand like Mischa had done something unforgivable to him and then he stormed out.

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In 2019, Perez appeared on Buzzfeed News’ morning show at the time, AM to DM, to address the backlash. While talking about how he got angry at the end of the scene that was shown on The Hills: New Beginnings, Perez admitted that he didn’t handle that moment well.

“I’ll acknowledge I probably didn’t handle it as best as I could have in that moment. She doesn’t have to accept my apology, and that’s okay.”

However, Perez defended his attempt to apologize to Mischa in general. Perez did this by describing the apology from his point of view.

“There was close to 15 minutes before that of me apologizing, apologizing some more, hearing her out, letting her speak. When I was done with my apology, hearing her, I said, ‘Listen, human to human, on a real level, all of this aside, I don’t care about the cameras. I just want you to know I truly am deeply, very sorry.’”

During the same appearance on Buzzfeed News’ morning show, Perez also stated that he was sure he would make public mistakes in the future. However, Perez pledged that he would try to do better and rectify any mistakes he would make.

The Hills

Release Date

May 31, 2006

Cast

Lauren Conrad , Heidi Montag , Audrina Patridge , Whitney Port , Kristin Cavallari , Lo Bosworth , Stephanie Pratt

Seasons

6

Network

MTV

Showrunner

Adam DiVello