{"id":2367870,"date":"2026-04-10T22:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2367870"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:13:11","slug":"laguna-beach-alum-alex-hooser-details-how-kristin-cavallari-helped-her-through-dads-jail-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/laguna-beach-alum-alex-hooser-details-how-kristin-cavallari-helped-her-through-dads-jail-stint\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Laguna Beach&#8217; alum Alex Hooser details how Kristin Cavallari helped her through dad&#8217;s jail stint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cLaguna Beach\u201d alum Alex Hooser shared that her co-star Kristin Cavallari \u201cstuck by\u201d her side when her father got arrested behind-the-scenes of the MTV show.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of her father\u2019s short jail stint and house arrest \u2014 which Hooser said was due to \u201cpoor financial decisions\u201d \u2014 she explained how \u201cit\u2019s something that was never spoken about\u201d on the hit series which ran from 2004 to 2006. <\/p>\n<p>Now, she is \u201creally happy to have a platform to speak on it\u201d with the help of Cavallari, who she is still close with all these years later. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cLaguna Beach\u201d alum Alex Hooser shared that Kristin Cavallari (pictured here) \u201cstuck by\u201d her side when her father got arrested behind-the-scenes of \u201cLaguna Beach.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Lauren Alexandria Hooser<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The reality TV star revealed her father went to jail and was put on house arrest due to \u201cpoor financial decisions,\u201d but it was \u201cnever spoken about\u201d on the MTV series which ran from 2004 to 2006.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Lauren Alexandria Hooser<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut Kristin, she\u2019s ride or die. Still is today, no matter what. There was never any judgment or anything. She knew all the things going on, but she just stuck by,\u201d Hooser, 39, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/alex-hooser-kristin-cavallari-ride-or-die-laguna-beach-exclusive-11944956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told People<\/a> Friday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven, again, 20 years later we still connect and have a friendship and forever grateful for that. So yeah, Kristin\u2019s the real deal. She\u2019s a good friend,\u201d Hooser added.<\/p>\n<p>The friends <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/27\/photos\/laguna-beach-cast-reunites-20-years-later-on-red-carpet-for-new-new-special\/\">reunited last month<\/a> for \u201cThe Reunion: Laguna Beach,\u201d a two-hour Roku special which premiered Friday and brought the original cast \u2014 including Stephen Colletti, Lauren Conrad, Lo Bosworth and Talan Torriero \u2014 together on screen for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>In the trailer for the reunion, Hooser got emotional as the host brought up the fact that her \u201cdad got mixed up in some stuff\u201d and that her \u201clife off camera\u2026 took a turn that was never shown.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cBut Kristin, she\u2019s ride or die. Still is today, no matter what. There was never any judgment or anything. She knew all the things going on, but she just stuck by,\u201d Hooser told People Friday. <br \/><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Lauren Alexandria Hooser<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cEven, again, 20 years later we still connect and have a friendship and forever grateful for that. So yeah, Kristin\u2019s the real deal. She\u2019s a good friend.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/Lauren Alexandria Hooser<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy whole family life was kind of just falling apart,\u201d Hooser replied.<\/p>\n<p>For the special\u2019s Los Angeles premiere, Cavallari <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/27\/style\/kristin-cavallaris-laguna-beach-reunion-dress-nods-to-pilot-episode\/\">wore a white strapless minidress<\/a> as a deliberate callback to the MTV show\u2019s very first episode.<\/p>\n<p>That first episode back in 2004 also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/11\/08\/lauren-conrad-apologizes-for-calling-kristin-cavallari-slut\/\">established Cavallari\u2019s iconic feud <\/a>with Conrad that even bled into the \u201cLaguna Beach\u201d spin-off, \u201cThe Hills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But over the past 20 years, the two women have <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/21\/celebrity-news\/kristin-cavallari-reveals-where-she-and-lauren-conrad-stand-after-laguna-beach-reunion\/\">made amends<\/a> and even cozied up to one another during the reunion\u2019s premiere. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The friends reunited last month for \u201cThe Reunion: Laguna Beach,\u201d a two-hour Roku special which premiered Friday and brought the original cast (seen above) together. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>For the Los Angeles premiere, Cavallari wore a white strapless minidress as a deliberate callback to the MTV show\u2019s very first episode (pictured here). <span class=\"credit\">MTV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Uncommon James founder also said that filming the reunion was \u201cvery therapeutic\u201d for her during an October 2025 episode of her \u201cLet\u2019s Be Honest\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not trying to be cheesy, but it really was healing in a lot of ways. It was very therapeutic,\u201d she told podcast listeners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s funny because if I\u2019m being completely honest, I didn\u2019t actually want to do it,\u201d the \u201cVery Cavallari\u201d alum continued. \u201cI\u2019m really, really happy that I did. It was such a great experience and just a nice way to end the whole \u2018Laguna Beach\u2019 of it all.\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/21\/celebrity-news\/kristin-cavallari-reveals-where-she-and-lauren-conrad-stand-after-laguna-beach-reunion\/#\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLaguna Beach\u201d alum Alex Hooser shared that her co-star Kristin Cavallari \u201cstuck by\u201d her side when her father got arrested behind-the-scenes of the MTV show. Speaking of her father\u2019s short jail stint and house arrest \u2014 which Hooser said was due to \u201cpoor financial decisions\u201d \u2014 she explained how \u201cit\u2019s something that was never spoken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2367871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[106601,24003,349754,379572,378851,307878,24758,21913,394403],"class_list":["post-2367870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-friendships","tag-celebrity-news","tag-kristin-cavallari","tag-laguna-beach","tag-lauren-conrad","tag-mtv","tag-reality-stars","tag-tv","tag-virtual-reali-tea"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Laguna-Beach-alum-Alex-Hooser-details-how-Kristin-Cavallari-helped.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367872,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367870\/revisions\/2367872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}