Kristin Cavallari has explained how her public reunion with her first love went sour.
One of the 38-year-old former MTV star’s most famous romances was with her high school sweetheart, Stephen Colletti, but she was previously involved with a middle school boyfriend named Johnny.
Kristin explained on the latest episode of E!’s Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour, ‘I’m going to be pulling up Johnny, my very first boyfriend from Chicago. I’ve talked about him a couple times on the podcast. We were as in love as you could be at the tender age of 13 and 14.’
While she had fond memories of their relationship, her childhood ex had a different perspective as he reduced their bond to sex.
Cavallari told the live audience, ‘I would wake up in the morning and I would have poems on my window.’
But Johnny rebutted: ‘You’d wake up next to me. That’s the podcast version. To be clear, you would actually greet me in outfits just like [the one you’re wearing now]. I saw you come out in this and it’s hard.’
Kristin Cavallari explained how her public reunion with her first love went sour on the latest episode of E!’s Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour
One of the 38-year-old former MTV star’s most famous romances was with her high school sweetheart, Stephen Colletti, but she was previously involved with a middle school boyfriend named Johnny
On Wednesday’s episode she shared that Johnny was ‘nervous’ about appearing as a guest in front of a live audience, so she provided him with the questions she planned to ask him as a courtesy.
‘For people who don’t do this, it’s f**king nerve-wracking,’ the mom-of-three said. ‘So, I even appreciate him getting up.’
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And the blonde bombshell explained how she came up with the idea to feature her former beau on the tour.
‘Johnny was actually coming to the Chicago show anyway,’ she noted in a confessional in the episode. ‘I was like, “Wait a minute, this could be really fun.” We all know how it is to get over your first love — it’s very difficult. And I do wonder if I’ve sort of, like, changed the narrative in my mind all these years. To have his perspective is gonna be awesome.’
Worse than downplaying the depth of their relationship, Johnny went on to accuse the star of hooking up with his friend.
‘Before you left, you were sampling Barrington, [Illinois],’ he added. ‘You broke my heart, actually, because you hooked up with my best friend [Tommy].’
The former Laguna Beach cast member clapped back, ‘I don’t even remember Tommy. I hooked up with Tommy?!’
She went on to express her disappointment in a post-show interview, ‘Johnny is a massive letdown. It honestly breaks my heart because for all of these years I have held my relationship with Johnny in this high regard. And then he got up on stage and he was a completely different person.’
Cavallari emphasized, ‘He was the only person I gave the questions to beforehand because obviously he doesn’t do this stuff.
‘He knew exactly what I was going to say, so, to me, it just feels premeditated, like he wanted to come out there and tear me down. These memories that I’ve had with Johnny all of these years are now just completely ruined.’
While Kristin had fond memories of their relationship, her childhood ex had a different perspective as he reduced their bond to sex
Other guests on Cavallari’s podcast tour were her Laguna Beach classmates (L-R Talan Torriero, Jason Wahler, Alex H, Alex Johnson, and Jessica Evans
Kristin continued to reel over the shocking, blindsided interaction the following day.
‘You wanna trash me in front of my f**king audience?’ she vented to best friend Justin Anderson. ‘It’s f**ked up! It’s really f**ked up. I hate Johnny.’
Even more confusing, she said that Johnny followed up the tour appearance with a gushing text.
‘You were amazing last night,’ she read aloud. ‘Thanks for such a fun escape from reality, definitely needed that. You’re gonna absolutely crush the rest of your tour. No doubt about it.’
Another former flame, Talan Torriero, joined her on tour, along with other Laguna Beach classmates.
Unfortunately, she had a similar experience with Torriero.
Kristin has hosted her Let’s Be Honest podcast via Dear Media since September 2023
The experiences prompted her to take a hard look at the patterns in the men she chooses romantically.
‘I actually don’t even care about looking like an idiot in front of the audience,’ she confessed to Justin.
‘This is a much bigger thing for me. It’s the theme of my whole life. With Talan, it’s like, “Okay, it’s expected.” Then Johnny, it was like, “Oh my god!” Like, no guy has ever taken accountability in my life, ever.’
Kristin was married to Jay Cutler from 2013 until their split in 2020. The divorce was finalized in June 2022.
They share sons Camden, 12, Jaxon, 11, and daughter Saylor, nine.
The Uncommon James founder has also been open about recently cutting ties with her ‘narcissistic ‘ father.