No matter how close you are, moving in with your BFF is a huge test of friendship. Now imagine doing it with cameras filming you the whole time! That was exactly the situation former friends, Lauren Conrad and Audrina Patridge found got themselves into. The former friends became roommates and co-stars of MTV’s reality TV hit, The Hills. Notice we said “former friends.” In an interview with Celebuzz, Patridge said: “I don’t really talk to Lauren or see her at all. I think there was a little bit of a falling out.”
She thinks? How do you have a falling out and not know about it? Patridge certainly wasn’t concerned about any of it. In fact, she went on to explain that she was no longer in contact with Heidi Montag or anyone, really, from The Hills.
Teri Hatcher vs. Marcia Cross
While it’s easy to get sucked into the storylines of our favorite shows, on a basic level we all understand that the characters on-screen don’t reflect the real personalities of the actors who play them. Yet it’s still surprising to learn that two people who play BFFs so convincingly while the cameras are rolling could switch instantly back to catty hatred the second the director yells “cut!” While things were reportedly tense on set, with a few explosive moments between the two, one of their biggest blow-ups erupted during a Vanity Fair photoshoot.
Hatcher was apparently being quite demanding, insisting on being placed in the middle of the shot as though she were the star around which the rest revolved. Marcia Cross was seething and, with every passing moment, grew more and more furious until finally threatening to walk off if Hatcher didn’t stop interfering and just let the photographer manage the shoot. While it was Cross who blew up on that particular occasion, it seems she wasn’t the only one who struggled with Hatcher’s behavior.
Terri Hatcher vs. Literally Everyone Involved With Desperate Housewives
When it came to the actresses who portrayed these characters, however, this chemistry was all wrong. From interviews with various cast members, it seems the person all the drama emanated was Terri Hatcher. Co-star, Eva Longoria, explained Hatcher was something of a “loner.” She didn’t mingle during filming breaks and this aloofness came off as a superiority complex. While Longoria was guarded in her appraisal of Hatcher, fellow co-star, Nicollette Sheridan, pulled no punches. She called Hatcher the “meanest woman in the world.”
When Desperate Housewives wrapped in 2012, Hatcher’s co-stars bought gifts for every cast and crew member involved. Each gift came with a handwritten card and a personalized message. Only one person left the set that day empty-handed. No prizes for guessing who. And, from what we hear, no one felt bad about it. In response to the waves of criticism, Hatcher was enigmatic, saying she would never gossip about what went on but she wished everyone well.
Shannen Doherty vs. Alyssa Milano
When it comes to The WB’s hit TV show, Charmed, it seems that sisterly tension rubbed off on actresses, Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano. Unfortunately, not even a smidgen on the sisterly love came with it, Tension between the witchy sisters continued to escalate until, finally, Doherty’s character was written out of the show for good with a sudden death that caught fans by surprise. She was immediately replaced by the arrival of a long-lost half-sister. While moves like that can be risky for long-running TV shows, Rose McGowan quickly won over fans.
As to whether Doherty was killed off due to the ongoing issues with Milano, both ladies have kept their mouths shut on the matter. Milano simply said she felt it was too much like being back in high school on set. Doherty was equally coy, insisting there was “too much drama on set and not enough passion for the work.”
Shannen Doherty Strikes Again
While it was Shannen Doherty who complained about the excess of drama on the set of Charmed, it’s interesting to note that said drama somehow seemed to pop up again when she was cast in Beverly Hills 90210. What an unfortunate coincidence. Doherty reportedly feuded with at least two of her co-stars: Jenni Garth and Tori Spelling. In her autobiography, Garth described the feud between her and Doherty in the most delightfully upfront terms, saying the pair sometimes wanted nothing more than “to claw each other’s eyes out.”
Garth went on to discuss why she thought this intense cattiness had arisen, explaining they were just kids really and still finding their voices and personalities as women. Apparently, Garth’s adult identity is very much wrapped up in her star sign as her conclusion was this: “Shannen and I are both Aries women, we’re both very strong, independent women, so we butt heads a lot.” Another mystery was solved by astrology.