“In my early 20s I was a mess, and I was just trying to figure it all out,” Cavallari, 31, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on stands Friday. “But now, being married and being a mom, I know I’m where I’m supposed to be. And it’s a great feeling.”
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Still, viewers won’t be seeing her three children, Camden, 5, Jaxon, 4 and Saylor, 2, though Cutler will appear on the E! series.
“I wanted to get back in to reality, but not have the focus be too heavy on me and my family. So this was the perfect way to do it,” she says.
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Continues the star: “I came across as terribly bitchy. And I also felt as though my real-life boyfriend [Stephen Colletti] was being put in situations he normally wouldn’t have been in. They were making it seem like there was this love triangle [with costarLauren Conrad].”
Says Cavallari, who also has written a cookbook,True Roots, “I looked atThe Hillslike a job. I had my life on the show, and the lines weren’t blurred. So it was really fun for me. I took control and I had a good experience doing it.”
Now, withVery Cavallari, “I’m working with people who really value my creative direction and think that I bring something to the table,” says Cavallari. “I’m more confident than I’ve ever been before.”
Very Cavallaripremieres July 8 at 10 p.m. ET on E!
source: people.com
