The Hills cast members’ salaries are no longer a secret. Heidi and Spencer Pratt are at the top, but other cast members aren’t coming home empty handed.
A Hills mole for In Touch Weekly says salaries on MTV‘s smash-hit, unscripted series are dictated by drama. So, who makes the most from the show? Not who you would think.
Heidi and Spencer Pratt make $65,000 per episode each, but they aren’t the highest paid. Lauren Conrad gets a whopping $75,000 per episode, but only because she drives a hard bargain.
“The only reason LC gets paid more than anyone else is because she demanded in her original contract that no one could ever get paid more than her,” the mole told In Touch. “The salaries are based on who people care about watching more. If you bring drama, you’ll get more money.”
Following LC and Speidi, Audrina Patridge ranks in at a mere $35,000 per episode, Whitney Port at $20,000 per episode, and Brody Jenner and Lo Bosworth at $10,000 per episode each. Stephanie Pratt came into Season 4 of The Hills at $8,000 an episode. Brody’s perpetual man-date Frankie Delgado makes nothing for appearing on the program.
Most of the characters on The Hills have put that money to good use at the doctor’s office. Heidi has spoken publicly about her breast augmentation and nose job, Spencer had calf implants in 2008, and experts believe Audrina had breast implants as early as 17 or 18 years of age – based on topless photos from her youth that now circulate the Internet.
Lauren Conrad is rumored to have had a nose job, although it’s not confirmed.
Whitney Port is one of the few Hills cast members not rumored to have been nipped or tucked, although she remains supportive of those who do go under the knife. “I would never judge someone for doing that, if that was what makes them feel better,” she told Marc Ecko’s online mag, Complex.com.
jessica weinberk responded:
You forgot to mention: BRODY JENNER recently had his NOSE DONE too- too bad! It looked so much more natural and masculine with the original slight bump/wider bridge!!
On men, you really have to be careful…rats!
Me responded:
Actually there is speculation that Whitney port had a nose Job in high school I think she did it at a point when she was young enough n not already In the public eye that she was able to avoid the scrutiny of her fellow castmates.