The Hills just got more fake

The Hills isn't even trying to maintain a semblance of reality anymore. MTV might as well hire robots to act out scenes at this point. At least they could program them to have a personality. From the New York Daily News:

Lauren Conrad may have one more season left on “The Hills,” but she won’t actually be filming anything from this point on — an insider says all of LC’s antics are already in the can.

According to our source, Conrad’s contract with MTV expired in March; the star celebrated the end of her reality life with cast members at a party at L.A. eatery Beso last month. But that bash was her last “real” day of filming — and producers soon had the task of coming up with enough Conrad footage to keep fans happy through the entire season.

Their solution? Taping as much LC as they could before she left for good.

"The producers would make Lauren react to a lot of potential scenarios, because they’re not yet sure how the finale will play out with the other characters," says our source. "They would literally give her directions like, ‘Now react to Stephanie Pratt being pregnant!’ Lauren would just giggle and go for it. She also had to pretend to react to a fake story line about Audrina and Brody hooking up."

Lauren wasn't the only one to film reaction scenes for the new season of The Hills. Audrina also shot a few:

Director: "Okay Audrina, you just found out that the Earth revolves around the Sun, now look SURPRISED."
Audrina: *Stares blankly*
Director: "Wonderful. Next, you just found out that Santa Claus isn't real, now look SAD." 
Audrina: *Stares blankly*
Director: "Great. Now impersonate the guy that actually hired you for this show."
Audrina: *Stares blankly*
Director: "Perfect!"