Jason Wahler, Alex Murrel, Jessica Smith. Shutterstock ; Courtesy of Alex Murrel/Instagram ; Courtesy of Jessica Smith/Instagram
Let the rain fall down — and stir the pot! Laguna Seashore alum Alex Murrel broke down her highschool love triangle with Jason Wahler and Jessica Smith, teasing that it wasn’t as actual as viewers thought.
“It was very contrived. They knew that there was a storylines they usually constructed upon these and timelines had been cut up and lower aside,” Murrel, 35, solely advised Us Weekly on November 1, noting that the identical went for Kristin Cavallari, Stephen Colletti and Lauren Conrad’s onscreen drama throughout season 1. “As a result of it was shot like a cleaning soap opera just about, it was laborious for viewers to, like, perceive if it was actuality or actual.”
The Mox Company cofounder raised eyebrows throughout season 2 of the MTV collection, which aired in 2005, when she took Wahler, now 35, to their Winter Formal dance whereas he was nonetheless courting Smith, additionally 35.
As soon as the “Let the Journey Start” podcast cohost and Smith referred to as it quits on their romance, he rapidly moved on with Murrel, however the advertising and marketing guru advised Us the timeline wasn’t precisely what it appeared.
“It simply sort of blurred these strains ’trigger [the show] was the primary of its form,” Murrel stated whereas selling Laguna Seashore‘s Netflix debut. “There was these [love triangle] story strains [and] issues occurred, however I feel, like, with the enhancing, it actually sort of piecemeal issues collectively that possibly weren’t, like, one hundred percent.”
Following the present, which included a 3rd season that aired in 2006, the kids grew up and located love outdoors of actuality TV.
Murrel married Kyle Johnson in October 2014. The couple share three sons: Levi, 6, Kase, 4, and Rome, 19 months. Jason, for his half, wed Ashley Wahler (née Slack) in October 2013. The twosome share daughter Delilah, 5, and son Wyatt, 16 months.
Smith, who was one in every of Cavallari’s finest associates on seasons 1 and a couple of of the MTV present, at present lives in Texas along with her husband and their 4 children.
Trying again on the childhood drama, Murrel confessed that she and Jason don’t usually discuss their transient fling, however they do keep in contact.
“I really like Jason’s spouse, Ashley. I imply, Jason and I possibly, like — and that is the place it may be contrived — we, like, dated for … [it was a] highschool relationship,” the Newport Seashore, California, resident advised Us earlier this month. “It was, like, every week or two after which that bought piecemealed.”
Murrel concluded: “We had been associates first, at all times, after which associates after. We’re married [and have] children [so] there’s no motive to speak about any of that anyway. We giggle about it, that’s for certain.”
Laguna Seashore seasons 1 and a couple of hit Netflix on Friday, November 11.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
