Appearing in the office a couple days ago: Speidi! As in Spencer and Heidi, the blond-haired hydra from MTV’s The Hills and the bane of poor Lauren Conrad's nightmares. Heidi is soon to appear with Lauren and her Hills castmates on the cover of Rolling Stone (next cover stunt: Kim Jong-Il and Dick Cheney!), but she and her beau/svengali were in NYC for a fun week of snuggling, shopping and publicity — Tyra Banks' show, Nightline (yes, that Nightline), and Live with Regis and Kelly. In between, they joined us for a conference room snack and a Q & A with staff. Heidi wore (of course) Heidiwood, her new fashion line that made its debut last week. Spencer wore a suit and a sly grin.
Everyone likes to brag about how they don't care about or watch The Hills, but you wouldn't have known from the scene inside the conference room. You'd have thought Prince was playing a secret show with Led Zeppelin and the Pussycat Dolls. The joint was jammed to the rafters when Spiedi arrived, Nightline crew in tow, for our little chit-chat. It brought to mind that old Yogi Berra-ism: Nobody goes there anymore — it's too crowded.
Since I'm writing our cover story, I've had the pleasure of several Speidi sit-downs in the past couple weeks, but I'm glad everyone got to experience what I already know about the couple: they're world-class talkers, and may be the least inhibited two people in America. They'll happily talk to you endlessly and entertainingly about themselves, The Hills, Lauren Conrad, Whitney, Audrina, MTV, fashion, music (yes, they talked about that crazy "Higher" video Heidi made for three bucks), fame, money, power, politics and avante-garde Czech cinema. Okay, I'm kidding about the Czech cinema. But Speidi talks more than Charlie Rose and Chris Matthews after splitting a case of Red Bull. They're the exact opposite of most of today's celebrities, who act like they should get a medal if they reveal what they ate for breakfast.
I don’t want to give away dirt for our upcoming (and completely fantastic!) story but I'll let a few details slip. Spencer and Heidi are very much together and say they want to get married. They say that if Lauren Conrad didn't narrate The Hills, they’d have been hitched by now (they joked that if they got married on the show, LC's voiceover would be "Tonight on The Hills, Heidi makes the biggest mistake of her life.") Spencer told a funny story about a time he caught Heidi in a lip-lock with Chace Crawford, before Chace became the star of Gossip Girl and Spencer and Heidi went on to be Speidi. Heidi showed everyone her Heidiwood bag, which costs less than $60.
If it was just a Speidi charm offensive, it worked. But I bet a few people still went on the Internet message boards and anonymously wrote rude things. It is 2008, after all.
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Natalia | May 12, 2009 1:36 PM
Rolling Stones is now a magazine for everyone, not just for musical people... if you know what i mean... you cannot have it all, they're making a bigger deal with the whole population... not just the ones who enjoy rock. I think it's valid.
Heidi | May 20, 2008 9:42 PM
fuck that bitch with my name and fuck the magazine that puts her and her creepy boyfriend with the flesh colored beard on their cover.
Word? | May 5, 2008 10:51 AM
I LOVE THE HILLS! YEA YEA YEA
Josh | May 1, 2008 2:39 AM
I already cancelled my subscription. RS jumped the shark a while ago - this shouldn't be surprising.
I realize the Hills is popular, but so is a lot of other stupid shit. RS is supposed to be about whats important and cool, not what's mainstream.
Goodbye to a once great magazine.
Anonymous | April 29, 2008 11:48 AM
love heidi <3
LCM | April 27, 2008 7:20 PM
Man, you guys are possessive. I understand your loathsome attitude toward the voyeurism of the edited reality of "The Hills" and all like shows. But, like it or not (and I don't like it), it is a relevant part of our presently disorganized culture.
I think RS has a pretty good handle on what's "cover worthy" even if we disagree.
Discontinuing your subscription wouldn't do anything other than deprive yourselves of all the other important and informative pieces this magazine has to offer.
But, hey, to each his own.
huh? | April 23, 2008 9:23 PM
Is The Hills an album coming out by some group named Speidi? They sure don't look like musicians.
fuck the hills | April 22, 2008 3:58 PM
rolling stone is good for one thing, their political articles..and thats it...
scott | April 21, 2008 8:43 PM
i just threw up...and no, not one of those trendy "i just threw up in my mouth ones", I mean a wicked full on Bon Scott-John Bonham-Keith Moon hurl. RS sucks now, but we all know that anyway!
Anne | April 21, 2008 3:39 PM
You all can boycott this Hills issue all you want, you know it will probably, (unfortunately), be one of RS best selling covers in recent history.
Morgan | April 21, 2008 3:29 PM
hahahahahahahahhahaha- This is a joke, right?
Jordan | April 21, 2008 2:06 PM
Evidently this magazine is dying if they resort to putting MTV fame whores on their cover. That kind of stunt also makes RS magazine a whore, just a different brand of whore. Our culture is now littered with them. Whores, whores whores abound!
ryan | April 21, 2008 1:43 PM
Seriously, if I get my copy and either one of these two retards are on the cover, I'm cancelling.
Leo | April 21, 2008 1:31 PM
This crass couple of space wasters are now going to grace the cover of rolling stone? Well, it didn't stop RS from putting the cast of 90210 and even Melrose Place on the cover in the 90's. There is no bottom to the barrel of fatuous celebrity endorsement, at least as far as Rolling Stone is concerned.
Poindexter | April 21, 2008 11:37 AM
If RS places these two useless assholes on the cover, I will never purchase your magazine again. Promise.
thruhike828 | April 21, 2008 12:57 AM
cover? agh...guess i'm not surprised. Given the shit state this once great magazine has fallen upon.
chuck | April 20, 2008 5:25 PM
you'd better be joking about those fools being on the cover. how can you allow these absolutely talentless pains in the ass to be in the magazine? hopefully you're joking, but if not, no more rolling stone for me.
Insipid | April 19, 2008 7:43 PM
Ugh, nothing is more cring-worthy than this couple. Doesn't anyone see through these publicity whores? I honestly don't get the appeal.
Anonymous | April 19, 2008 4:49 PM
is this a joke?
michelle | April 19, 2008 2:34 PM
I actually agree with all of this and I don't mean to offend the writers, but "the Hills" isn't exactly the most intellectual and selfless tv show. However, I consider this magazine to be both intelligent and deeply interested in the issues that matter - instead of the tedious and obnoxious topics that float around much of the media today. I would hate to see it conform to the glamour-obsessed society we see today.
Lizz | April 19, 2008 11:55 AM
if that's not a joke i'm definitely cancelling my subscription.
What | April 19, 2008 12:39 AM
The cover? Did I read that correctly? Maybe we are being too idealistic, hoping that our once beloved music magazine would return to what made it so special to begin with. Or maybe we just want an institution that valued art and creativity to take a stand against this growing wave of mediocrity. Either way, I'll be passing up this issue.
Lance | April 18, 2008 11:49 PM
if you guys put them on the cover of you magazine, i will wipe my ass with it and send it back to you, and you can consider yourself one fan short
Raoul Duke | April 18, 2008 8:01 PM
Why hast thou foresaken me?
What the f*ck | April 18, 2008 4:58 PM
I hope the cover portion of this is a joke. I cancelled my subscription to Rolling Stone long ago and now only come around for the occasional interesting political article, but a friend pointed me to this and I couldn't believe it. If you actually put these no talent buffoons on the world's first great music magazine then consider your product dead.
WTF | April 18, 2008 2:56 PM
Didn't Hunter S. Thompson used to write for your magazine? Man, you guys suck these days.
OIivia | April 18, 2008 2:13 PM
ENOUGH ALREADY!!!
No. | April 18, 2008 12:03 PM
cover? boycott.
David | April 18, 2008 11:48 AM
"The Hills" don't deserve to be on the cover.
dave | April 18, 2008 8:22 AM
I think these people might just stay famous forever. Usually, people do something to get famous and then they stop being famous when they stop doing that thing or stop doing it well. These people did nothing to get famous in the first place. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if we remain consumed in a self-perpetuating orgy of half-ironic/half-curious LC/Heidi obsession until the end of the Republic.