Heidi Montag "Needed a Break" From Hollywood

Heidi Montag is back!

In a Monday appearance on Lopez Tonight, the 24-year-old reality star opened up about why she took six months out of the spotlight.

"I needed a break after such a crazy six years of my life," she said. "And [from] being in L.A. and Hollywood… I've been with my puppies and my husband. It's low-key."

The ex-Hills star said even though much of her relationship hubby Spencer Pratt, 27, has played out on reality TV, she wouldn't recommend other young people to follow in her footsteps without reservations. "It's hard," she said. "[But] it's fun. I would never discourage any one from following their dreams and their passion, and obtaining any kind of success is great."

So what's bringing Montag back into the public eye after this half-year hiatus? She's one of seven celebrities starring in VH1's new reality show Famous Food. She explained: "We started a restaurant from scratch. There's seven celebrities...We have to find wallpaper and decorate it, and [find] a menu -- and I found the chef!"

Other Famous Food contestants include Real Housewives of New Jersey's Danielle Staub and The Bachelor's Jake Pavelka.

"We are all potential owners or whatever," she said. "And at the end, maybe one person might get chosen to be a partner in the restaurant, and then maybe no one will get chosen."

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Heidi Montag's "Lopez Tonight" Appearance

Former Hills star Heidi Montag made an appearance on Lopez Tonight last night. She talked about Spencer, gives tips for avoiding the paparazzi, and reveals what she's been doing the last few months. Plus, George asks Heidi what she would've done differently.

Heidi also talked about her reality TV obsession and her secret weapon on her new VH1 show Famous Foods.

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Khloe Kardashian: Security Checks Like Rape

Khloe Kardashian has joined the public outcry against ramped-up, touchy-feely security screenings at airports around the country.

"They basically are just raping you in public," Kardashian, 26, complained Monday on Lopez Tonight.

"I got asked the other day, do you want to go for a screening or get padded down," the reality star said. "I don't want that X-Ray to see everything, honey!"

But the pat-down didn't go so well.

"The people are so aggressive! It's like, 'Chill out, you didn't find anything on me yet, calm down,'" she said. "They say, 'OK, I'm going to be patting you down and I'm going to be touching the crease of your ass.' That is so inappropriate!"

Many non-celebs object to those pat-downs, too. Last month, John Tyner became a viral video star when he videotaped his tense encounter with TSA agents in a San Diego airport. Tyner's now-famous outcry to an agent performing a pat-down: "If you touch my junk, I will have you arrested."

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Lauren Conrad's "Lopez Tonight" Interview

Author, fashion designer, and former "Hills" star Lauren Conrad talks about being chased by monkeys, and describes the danger of playing Twister in extremely low-rise jeans.

Lauren  answered your Twitter questions live onstage in an exclusive online video.

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VIDEO: Audrina Patridge On Lopez Tonight

Audrina Patridge and her partner, Tony Dovolani, give George's audience at Lopez Tonight a little taste of what to expect on the upcoming season of "Dancing with the Stars."

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Kim & Kourtney Kardashian: “Lopez Tonight” Ladies

Stepping out for a promotional appearance, Kim and Kourtney Kardashian were spotted dropping by “Lopez Tonight” last night (August 24).

The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” babes chatted about the fifth season of their hit reality show, and Kim even talked a bit about her buddy Justin Bieber.

When asked of she’d date the “Baby” singer, provided he old enough, Kim said, “Yeah, if he was legal age. He definitely has this swag to him.”

And as for her Elle magazine spread with Justin, Kim noted, "I thought the shoot was all in fun, we had a good time. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on it."

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