Okay, so this post isn’t really a recap post of last night’s ep of The Hills (that is yet to come) but it does concern the events that transpired in last night’s episode. You may recall that a few weeks ago, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt appeared on the cover of US Weekly magazine announcing to the world that they had eloped and were married in a quickie wedding in Mexico. After scrambling to shoot video footage of the couple’s supposed nuptials in Mexico, MTV hastily broadcast re-staged scenes of the events leading up to the “wedding” on last week’s episode of The Hills and showed preview footage of this week’s ep that appeared to show the couple standing before a judge in SoCal presumably legalizing the wedding they had in Mexico. After a bit of investigating, it was determined that no marriage license was ever filed for the couple anywhere in Los Angeles county calling into question the legality of the marriage … in response, Spencer went on Ryan Seacrest’s radio program and staunchly defended the legality of his marriage to Heidi. On last night’s ep of The Hills, we finally learned the truth … the couple DID NOT legalize their wedding after returning to LA, balking at “the last minute” so that the pair could enjoy a real dream wedding sometime in the future. Yes, folks … it was ALL a SHAM!

In the final minutes of The Hills season finale, Spencer nixed his plan to legalize his Mexican wedding to Heidi Montag – at least for now. After eloping in a Mexican ceremony on November 19, Heidi and Spencer both vowed to make their union legal stateside. Pratt told Ryan Seacrest recently they had done just that by marrying again in a Beverly Hills courthouse. Pratt said to Seacrest on his radio show: “We checked the confidentially box, so good luck [finding our marriage license] people!” The Associated Press questioned the legality because the judge shown in the trailer doesn’t sit on the bench at the Los Angeles Superior Court, and civil wedding ceremonies are usually performed in chambers instead of courtrooms. At the time, a MTV spokesperson told Usmagazine.com in a statement: “MTV crews captured Heidi and Spencer at the Beverly Hills Courthouse with the Deputy Commissioner who handles all civil unions. We filmed after hours at the request of the courthouse so our cameras would not inconvenience other couples getting married that day.” But in the end, it was their families that convinced Spencer not to follow through with the quickie courthouse ceremony. During the finale, Heidi’s mom, Darlene, told Spencer, “I know you manipulated and plotted this whole wedding. It’s too fast, too much. You know she had dreams of a bigger wedding. I can’t let you go to the courthouse and make this wedding legal.” Last month, Darlene Egelhoff told Us Weekly that she didn’t trust Spencer. “He’s manipulative and seems to have power over Heidi. I would like to see a blood test from Mexico. It wouldn’t surprise me if he had her drugged.” Pratt responded on Seacrest’s radio show, “I am sure she is just hurt and reacting crazy because she wasn’t there.” Spencer’s sister, Stephanie also had a strong opinion about the civil ceremony, telling him, “”You can’t do this. She’s going to regret this. I think this is wrong.” Finally, in front of Deputy Commissioner, Donna Jones, Heidi proclaims, “I, Heidi, take thee Spencer to be my lawfully wedded husband for better or for worse for as long as we both shall live.” After a tense few seconds, Spencer pauses, and tells Montag, “I feel like we’re doing something sneaky and shady.” As Montag begins to cry, she says, “Of course I want my mom here.” Pratt responds, “I just want to give you the wedding of your dreams that you have been talking about for three years. I’ll deal with it It’s worth it to be with you the rest of my life. We’ll do it the way you want, I’m sorry, I love you so much.”

I mean … yeah … not really that big a shock to me. That the couple would go to such lengths to fake a wedding and milk the media attention to the fullest is not at all a surprise to me at all. For the most part, we all ate it up hook, line and sinker … so, in the end, I guess they win. Truth be told, I think I’m glad that the couple managed to pull off (at least for a while) their sham marriage … it kept things interesting and managed to make this season of The Hills a wee bit more compelling. While none of it was anywhere near the realm of believability … it was entertaining. That said, I think I’m done with the show. I’m sure this isn’t the last we’ll be hearing of the Speidi wedding … I’m pretty sure the couple plans to stay relevant in the media for as long as possible. I suppose we can only guess what’s to come from the couple in 2009. Whatever they’ve got planned, I’m sure it’ll be as “legal as the ring on [Spencer's] finger”.

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