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It turns out, Brescia's ex-girlfriend Audrina Patridge was entirely responsible for the mix up with his name.
"I knew Audrina before the show, she worked at [a studio] where we were doing hair for a music video," he explained. "She knew me as Justin Brescia. When she asked me to film [The Hills] I said that I didn’t want my birth name on the show. [I told her] 'let’s just say Bobby, because my middle name is Robert.'"
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She agreed to call him Bobby, but when it came time to film, Patridge, 29, struggled to get it right.
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"Audrina was saying Bobby for a while, and I was like thank you, I appreciate it," Brescia, 32, said. "Then she started slipping and saying Justin. So then we start doing takes, and [the producers] hear on the walkies, Justin, Bobby, Justin Bobby, and they’re like… 'who the f–k are we talking to?'"
The pair dated for a month but his wandering eye caused their split in November 2006. In the premiere of the most recent season, Jenner and Conrad almost rekindled their relationship but his prompt rebound with a new girlfriend ended that. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters Please enter a valid email. […]
And the rest was history!
After years of an on-again, off-again relationship, Brescia and Patridge split. She is currently dating BMX biker Corey Bohan.