Kristin Cavallari's NHL Player Ex Speaks Out on Their Private Romance

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Kristin Cavallari’s caller ex is coming clean.

After the Laguna Beach alum revealed she secretly dated Nate Thompson, the retired NHL subordinate admitted helium knew the disclosure was inevitable.

“I knew it was lone a substance of clip earlier things became public—that’s her world, that’s what she does,” helium said connected the April 1 occurrence of his Energy Line podcast, referring to Kristin’s beingness arsenic a nationalist figure. “Her podcast, obviously, arsenic you know, is beauteous big, and she talks astir her relationships, truthful I knew it was astir apt gonna travel retired eventually.”

While the 2 are nary longer dating, the 40-year-old hockey star—who shares lad Teague, 9, with ex-wife Cristin Stuart and girl Wylder, 2, with ex Sonni Pacheco—had precocious praise for Kristin, noting helium had “nothing atrocious to say” astir her, adjacent though helium “wouldn’t person called her [his] girlfriend.”

“She’s a chill person,” helium continued. “We had a bully time. Life is gonna beingness and it conscionable didn’t enactment out.”

As for Kristin—who is ma to kids Camden, 12, Jaxon, 10, and Saylor, 9, from her matrimony to Jay Cutler—she described her short-lived romance with Nate arsenic “one of the deeper relationships I've had, particularly successful specified a abbreviated magnitude of time.”

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Still, the world star—who besides clarified she didn’t see Nate a “boyfriend”—confessed determination was thing intangible missing from their connection.

“That attraction portion for maine has to beryllium truthful connected occurrence for maine to privation to beryllium with someone,” she explained connected the April 1 occurrence of her podcast, Let’s Be Honest. “This feline is simply a cleanable illustration of that, wherever I’m like, ‘Why can’t I autumn successful emotion with you?’ If I could take who I privation to autumn successful emotion with, I would prime you due to the fact that you’re specified an astonishing feline and we are firing connected each different cylinders.”

Keep speechmaking for much connected Kristin’s emotion beingness implicit the years.

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Stephen Colletti

You ne'er hide your archetypal love...especially erstwhile MTV's cameras are astir to papers each precocious and debased successful the melodramatic relationship. Viewers got to spot Kristin Cavallari and Stephen Colletti's emotion communicative play retired connected Laguna Beach for 2 seasons, with the pair, who began dating the twelvemonth earlier the amusement began filming, and Lauren Conrad delivering 1 of TV's large emotion triangles.

"We loved hard and fought hard. My narration with Stephen went from our ain precocious schoolhouse romance to the fodder of a hugely palmy tv show," Kristin wrote successful her 2016 book, Balancing successful Heels. "Stephen was the astir important happening successful my life, and determination was thing I cared astir more. I hated warring with him connected camera due to the fact that it felt similar I was airing each our soiled laundry."

While their romance couldn't marque it retired of precocious schoolhouse intact, the 2 person remained friends, with Kristin once telling E! News helium was down to marque an quality connected Very Cavallari.

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Talan Torriero

Speaking to E! News successful 2022, Laguna Beach's nonmigratory lothario Talan Torriero admitted that portion everyone was focused connected the LC-Stephen-KCav triangle, "The world is determination were truthful galore different storylines going connected down the scenes. Not adjacent with myself, but with Kristin oregon adjacent with Lauren. Lauren had different boyfriends portion she was precocious school, immoderate truly chill dudes that I cognize that ne'er wanted to beryllium connected the amusement oregon were connected the show."

As for his hot-and-cold romance with Kristin, "I volition accidental that earlier the amusement aired, determination were already relationships happening, oregon hookups, if you will," Talan clarified. "I didn't bent retired with Lauren until later, similar successful my 2nd play oregon something. Kristin, inferior and elder year, connected and off."

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Matt Leinart

In the play 2 premiere of Laguna, Stephen is devastated erstwhile helium learns Kristin has moved connected aft helium near for school, dating "Matt, this feline astatine USC."

This feline astatine USC would crook retired to beryllium Matt Leinart, USC's prima backmost who would spell connected to play successful the NFL. Matt ne'er ended up appearing connected the MTV deed and his romance with Kristin was short-lived.

The brace concisely sparked reconciliation rumors erstwhile they were spotted unneurotic successful Vegas successful 2008, but Kristin and Matt didn't officially huddle up again.

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Brody Jenner

While they would aboriginal fake a romance for The Hills' aboriginal seasons, Kristin and Brody Jenner did day years anterior soon aft her tenure connected Laguna Beach ended erstwhile they were introduced by Talan. 

"I dated Brody erstwhile I was 18, close aft Laguna Beach, actually, and that's it," she spilled connected Bethenny successful 2012. " And past connected the show, connected The Hills, they had america 'dating' for a fewer episodes."

Though they were connected and disconnected for astir a year, the brace were officially dunzo successful 2006. "It's conscionable hard close present due to the fact that I americium moving each the time," she told People. "We're inactive bully friends though."

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Nick Lachey

Kristin and 98 Degrees vocalist Nick Lachey sparked romance rumors erstwhile they were spotted unneurotic successful aboriginal 2006, a twelvemonth aft his high-profile divided from then-wife Jessica Simpson.

Kristin changeable down the rumors astatine the time, telling People, "There's thing to speech about, there's thing going on. He's a bully guy, but I'd person to accidental we're conscionable friends."

Though, arsenic she aboriginal admitted, she was simply trying to flight the sudden, glaringly blistery attention. 

"This was a wild time successful my life, due to the fact that I was, overnight, connected the screen of each tabloid," she shared connected a November 2024 episode of her Let’s Be Honest podcast. "I had truthful galore paparazzi pursuing my each move, waiting extracurricular of my house."

Fresh disconnected the extremity of his Newlyweds epoch with Jessica, "This was, like, the biggest happening successful 2006," she added. "It was a chaotic ride."

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Nick Zano

Shortly aft her romance with Brody fizzled out, Kristin began dating histrion Nick Zano, champion known for the WB sitcom What I Like About You.

Things were beauteous superior betwixt the two, with Kristin adjacent getting his initials tattooed connected her wrist. 

But erstwhile the brace called it quits successful December 2007, Kristin had the tattoo removed.

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Chris Evans

Back successful 2008, Kristin was reportedly dating the aboriginal Captain America aft The New York Post claimed she and Chris Evans were spotted "hooked up" astatine the opening of Cabana One astatine the Mayfair Hotel successful Miami.

Once again, Kristin had to sprout down rumors astir her ain dating life, telling Us Weekly, "I perceive that too! No, we're conscionable friends. I've known Chris for awhile, conscionable done communal friends. I've known him for a fewer years, actually."

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Miguel Medina

While Kristin was faking romances on-screen with Brody and Justin Bobby Brescia, she was really secretly dating idiosyncratic behind-the-scenes during her clip connected The Hills.

In 2010, Kristin was dating MTV camerman Miguel Medina, managing to support their narration a concealed adjacent from her co-stars Heidi Montag and Audrina Patridge.

"We dated for a fewer months and cipher knew," she revealed to her erstwhile co-stars successful an occurrence of Very Cavallari. "And I was dating Brody connected the amusement and like, meanwhile, Miguel was, like, filming it."

She past went connected to accidental their narration was exposed toward the extremity of their clip moving unneurotic due to the fact that "paparazzi got america astatine the airdrome a week earlier we wrapped the show. That's however we got caught."

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Jay Cutler

Shortly aft she wrapped her romance with Miguel, Kristin caught the oculus of then-Chicago Bears backmost Jay Cutler. While the jock made a large play a twelvemonth into their romance, proposing successful 2011, Kristin ended the narration a fewer months later, sharing successful her publication Balancing In Heels, that "a fewer things needed to change." 

Having decently diagrammed the Xs and Os, the brace welcomed lad Camden successful August 2012, joined successful June 2013 and went connected to adhd to their squad with lad Jaxon successful May 2014 and girl Saylor successful November 2015. Though they seemed to beryllium a coagulated team, Kristin has come cleanable astir their locker room dynamic since they announced the extremity of their marriage successful April 2020

"The scariest happening that I've ever done is get a divorce," she said on The School of Greatness podcast in 2022. "But it's been the champion happening that I've ever done and that has truly jumpstarted my travel connected self-love and figuring retired who I americium now."

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Jeff Dye

Following her divorcement from Jay, Kristin tried to find the comic with Los Angeles-based comedian Jeff Dye. But contempt exchanging those 3 small words during a January 2021 Instagram Live, "It was ne'er that superior to statesman with," an insider told E! News that March, announcing their split. "She was having fun." 

At slightest 1 of them was. "We didn't adjacent truly date," the comic recounted successful November 2024. "I'm gonna accidental that publicly. She made maine deliberation that I mightiness person a accidental with her. She treated maine similar a small puppy."

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Chase Rice

By August 2021, Kristin recovered a caller duet spouse successful state vocalist Chase Rice. "At the moment, it's inactive casual. It's new," the insider told E! News astatine the time. "She's been to 1 of his shows already and they're having fun."

But weeks later, it appeared the Nashville residents were enjoying solo acts, with Kristin sharing on Instagram, "I'm presently not dating anyone."

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Morgan Wallen

While the remainder of Kristin's emotion beingness is inactive unwritten, she came cleanable astir 1 chapter successful precocious 2024—her dalliance with state vocalist Morgan Wallen

"He's a large f--k buddy," Kristin said on a December episode of Bunnie XO's Dumb Blonde podcast. "He was bully successful bed."

And he's got immoderate creaseless moves retired of the chamber arsenic well. 

"The archetypal day that we went on, helium was a existent gentleman," she added, "and helium was like, 'I'll prime you up, I'll prime the place,' like, conscionable f--king handled business." And aft scoring a backstage country aft the venue they visited, "He kissed maine successful the rain," she revealed, "and it was the sweetest thing."

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Mark Estes

Though Kristin dubbed Montana Boyz TikTok prima Mark Estes “the champion boyfriend" she's ever had, she had to beryllium honorable astir however overmuch she struggled with their 13-year property gap

“I broke up with Mark due to the fact that I conscionable cognize agelong word it’s not right,” she shared connected her podcast successful October 2024, soon aft announcing the extremity of their seven-month romance. “It’s not due to the fact that of emotion mislaid oregon thing atrocious happened, nary 1 cheated, nary 1 was mean. No 1 did anything. Those breakups are ever the hardest, I think.”

Ultimately, though, “I conscionable cognize agelong word helium needs to acquisition life,” she explained. “He’s young, I mean, helium is. I started to consciousness the property a small spot conscionable with beingness experience. I look backmost connected erstwhile I was 24 and however overmuch beingness has happened for maine betwixt then. Those are important years; those are formative years. This is erstwhile you find yourself, and helium needs to beryllium capable to bash that.”

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Nate Thompson

Months aft teasing that she had been “dating” a retired athlete, Kristin confirmed she was referring to the erstwhile NHL subordinate connected her podcast successful April 2025.

“He's idiosyncratic who has done a batch of enactment connected himself, and we truly connected connected specified a heavy level,” she said, describing the romance arsenic “one of the deeper relationships I've had.”

Later that day, Nate addressed the relationship connected his ain podcast, Energy Line, echoing Kristin’s precocious praise.

“She’s a chill person,” helium gushed. “We had a bully time. Life is gonna beingness and it conscionable didn’t enactment out.”

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