I think she probably got on as a favor because Spencer and Hugo mentioned that they were both friendly with Spencer Pratt when he and Brody Jenner were plotting and messing things up on The Hills with their producing antics. Spencer and Hugo saw that and wanted to do a similar sort of show/drama hence MIC.Maybe Stephanie needed a fake story line? Who knows.
I never understood why she joined the cast for her 'fake' move to London. There must have been a reason I forgot about.
There are plenty of people lining up to get on MIC. I agree she wasn't treated very well.
Found her to moan quite often, surely she could have received work back in Los Angeles.
SO my other inquiry, did Stephanie really have a genuine friendship with Lucy?
I don't think she would have found much work. I am in North America so I remember how big Laguna Beach and The Hills/The City were. Stephanie was old news by the time she popped up on MIC with her Madonna esque British accent. Most of the cast from The Hills besides LC was falling into irrelevancy during that time period.
I think Stephanie and Lucy kept it cordial. Lucy seemed very empathetic when Stephanie posted about how the producers and Josh did her really dirty during the break up scene. Apparently Stephanie had no idea the break up was coming and said she had been all lovey dovey with him that same morning or something. Other cast like Louise also commented on the post that they had horror stories to share about how horrible production was.
Stephanie seems very self involved though so I can see why Lucy probably doesn't vibe with that. The one person she actually seems to be close with from the cast is Alex Mytton's ex Nicola Hughes.