Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Former reality star Lauren Conrad is speaking out about her decision to step out of the spotlight. Conrad made waves when she walked away from The Hills, MTV’s massively successful spin-off of Laguna Beach, at the peak of her fame in 2009 — but the fashion designer recently revealed in a rare interview that she never planned to stay in front of the cameras. “I always looked at reality TV as a temporary thing to make my connections and then go on to my dream,” the 40-year-old told People for her cover interview. After five years on the Los Angeles-based show, Conrad left to focus on her fashion career instead and launched her first collection with Kohl’s later that year. Now living in her hometown of Laguna Beach with her husband, William Tell, and their two sons, Conrad said she prefers to exist …