Kristin Cavallari says 2020 was ‘one of best years of my life’… even though she split from spouse

Most people have said 2020 was one of the worst years of their life thanks to the death of Kobe Bryant, the spread of COVID-19 and a tumultuous presidential election that has yet to be called.

But Kristin Cavallari stated on Tuesday – her 34th birthday – that 2020 was one of the best years of her life.

‘I feel like I’m back to my old self and it feels really damn good,’ the blonde beauty said in an Instagram post where she was enjoying wine over dinner.

Happy at last: Most people have said 2020 was one of the worst years of their life thanks to the death of Kobe Bryant, COVID-19 and a tumultuous presidential election. But Kristin Cavallari states on Tuesday – her 34th birthday – that it was one of the best years of her life

From an outsider’s point of view it seems like 2020 was awful for her.

It was the year she split from her husband Jay Cutler, a former football player.

And it was also the year that saw the cancellation of her reality TV series Very Cavallari, which helped elevate her brand Uncommon James.

’33 was a crazy year to say the least,’ Cavallari said in her caption. ‘The ups and downs, highs and lows.’

Good to be 34: 'I feel like I’m back to my old self and it feels really damn good,' the blonde beauty said in her Instagram post. Seen with 'Jaxy'

Good to be 34: ‘I feel like I’m back to my old self and it feels really damn good,’ the blonde beauty said in her Instagram post. Seen with ‘Jaxy’

She had a great time: The siren said she was 'spending my birthday with my favorite people'

She had a great time: The siren said she was ‘spending my birthday with my favorite people’

A little vino never hurt anyone: In this image the Laguna Beach veteran held up a glass of wine

A little vino never hurt anyone: In this image the Laguna Beach veteran held up a glass of wine

The TV star then added, ‘But I can honestly say it was one [of] the best years of my life. Lots of growth and opportunity. I feel like I’m back to my old self and it feels really damn good. This is 34.’

The year 2020 also saw a new romance with comedian Jeff Dye.

This comes after her nemesis Shannon Ford revealed exactly how she was fired from the reality TV show Very Cavallari. 

On Tuesday she shared her story in great detail on Dear Media’s Not Skinny But Not Fat, leaving little out. The reality TV villain on the E! show said she went from being under Kristin’s wing to being frozen out, adding she has not talked to the blonde bombshell since she left the set of the now canceled show.

And 27-year-old influencer also touched on that boozy video with Kristin’s estranged husband Jay Cutler. 

At home with one of her three children: She posed for a mirror selfie with one of her kids

At home with one of her three children: She posed for a mirror selfie with one of her kids

Just the five of us: Kristin was with her three kids and dog before she went out for dinner

Just the five of us: Kristin was with her three kids and dog before she went out for dinner

In November, Jay posted a video with Ford in Charleston. It was shared only seven months after he split from Kristin.

But Ford said that did not hit the bar to meet Jay, but rather her agent.  ‘People don’t realize this, I was with my mom and my grandma,’ she said of being with Jay in a video.

‘That video didn’t show my mom and my grandma were there. That’s how not spicy it was.’  

She ‘doesn’t know the reasons’ Cutler posted the clip. 

Done: From an outsider's point of view it seems like 2020 was awful for her. It was the year she split from her husband Jay Cutler, a former football player. Seen in 2017

Done: From an outsider’s point of view it seems like 2020 was awful for her. It was the year she split from her husband Jay Cutler, a former football player. Seen in 2017

She added, ‘I didn’t post it. I didn’t look thirsty. When I got there, I put my phone very far away because I thought they might think like, “Oh Shannon will love this. She’ll love nothing more than attention and I wanted to be like, the cool girl that genuinely was enjoying a drink with her friend and Jay.”‘  

Ford – who was the social media director of Uncommon James – also said she was  very close to Jay and Kristin outside of working. 

‘The brand originally started in her home [in 2017], like, we were in her living room everyday working. I don’t know anything about like them together, but I only just viewed them as parents.’

She added: ‘There are three small children who have parents that are divorcing and that’s sad. I just genuinely mean that. That was, like, actually my thoughts on it. I’m sad — not sad if they don’t want to be together, then I’m happy that they’re figuring that out separately. But I’m sad that it’s very public and that they have children.’

She has moved on: Since her split from Jay, Kristin has been posting sexy bikini photos

But it all for business: The star has been modeling Uncommon James

She has moved on: Since her split from Jay, Kristin has been posting sexy bikini photos

And after she was fired, Ford said Cavallari told her she could not post to Instagram about certain brands.

‘I was 23 and needed the money,’ said Ford, who is now 27. She added that Kristin and Jay Cutler were already millionaires so she didn’t think they should prohibit her from making money. 

Ford said Cavallari allegedly claimed the brand deals were a ‘direct violation’ of their non-compete agreement, and Shannon gave Kristin her lawyer’s number. 

Ford said she has not watched Very Cavallari since she was kicked off. 

New love? And Kristin has reportedly been dating comedian Jeff Dye; seen in 2018

‘I got like really obsessive, really obsessive over being like, who’s going to be the next breakout star,’ she said. ‘Who’s going to get the most popular or the girls that are still on it. Gonna get more followers than me. Like I was like, I was at a point in my life where my friends were like, Hey. Yes, stop that.’ 

Kristin and Shannon were close friends, but then Ford was frozen out.

‘She stopped texting me and she started emailing me. And I was like, this feels like a paper trail,’ she said. ‘What the f**k? I was like, I don’t know. It just, it’s getting weird. And then like, it was just very odd.’

Host Amanda Hirsch said, ‘All of a sudden, she went from being super nice to you and like here’s your stage to being weird.

Ford added, ‘I really don’t think I want to use the word jealous. I think she was just like bothered that I was so. I felt so at home. She was my mentor for so long. I mean like literally like a big sister to me, like helping me through everything. I think a lot of people, a lot of my friends, like a lot of people would be like, girl, she was so jealous of you. And I’m like, no, I don’t think she was jealous of me.

‘I think she was just like, know your f***ing place bitch. And I think I was like, I know my f***ing place. And I think that we have very similar personalities.’  

There was a chance she maybe was too good on the show. 

‘I was very good at my job… Like I knew I was good at it, but it was like a, it was like college all over for me where like every report card I’ve received since I was in fourth grade is like, she has so much potential, but she just won’t apply herself.

‘So like, as soon as Kristen would light a fire under my a**, I’d be like, look at all this stuff I can do. And she’d be like, damn wait. That’s fantastic. And then I’d be like, okay, cool. She’s Gucci for a second. And then I would like. Go off. And I was 22. Like I, when I worked for always, literally 22 and when the show aired, I was 23, like I would just like go off and like get drunk with my friends and she’d be like, you didn’t post this and I’d be like, Oh, here’s 18 other important, like better ideas.

‘And she’s be like, Those are good ideas, but you got to start posting more.’

Dishing doll: Cavallari’s former friend Shannon Ford has revealed exactly how she was fired from the reality TV show Very Cavallari. On Tuesday the 27-year-old influencer shared her story in great detail on Dear Media’s Not Skinny But Not Fat , leaving little out; seen in 2019

Dishing doll: Cavallari’s former friend Shannon Ford has revealed exactly how she was fired from the reality TV show Very Cavallari. On Tuesday the 27-year-old influencer shared her story in great detail on Dear Media’s Not Skinny But Not Fat , leaving little out; seen in 2019

Hirsch then asked Ford why she got kicked off.

‘I got fired in real life. That happened to be like filmed for the TV show, which I knew I was going to get fired from,’ she said. 

Ford said she heard during a workout class from a friend of a friend that she was ‘not going to be around much longer.’ 

And she felt it was coming. 

‘Kristin had already messaged me like the day before and been like, Hey girl, I’d love to have you come in and just have a catch-up cameras are going to be there, but we’re just catching up about stuff,’ she said.

Not flirting: She even mentioned Kristin's estranged husband Jay Cutler whom Ford was accused of flirting with. In November, Jay posted a video with Ford in Charleston. But Ford said that did not hit the bar to meet Jay, but rather her agent. 'People don’t realize this, I was with my mom and my grandma,' she said of being with Jay in a video

Not flirting: She even mentioned Kristin’s estranged husband Jay Cutler whom Ford was accused of flirting with. In November, Jay posted a video with Ford in Charleston. But Ford said that did not hit the bar to meet Jay, but rather her agent. ‘People don’t realize this, I was with my mom and my grandma,’ she said of being with Jay in a video

Power struggle? As far as her allegedly flirting with Jay, Ford said she would find it very hard to believe that Kristin would be jealous of her. 'I think she was just, I think she was not expecting me to just completely like, be so cool with it. Like, I was like, this is now my role and I'm killing it in this'; Kristin with co-stars on Very Cavallari

Power struggle? As far as her allegedly flirting with Jay, Ford said she would find it very hard to believe that Kristin would be jealous of her. ‘I think she was just, I think she was not expecting me to just completely like, be so cool with it. Like, I was like, this is now my role and I’m killing it in this’; Kristin with co-stars on Very Cavallari

‘And I wrote back like, is everything okay? And she was like, She was like, yeah, girl, we just, I know, you know, this, like you’ve been slacking a little bit. We’re just going to have a couple of real conversations. But at the end of the day, like, yeah, girl, you’re good. And I was like, okay. And then that girl told me that and I was like, Hmm.’

Ford called Kristin to catch her off guard. 

‘So she couldn’t like lie or make something up. Just call her and ask her, like, are you firing me?’ said Shannon.  

‘I literally said. If you’re going to fire me, I, I swear I will cry. I will throw something because me here for the television, I was like, I will do whatever you want me to do. Just like tell me straight up. You’re going to fire me. So I know because as a friend, I feel like you owe that to me. She was like, Hey, wait. Uh, okay, hold on. Wait girl. Sorry. Hold on.’