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Audrina Patridge leaving The Hills

In May we learned that Lauren Conrad was planning to exit The Hills once and for all, and now cast member Audrina Patridge is following her lead.

On Sunday the 24-year-old star told reporters that she is presently finishing up three episodes of the MTV show before starting on her next project.

“It feels like I’m graduating,” she said at an event for her new movie Sorority Row. “I’m taking the next step and growing up and maturing and moving on in my life.”

Although Audrina is leaving her cast mates behind and is working on a reality show of her own with Survivor producer Mark Burnett, she will always be grateful for her time spent on The Hills.

“I feel like it’s helped me a lot going to auditions and sitting in front of the camera… blocking the camera out and just getting into character,” she stated.

Make sure to check out the upcoming season of The Hills, sans Patridge, airing September 29 on MTV. (Usmagazine.com)

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