The Hills alum Audrina Patridge’s relationship with singer Michael Ray keeps getting sweeter — and will even lead to a walk down the marriage aisle.
“I’m open to it,” Patridge, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly on Friday, May 1, while attending Calamigos Ranch Resort & Spa’s Leading Hotels of the World accreditation celebration.
“I feel if you find someone that truly clicks and makes you comfortable, and we’ve each been through divorces and all of that, I feel we all know what to not do and what we would like,” she added of the potential of getting engaged again.
Patridge was previously married to Corey Bohan, with whom she shares 9-year-old daughter Kirra, from 2016 to 2018. As for Ray, 38, he tied the knot with Carly Pearce in October 2019. The singers divorced one 12 months later.
Patridge and Ray confirmed their relationship in July 2024, though the previous reality TV star made it clear she’s in no hurry to say “I do.”
“We’re not rushing into anything. We just love one another and are taking it easy,” she told Us on Friday, offering a glimpse into her romance. “I feel like Michael could be very private. Once we are together, we’re just so present and we normally just stay in at the home or cook dinner.”
In line with Patridge, she even recently surprised her “amazing” boyfriend on his thirty eighth birthday late last month.
“I actually surprised him for his birthday on Wednesday, and flew out to Georgia and took him to this Dunya Camp, which is incredible,” she said. “It’s long distance. I’ll fly on the market, He’ll fly here. We make it work.”
Ray is currently based in North Carolina, while Patridge lives across the country in California together with her daughter.
“After I met Michael, it was very unexpected,” Patridge explained. “I used to be sort of in that mindset of, ‘I don’t need a man. I’m comfortable being alone. It’s me and my daughter, girl power. We’re gonna travel the world.’ After which I met Michael, and we just clicked with our chemistry. He’s my best friend and we’re inseparable.”
Long before finding love with Ray, Patridge rose to fame on MTV’s The Hills in 2006 alongside the likes of Lauren Conrad, Kristin Cavallari, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt. A lot of the OG forged returned for the network’s The Hills: Recent Beginnings in 2019.
“That was an entire different sort of show, [but] it was still fun,” Partridge told Us of the revival, adding that she is “open” to a different reunion down the road. “I’m not opposed. Now that I feel we’re all older, we’ve families [and] we’ve kids, our lives are very different than it was. It’s not as crazy and exciting at first.”