Battle of the Pratts: Should Stephanie 'Distance' Herself From Spencer And Heidi On The Hills?

Frankie's "Welcome Back Stephanie Pratt" party had every intention of being a sweet Hills homecoming for the younger Pratt sibling. Although, Steph's night turned to shambles -- plus it had everything mostly to do with a challenging conversation with brother Spencer and his spouse Heidi.


Throughout tonight's brand-new New Beginnings episode, Stephanie -- who previously confessed her main motivation for coming back to The Hills Los Angeles was to reconnect with her loved ones (including her nephew Gunner) -- admitted she was prepared to put the past in the past and "move on from it all" with Speidi. Although, Spencer was careful and had his guard very much up.


"I am certainly on high alert," he confessed in a separate interview. "Even though I know I've really worked on myself over the years and made a lot of personalized progress, I'm not so sure my sister has done the same, based on how she behaves on social media and routinely includes myself, Heidi and even my baby. If anything, I feel like she's gotten worse."


Hugs were exchanged any time the trio saw each other for the initial time, nevertheless the mood rapidly turned sour as soon as Spencer and Heidi departed Steph's appointed party area.


"This is my welcome house party -- it's strange she uttered to Justin Bobby and Whitney. And as soon as she approached Spencer, they both dropped the niceties immediately after she thanked him for showing up to the event) and put it all out on the table.


"I just don't know why it's so hard," she stated, whenever he responded with, "You talk non stop sh*t about myself, my spouse and even my newborn son."


A major source of pain for Stephanie?


"I noticed out you were having a baby on my birthday on the news. I noticed out on the f*cking news," she mentioned. Although, Spencer was quick to clarify that the life-changing announcement occurred the day after.


"And as an alternative opposed to being happy, what were you sad about? Oh, 'it was on my birthday.' You're the most self-centered person ever," he responded.


Which led to this exchange:


With that, Spencer stormed off -- and any time Heidi attempted to speak with Steph, the latter was not interested. Although that didn't stop Heidi from speaking her piece.


"Look, your whole family member has mentioned to us, 'We don't know what Stephanie's problem is; we don't know why she acts the way she does,'" Heidi told Steph matter of factly. "We love you."


Stephanie couldn't visualize Heidi's perspective and mentioned she would have never done the same thing. Although, Heidi defended her actions and added that Steph had tweeted "nasty stuff" about the couple and that they had done nothing although "love and embrace" her.


"All you are doing is attempting to create me look bad," Steph added. And, just like her brother, Steph abruptly exited the convo.


Audrina and Mischa were quick to comfort the lady of the night -- and Audrina, who has had her fair share of experiences with all the Pratts, suggested Steph a little bit of advice.


"I feel like you must cut them off, sort of a little she told a distraught Steph. "They're your family members, although you should distance yourself."


Will Stephanie heed Audrina's opinions, and is this the ideal move? Or should Stephanie persist and achieve her objective of reconnecting with her clan? Give your take, then keep watching Stephanie, Spencer, Heidi and the rest of the gang every Monday at 10/9c.