Kristin Cavallari says she learned a painful $250K lesson involving…

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAs promised, the reality star and the very expensive lesson.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorKristin Cavallari says two six-figure loans to her father were never repaid, which left her two hundred fifty thousand dollars in the hole.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe told her podcast he asked for the money when she was twenty-two and filming The Hills.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe says he probably promised to repay the first loan within six months, with interest.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSix months, with interest. That is the most optimistic sentence a father has ever said, and I say that as a professional optimist.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd then she lent him a second batch. She told Fox she objected, did it anyway, and called herself a sucker.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHer words were, "Talk about a bad business decision." She also says she didn't know how to set boundaries in her early twenties.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd have given him the money, the interest, and a fruit basket. That's the problem.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA fruit basket.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe now believes she will never see the money again, says she has made peace with it, and says money shouldn't be taboo for women to discuss.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich is lovely. Twenty-two-year-olds everywhere should hear it before their dads call about a sure thing.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA six-month promise from a man with no repayment record. Brilliant. Rex, who's paying whom on your end?