Talan Torriero Says ‘Laguna Beach’ Fans Will Be Shocked by His Life as a Dad in Nebraska: ‘Quite a Change’
06.11.2022 - 18:35
/ usmagazine.com
This is growing up! Talan Torriero was known as one of the resident heartthrobs of Laguna Beach, so he thinks fans might be surprised to learn what he’s doing now.
“They’re gonna be pretty shocked to know I live in Nebraska,” the former MTV star, 36, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, November 2, ahead of Laguna Beach coming to Netflix. “Quite a change. I could never imagine myself being an 18-year-old kid filming a reality show on the beach in Orange County living in Nebraska, let alone even knowing where Nebraska was on a map. But I’m loving my life.”
The California native shares son Bronson, 5, and daughter Hudson, 23 months, with wife Danielle Torriero, whom he wed in June 2014.
“We’re building our dream house, which I’m super excited to show more people that,” Talan told Us. “But yeah, life is good. Life is normal.”
The former reality star explained that he and his family decided to settle down in Nebraska because his wife grew up there. “It was my idea, though, to move here,” Talan told Us. “When we started dating, I think it was in her plan to live in California maybe, or maybe one day move back. But as we started thinking more about kids and our lifestyles, Nebraska just made more sense.”
Though the Cornhusker State is miles and miles away from Orange County, Talan’s eldest child still knows about his dad’s Laguna Beach past — kind of.
“He knows what TikTok is because people are mentioning to him, ‘You know, your dad’s on TikTok,'” he explained. “From there it went to, ‘Well, why do people follow you on TikTok?’ And we watched an episode of the show, and he just thought it was, like, kind of weird. But I don’t think he fully [grasps] it yet.”
Laguna Beach wrapped up in 2006, but the show has been making