Getting buttered up.

Today’s New York Post Page Six is reporting that Laguna Beach’s Kristin Cavallari was caught up close and personal with Scott Sartiano, ex-boyfriend of Ashley Olsen, at Butter, the club he co-owns, on Monday night. Which is interesting, given she’s been all over town professing her love for even-less-of-a-celebrity-than-Brittny-Gastineau Brody Jenner and he’s been recently linked to at-least-10-years-younger-and-not-yet-even-21–and old-enough-to-legally-go-to-bars Michelle Trachtenberg. But on Monday night, seems neither Brody nor Michelle were around to participate in the festivities/to witness the rumored candooling. When asked about the hook up, Scott’s representative denied any romance between his client and Kristin, claiming the two are just friends.

Or are they…? Perhaps this is part of the New York Post’s master plan to manipulate its readers, similar to how the producers of Laguna Beach supposedly did per the recent article in Time Magazine? For those of you who missed it, the Time exposé claims that the season one love triangle between Kristin, Stephen and LC didn’t actually exist at all, but was really a result of some slick editing and liberties taken by story editors. While LB producers don’t entirely deny their involvement in shaping various plot lines, including the triangle, they maintain they didn’t create any story from footage that wasn’t already there in some way, shape or form. No ifs, ands or buts. Dunzo!