Kristin Cavallari Says She ‘Hates’ Seeing Headlines About Her Dating Life: ‘I’m a Real Person’ (Exclusive)

Kristin Cavallari isn’t immune to the news cycle.

The reality TV star, 38, first shot to fame when she was just 17 on MTV’s Laguna Beach, and she’s continued to receive media attention for the last two decades.

Despite her experience in the spotlight, Cavallari — who is making her return to reality TV when Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour premieres on June 4 — tells PEOPLE that she actually “hates” reading stories about herself.

“The headlines love to just put me in this box that has to do with men and sex. And I get it. I know it’s a game. It’s all about clickbait, but when it’s about you? I’m a real person. It affects me. It does,” she says in this week’s issue.

Cavallari is also the first to admit that she’s been open about her dating life in the past, “probably too much so.”

Last year, Cavallari made headlines for her 13-year age gap relationship with Montana Boyz TikToker Mark Estes, and on Bunnie Xo’s Dumb Blonde podcast in December, Cavallari said Morgan Wallen was “good in bed.”

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Still, Cavallari wishes more people understood that she has “s— going on other than who I’m dating.”

“How about a headline about me running a really successful business or what a good mom I am? These are real things,” she says. “But no, they would never write good headlines because they don’t get as many clicks, I guess.”

Cavallari shares her three children — sons Camden, 12, Jaxon, 11, and daughter Saylor, 9 — with her ex-husband, former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler. She’s also the founder of lifestyle and jewelry brand Uncommon James, which she launched in 2017, and hosts the popular podcast Let’s Be Honest.

“Those first couple of years, it was [my] passion and fire that made us successful in the beginning. And I always say to people, I didn’t go to college, but I have drive. I’m hardworking. Those things can’t be taught,” she says. “And so, if you have those things, you’re unstoppable. That’s what they can’t teach you in school, and I have those things.”

When she’s not busy working, Cavallari says she really is just focused on her kids.

“I’m going to basketball practice and games like every other parent. I’m at school. I was on a field trip last Friday. I am doing all the normal mom things,” she says. “And I think it’s probably good for people to see because I think people’s idea of me is very different than who I actually am.”

Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour will premiere Wednesday, June 4 at 10 p.m. ET with two back-to-back half-hour episodes on E!.