Kristin Cavallari and pal Justin Anderson are finally home after month-long isolation in the Bahamas

Justin Anderson, who appears on the E! reality show “Very Cavallari” and is best friends with Kristin Cavallari, tells Yahoo Entertainment he was quarantined on a private island with his fiancé Austin “Scoot” Rhodes, Cavallari, her husband Jay Cutler and the couple's three kids for nearly a month. “We didn’t know what was happening in the world,” he explains. “It got to the point where we were like are we safer here or should we head back home? The group faced major social media backlash for their ill-timed vacation. On April 7, they all made it home to Tennessee. Cavallari confirmed their return on her Instagram story saying, “We had a short window to get out of the Bahamas so we jumped all over it.”

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JUSTIN ANDERSON: Kristin is my biggest blond [INAUDIBLE].

KRISTIN CAVALLARI: He's also one of my best friends. But we've always had a little brother, big sister kind of friendship.

JUSTIN ANDERSON: Big sister right here.

[LAUGHS]

KRISTIN CAVALLARI: Exactly.

JUSTIN ANDERSON: Yeah, I was in the Bahamas for a month with Kristin, her husband, my partner, and their kids. We'd gone down there just like a trip. We went out for vacation for spring break. We didn't know what was happening the world. And at that time, nobody knew what was happening. Everything was happening really, really fast day by day.

And it got to the point where we were kind of like, wait, are we safer here or should we head back home. And at that time, we were on this private island. We were in a private residence. There was nobody around. And it felt safe to be there.

But the longer we were there, we were like, OK, stuff is getting serious. We need to find a way to get home. And then that became our goal, was just getting ourselves back home to quarantine. So here we are.

There was a point when we were down in the Bahamas and we were watching what was happening on the news. I was afraid to come home. I mean, at that time, home was way worse than where we were at in the Bahamas. So it just felt safe to stay put until we found out what was going on.

But everything is just happening-- I mean, hour by hour it's just getting scarier and scarier. So at that point, we just wanted to get home. I don't want anyone to think that I'm complaining. The Bahamas was lovely. I had a great time. I was with good company.

But there's nothing quite as nice as just your own bed and having all the luxuries of your own home. So I was happy to get home and just be back in my space. And also this time, it's scary out there. So you don't want any change. You just want to feel what's familiar to you, be in your spot where everything feels familiar. So I'm happy to be home.