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The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Dates rejected me for being a Playmate, but men who queue for Lily Phillips & Bonnie Blue are worse, says Holly Madison
HOLLY Madison was a 22-year-old girl when she became a playmate, thinking it would give her the chance to have a better life. But now, aged 41, Holly has revealed the struggles she faced while dating to the Playboy mogul, who was 53 years her senior, Hugh Hefner. 4 Holly Madison opens about what it was really like living in the Playboy Mansion Credit: A&E 4 She revealed men often rejected her for being a Playmate in the past Credit: Getty 4 Holly also opened up on what she though of Bonnie Blue and Lily Phillips' stunts Credit: Getty Speaking on She revealed that after leaving the Holly explained: "There were a lot of people who wanted to date me, but I think in a very superficial way. I think it was like, 'Oh, I want to date that hot girl on the Billboard right there and then tell my friends about it.' READ MORE REAL LIFE STORIES "I would say the most challenging thing is that people would get together with me, knowing exactly what my history was, and then they would all of a sudden have a problem with it. "After our relationship got serious, they'd get really jealous. They'd come up with all these imaginary scenarios in their heads about what could have possibly went on." Despite the string of insecure and jealous men she dated, Holly says the men lining up to bed controversial OnlyFans creators anonymous . Speaking on the topic with podcast hosts Michael and Lauryn, Holly agreed that the line of men also 'rattle her' as they choose to be anonymous instead of being open about sexual relations. Most read in Fabulous "I want to know what guys are in the Lily Phillips line, just kidding." "All these guys, line up and they have ski masks on to partake, because they want to be anonymous," she added. We lived in the 'glam' Playboy mansion as Hugh's girlfriends - we'd get 'replaced' if we were ever sick & the furniture looked like local charity shop buys Mansion Madness From the outside, being a Playmate looked glamorous - hanging with A-list celebrities and partying with your friends all day long. But Holly said the reality was completely different and said it was a 'toxic' environment. She said: "I feel like unfortunately mine is a lot of bad memories, especially in the first four years I lived there. "It was just a hellhole. It was like none of the girls got along. It was super toxic." Facts you didn't know about the Playboy Mansion Girlfriends vs Playmates Rumour has it that Hugh Hefner would have two to a dozen "girlfriends" living with him at a time. These girlfriends are not to be confused with Playmates. Each girlfriend had their own room, but one 'special lady' was named as girlfriend number one and stayed with Hef in his room. Each girlfriend received a $1,000 (£760) weekly bonus "allowance." Hef's Wild side The Playboy mansion was home to a private zoo. It was one of very few private residences that actually has a zoo license. Hefner was a fan of birds. Among his collection - many of which roamed the grounds - were peacocks, macaws, flamingos, toucans and ducks. The Elvis Legend Within the mansion was a secret room, called 'The Elvis Room.' Legend has it that the King himself, Elvis Presley, had a little slumber party in the room with up to eight eager bunnies. She continued: "I can't explain to you how embarrassing that whole routine was, especially as we got later down the road when there was a lot of conflict with the other girls. "You're literally sitting there naked having sex in front of a group of people who hate you and talk s**t about you while you're having sex," Holly said. "I thought that we were going to be like BFFs and it was going to be so much fun and I thought that it was going to be like total slumber parties and like hanging out in each other's rooms and borrowing clothes and just like really fun," said Holly. Speaking on her podcast, The Girls Next Door, with fellow Playmate Bridget Marquardt revealed the glam person of the house was nothing like reality. In the early 2000s, Bridget recalled, the mansion ''was the place to be''. ''Everyone wanted to be there - every celebrity, every girl that I knew of wanted to be a part of it, wanted to be a Playmate, go to the parties. ''They had the best parties in the world there. ''It's the place that you wanted to go and you wanted to be seen, and you wanted to be a part of that whole lifestyle.'' But while the A-listers were living the high life, Hugh's girlfriends ''were required to sit at the table the whole time and ask if you needed to get up to go to the bathroom''. She added: ''You could dance a little - but you were kind of greeting everybody [...], so we definitely didn't feel free.'' 4 Holly and Bridget spent time in the mansion together Credit: Getty Top Grades Those who had made it into the villa would also have Polaroids taken during the many star-studded bashes - which Hugh, who passed away at 91, would then grade from A to D. ''D - you're not invited back, C - you're maybe on the big party list, B - you're on all the party lists, A - you get invited to the pool parties and stuff like that,'' Holly revealed. But the graded snaps, the pair said in a recent podcast, were the least of their worries. Holly said: ''When I think about the worst thing, I just think about anything in the bedroom and just the fact that anyone would be invited in there. ''We didn't get to agree on who got to come in and who got to watch, and who got to do whatever - and it was just traumatising.'
The Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Dates rejected me for being a Playmate, but men who queue for Lily Phillips & Bonnie Blue are worse, says Holly Madison
HOLLY Madison was a 22-year-old girl when she became a playmate, thinking it would give her the chance to have a better life. But now, aged 41, Holly has revealed the struggles she faced while dating to the Playboy mogul, who was 53 years her senior, Hugh Hefner. 4 4 4 Speaking on The Skinny Confidential podcast, Holly opened up about being rejected by men for being a playmate. She revealed that after leaving the Playboy Mansion, men would approach her and want to date but would get 'jealous' of her past when things turned serious. Holly explained: "There were a lot of people who wanted to date me, but I think in a very superficial way. I think it was like, 'Oh, I want to date that hot girl on the Billboard right there and then tell my friends about it.' "I would say the most challenging thing is that people would get together with me, knowing exactly what my history was, and then they would all of a sudden have a problem with it. "After our relationship got serious, they'd get really jealous. They'd come up with all these imaginary scenarios in their heads about what could have possibly went on." Despite the string of insecure and jealous men she dated, Holly says the men lining up to bed controversial OnlyFans creators Lily Phillips and Bonnie Blue are much worse as they chose to be intimate with them while staying anonymous. Speaking on the topic with podcast hosts Michael and Lauryn, Holly agreed that the line of men also 'rattle her' as they choose to be anonymous instead of being open about sexual relations. "I want to know what guys are in the Lily Phillips line, just kidding." "All these guys, line up and they have ski masks on to partake, because they want to be anonymous," she added. We lived in the 'glam' Playboy mansion as Hugh's girlfriends - we'd get 'replaced' if we were ever sick & the furniture looked like local charity shop buys Mansion Madness From the outside, being a Playmate looked glamorous - hanging with A-list celebrities and partying with your friends all day long. But Holly said the reality was completely different and said it was a 'toxic' environment. She said: "I feel like unfortunately mine is a lot of bad memories, especially in the first four years I lived there. "It was just a hellhole. It was like none of the girls got along. It was super toxic." Facts you didn't know about the Playboy Mansion Girlfriends vs Playmates Rumour has it that Hugh Hefner would have two to a dozen "girlfriends" living with him at a time. These girlfriends are not to be confused with Playmates. Each girlfriend had their own room, but one 'special lady' was named as girlfriend number one and stayed with Hef in his room. Each girlfriend received a $1,000 (£760) weekly bonus "allowance." Hef's Wild side The Playboy mansion was home to a private zoo. It was one of very few private residences that actually has a zoo license. Hefner was a fan of birds. Among his collection - many of which roamed the grounds - were peacocks, macaws, flamingos, toucans and ducks. The Elvis Legend Within the mansion was a secret room, called 'The Elvis Room.' Legend has it that the King himself, Elvis Presley, had a little slumber party in the room with up to eight eager bunnies. In the past, Holly has said the girls would be fighting during the day and then sitting naked together at night. She continued: "I can't explain to you how embarrassing that whole routine was, especially as we got later down the road when there was a lot of conflict with the other girls. "You're literally sitting there naked having sex in front of a group of people who hate you and talk s**t about you while you're having sex," Holly said. "I thought that we were going to be like BFFs and it was going to be so much fun and I thought that it was going to be like total slumber parties and like hanging out in each other's rooms and borrowing clothes and just like really fun," said Holly. Speaking on her podcast, The Girls Next Door, with fellow Playmate Bridget Marquardt revealed the glam person of the house was nothing like reality. In the early 2000s, Bridget recalled, the mansion ''was the place to be''. ''Everyone wanted to be there - every celebrity, every girl that I knew of wanted to be a part of it, wanted to be a Playmate, go to the parties. ''They had the best parties in the world there. ''It's the place that you wanted to go and you wanted to be seen, and you wanted to be a part of that whole lifestyle.'' But while the A-listers were living the high life, Hugh's girlfriends ''were required to sit at the table the whole time and ask if you needed to get up to go to the bathroom''. She added: ''You could dance a little - but you were kind of greeting everybody [...], so we definitely didn't feel free.'' 4 Top Grades Those who had made it into the villa would also have Polaroids taken during the many star-studded bashes - which Hugh, who passed away at 91, would then grade from A to D. ''D - you're not invited back, C - you're maybe on the big party list, B - you're on all the party lists, A - you get invited to the pool parties and stuff like that,'' Holly revealed. But the graded snaps, the pair said in a recent podcast, were the least of their worries. Holly said: ''When I think about the worst thing, I just think about anything in the bedroom and just the fact that anyone would be invited in there. ''We didn't get to agree on who got to come in and who got to watch, and who got to do whatever - and it was just traumatising.'
Daily Mail
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Kendra Wilkinson reveals her biggest regret about living in the Playboy Mansion
Kendra Wilkinson often reflects on moving into the Playboy Mansion at the tender age of 18. In 2004 the star — who turns 40 on Thursday — moved from San Diego to Los Angeles to become one of Hugh Hefner's three live-in girlfriends alongside Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt. Speaking with Fox News Digital this week, the blonde bombshell revealed the one regret she has about her four years in the sprawling abode. 'The only thing I can say I regret in my life is not starting my real estate career while I was living at the Playboy Mansion,' she told the outlet. Wilkinson explained, 'I was surrounded by everyone — every celebrity, every billionaire, and what was I thinking? But I'm now in real estate, so I'm good.' Wilkinson rose to fame on the E! unscripted series The Girls Next Door, which followed her life as one of Hefner's girlfriends. The show lasted for six seasons between 2005 and 2010 and she lived at the famous estate from 2004-2009. She began her real estate career when she got her license in 2020 and joined fellow reality star realtor Mauricio Umansky's The Agency. A docuseries, dubbed Kendra Sells Hollywood on Discovery+, showcased her struggle as a new agent in the bustling industry. It lasted for two seasons from 2021-2023. The star told People last November that she was 'off mentally' while filming the show. 'I feel a little regret filming my last show because I wasn't really ready,' she confessed at the time. 'I was a little off mentally and I wasn't prepared to be on a camera just yet. I wasn't fully healed or there yet. Now I feel there.' Kendra was married to her ex-husband, former NFL star Hank Baskett, from 2009 to 2018. They share two children: son Hank Baskett IV, 15, and daughter Alijah, 11. Speaking with Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes on their self-titled podcast in March, the blonde bombshell referred to her time being married as the 'happiest days of my entire life.' 'And so when those days came to an end, I crumbled so hard, and it almost killed me. It almost killed me,' she emphasized. Kendra elaborated: 'I left the Playboy Mansion at age 23, got pregnant, got married at the age of 23, then started my life as a wife and a mother, and it was the golden years of my life.' Looking back at her choice to settle down with Hank, she affirmed: 'It was the right timing. I found myself so bored at the Playboy Mansion. I was just like, 'I'm ready to leave this place. I'm ready to start a family. I'm ready for the lifestyle: My kids go to a great school. I'm a soccer mom. I'm a softball mom. I'm a basketball mom.'' She added, 'I manifested it, and it came to me, and I met the perfect man, the man of my dreams.' And Kendra heaped praise on her ex, noting, 'Even though we're divorced, he's the father of my kids and he's the most amazing father to my kids, and I know I chose right with him.'
LeMonde
11-06-2025
- Health
- LeMonde
In bed and on the job: How to stay productive while lying down
With the democratization of remote work, our potential workspaces have expanded to include an unexpected area from which it is now accepted that one can move projects forward like Sisyphus in pajamas: the bed. Indeed, when working from home, it is tempting to abandon the uncomfortable sitting posture and, at some point, relocate to that soft and rectangular haven that seems to beckon us. Let anyone who has never attended a remote meeting from their mattress throw the first memory foam pillow at me! Although difficult to quantify, this trend seems to have taken root. A study conducted in 2020 by Tuck Sleep, which researches sleep for commercial purposes, showed that the Covid-19 pandemic had the side effect of increasing the amount of work done from bed. Among the 1,000 Americans surveyed, 8.8% spent between 24 to 40 hours per week in a paradoxical state of being both supine and productive. Even though it evokes a sense of hedonism, calling to mind the tutelary figures of Alexandre le Bienheureux (the indolent hero of the 1968 French cult film Very Happy Alexander) or Playboy founder Hugh Hefner – or even Winston Churchill, who also worked from his bed – this posture is sometimes a necessity, dictated by the lack of a proper desk in small apartments. Despite its promises of an improbable mix between work and leisure, it often proves uncomfortable in practice. As a passive variable in a society where information flows rapidly, you may find yourself at risk for back pain or a stiff neck caused by an excessively static posture. All the micro-efforts you make during a day at the office without even realizing it (walking to the printer, the cafeteria or grabbing a coffee) vanish if you spend the majority of your working life lying down. This extreme sedentarity, which takes you from bed to bed, is accompanied by increased morbidity, exacerbating cardiovascular, metabolic and musculoskeletal issues. Hybrid spaces Despite its risks, this temptation has become a new market, as evidenced by the fact that, on Amazon, one can purchase an intriguing cushion-desk on which to place a laptop and a latte, working while feeling like you're having breakfast at a hotel. Ikea has even launched a section on its website titled "How to work comfortably (and productively) from bed," where the hybridization of spaces dominates, neither truly restful places nor entirely credible work zones. Hence the recurring joke on TikTok, under the hashtag #WorkFromBed, in which an employee emerging from under the covers declares vindictively, "Oh, I'm at the office now!" In a Reddit conversation dedicated to the theme of working from bed, it is clear that the reasons motivating this practice are very eclectic: pain (such as menstrual cramps), fatigue, the comfort provided by blankets, depression, the demand to work from wherever one wishes, the creative necessity to let one's mind wander... Nevertheless, all of this requires certain arrangements to ensure that the realms of work and rest do not become completely indistinguishable. "I just make sure to have a transition between work and sleep: put away the laptop, go to other spaces to do something else before going to bed," shares BostonBluestocking. Is the horizontal worker not, ultimately, the most perfected product of a deverticalized working world, at last?
News.com.au
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Ex-bunny Kendra Wilkinson's biggest Playboy Mansion regret
Kendra Wilkinson revealed her biggest regret from her time at the Playboy Mansion. During an interview with Fox News Digital, the 39-year-old TV personality-turned-real estate agent reflected on opportunities that she missed while living at the iconic Hollywood property as one of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's girlfriends from 2004 to 2009. 'The only thing I can say I regret in my life is not starting my real estate career while I was living at the Playboy Mansion,' Wilkinson admitted while on the red carpet at the Operation Smile 25th Los Angeles Smile Fiesta. 'What was I thinking?' she added. 'Like, I mean, I was surrounded by everyone, every celebrity, every billionaire, and what was I thinking? But I'm now in real estate, so I'm good.' Wilkinson launched her career in real estate after passing the California real estate exam in June 2020. A month later, Wilkinson was hired as a real estate agent at The Agency, the luxury real estate company founded by Mauricio Umansky, who is married to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards. Wilkinson later left The Agency to join the high-end real estate firm Douglas Elliman. In November 2021, Wilkinson debuted her reality series, Kendra Sells Hollywood, which followed the former model as she navigated the ups and downs of her new career in Los Angeles' ultracompetitive luxury real estate market. Kendra Sells Hollywood ran for two seasons on Discovery+ and Max. In May 2023, Wilkinson announced on Instagram that she was stepping away from her real estate career. However, in a September interview with People, Wilkinson revealed that she hadn't actually given up her real estate career and admitted that she had been too hasty in announcing her departure from the business. 'I just had a really bad day,' Wilkinson said. 'So I did announce that I'd be stepping away from real estate, but that was just a really bad day in my life and I should've never probably Instagrammed that I'm quitting, but I did on accident like an idiot, so I made a huge mistake.' 'But I'm back in it,' she added. 'I have so many deals I'm working on right now.' Wilkinson told People that though working in real estate is 'so stressful,' she 'wants to do it again.' 'I want to publicly hate real estate again, but I can't, because I love it,' Wilkinson said. 'I love real estate. It's a challenge every single day.' When Wilkinson initially announced that she was quitting real estate, she explained that she made the decision so that she could focus on her children and her mental health. Wilkinson shares son Hank IV and daughter Alijah, 11, with her ex-husband Hank Baskett. Wilkinson has been candid about her struggles with her mental health after being hospitalised in September 2023 when she suffered from a panic attack. At the time, a representative for Wilkinson said that she had been taken to the emergency room but would be released the same day. In a January 2024 interview with People, Wilkinson shared that after she was released from the emergency room, she had to return to the hospital a week later. Wilkinson explained that during her second visit, doctors prescribed her an antipsychotic medication, Abilify, and she attended therapy three times a week after her hospitalisation. 'I was in a state of panic. I didn't know what was going on in my head and my body or why I was crying. I had hit rock bottom,' Wilkinson recalled of her medical crisis. 'I was dying of depression,' she continued. 'I was hitting the end of my life, and I went into psychosis. I felt like I wasn't strong enough to live anymore.' She shared that professionals helped her handle unresolved trauma, which stemmed from living in the Playboy Mansion and her 2019 divorce from Baskett. Wilkinson rose to fame at the age of 18 when she became one of Hefner's girlfriends and starred on the hit reality series Girls Next Door. 'It's not easy to look back at my 20s. I've had to face my demons,' she admitted. 'Playboy really messed my whole life up,' the former model said. 'It was the lowest place I've ever been in my life. I felt like I had no future. I couldn't see in front of my depression,' she recalled. 'I was giving up and I couldn't find the light. I had no hope.' The California native said before she was hospitalised, she was also struggling with her job in real estate, which caused her not to eat or sleep regularly. ''How am I going to succeed?' 'What am I doing wrong in my life?' 'Do I give up?'' Wilkinson said. During her interview with Fox News Digital, Wilkinson recalled her hospitalisation and praised her team of medical professionals for helping her through her darkest time. 'My health and happiness is such a blessing,' she said. 'I credit amazing doctors. I credit an amazing psychiatrist, psychologists, therapists, trainers, physical therapists. I mean, it keeps going on.' 'I mean without them, I wouldn't be standing right now,' she continued. 'I went through a lot with my mental health. I ended up hospitalised for about seven days.' Wilkinson shared that she was hospitalised at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where she said that the team of doctors and nurses who treated her were 'so amazing.' 'They got me on the right meds, and I feel like a million bucks tonight,' she said. 'I feel amazing. They got me through it. We talked through it. I learned a lot about the brain and how we think, how we behave. And it took a lot of opening my heart up, opening up my mind and really just dissecting everything that's a part of me. And it took me a long time to heal and recover from a lot things.' Wilkinson told Fox News Digital that having 'amazing friends that support me' was also crucial at that time. 'So yeah, it's been a journey, but I'm there,' she said. 'I feel good, and I'm smiling, and I never want to take my smile for granted.'
