Former Playboy Bunnies Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson, whose lives as Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends were featured in The Girls Next Door reality show, are feuding after Madison shared the claims of their less-than-glamorous life in the Playboy Mansion CNN reports.
The pair were two of Hef’s many girlfriends for a bit and starred as two of his three main live-in squeezes during the E! reality series, which ran for five years starting in 2005.
Wilkinson said Madison’s negative portrayal of Hef in her new book, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, is based on her jealousy over him not marrying her.
“Holly, you can tell, had this ulterior motive every minute being at the Mansion, and that motive was — it was clear as day — she wanted Hef’s kids, she wanted a piece of Playboy and she wanted to marry Hef for, obviously, his will,” Wilkinson told People magazine.
Madison made no secret of her desire to marry Hefner and have children during their time together, and he made no secret of his aversion to marriage. “I love Holly very much and I think we’re going to be together the rest of my life,” Hefner said in 2008. “But marriage isn’t part of my puzzle. It’s not a personal thing; I just haven’t had much luck with marriages.”
Hefner addressed Madison’s allegations in a statement to US Weekly. “Over the course of my life I’ve had more than my fair share of romantic relationships with wonderful women,” Hefner said. “Many moved on to live happy, healthy, and productive lives, and I’m pleased to say remain dear friends today. Sadly, there are a few who have chosen to rewrite history in an attempt to stay in the spotlight. I guess, as the old saying goes: You can’t win ’em all!”
Hefner’s son, Cooper, took to Twitter to defend his dad: “How does a person who is famous for being a gold digger paint themselves as a victim of a relationship they aggressively sought out for?”