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    Holly Madison Shares Lessons Learned From THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR Days | ET Then & Now



    Holly Madison Shares Lessons Learned From THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR Days | ET Then & Now

    Holly Madison holds nothing back in an all-new ET Then & Now, sitting down with Kevin Frazier. Holly revisits her first ET interview from 2005 and admits the smiling ‘Playboy’ star viewers saw on camera was hiding her true feelings about life with Hugh Hefner. The now-47-year-old opens up about the cult-like atmosphere inside the infamous empire, revealing she now views parts of her experience through the lens of Stockholm Syndrome. She also shares behind-the-scenes details from ‘The Girls Next Door,’ including the revelation that she, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson weren’t paid for the first eight episodes; Holly claims she often spent her own money on activities featured on the show. Reflecting on her decision to leave the mansion, Madison recalls realizing she would never have the future she wanted. She also reveals an unexpected future ambition: one day running for mayor of Las Vegas. Now a mom of two, whom she’s raising in Sin City, is also back on TV, hosting season 2 of ‘Lethally Blonde,’ now airing on Investigation Discovery.

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    3. @ItaliaSoCal79 on

      ❤ Holly and Bridget. The best thing both of them did was to move on and find happiness within their own lives. They both beyond deserve it and am still a fan of them today!

    5. @jadegirl5150 on

      Hef and playboy made her who she is today. She wouldn't be famous if it wasn't for Hef and playboy. She could of left earlier and another girl would of gladly taken her place. She is relivent because of playboy and Hef. I hate that she is in denial about that.

    8. @nancynancy3031 on

      Ummmm, no

      You knew what you were doing and he was a dirty old man you slept with and wanted to marry to have power and authority

      Then you complain

      Of course it’s bad and you did go through a lot but you stayed for the glitz and glamour

      Let’s stick to reality here please

    9. @MarieWoodward-fs8pq on

      If it wasn't for Hef you would be just another person on the planet. If Holly was so unhappy then she should've left instead of waiting for Hef to die and then speaking bad about him. No one held a gun to her head. Kenda saw right through her.

    11. @Youtuberuser25_chill on

      I hate when people try to rewrite history playboy was around since the 1950s you were an adult and knew what you were getting into but you wanted what came from it. I take when these people blame everyone one else and not having any personal responsibility to say I put myself in this position

    12. @user-karenrose1966 on

      Hef is disgusting and I hope anyone he had under his control is living a great life. That man should have been arrested. He is repulsive, gross and it makes me sick of how they glorified him. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    15. @IFoundMyselfHere on

      I'm in the same age and I'm from Los Angeles and everyone thought she looked really old back then. Compared to all the other girls that were her age. She looks younger now no doubt thanks to surgery. Even Hugh Hefner said she looked old. She wrote about it in her book I was in my early 20s so was Holly but she looked 35

    20. @mikuuxp4770 on

      I know Holly Madison since i was like 15/16 and she hasn't change a day since those years O_O this is how a good soul looks like in time.

    21. @A-Michele on

      Holly had a reality show and starred in Peepshow in Vegas to great reviews so she was always a very talented person. Now she's a producer and author so I watch her shows on ID and got her books…very impressive! I love Holly!!!

    23. @funeats8201 on

      I’m not surprised they didn’t get paid for the first season. Hef made all of his money exploiting vulnerable young women throughout his entire life. It’s common for pimps to take all of their hoes’ money and give them very little in return. He was no better. And I think he was running a Brownstone operation for the intel agencies just like Epstein and Diddy. To blackmail powerful, influential people and keep them in line, pushing all the govt propaganda narratives.

    25. @one-stopgodshop2171 on

      Girlfriend, you ran to the mansion and Heff for a money, fancy food/clothes, and a mansion. You didn't care that you were hooking up with old creeper Heff because the money, mansion, fame and clothes were more important. Now, you're dissing his dead body? You can do better. I would rather see you sell the series without the Heff connection. 47 is not old.

    27. @loveitsofancy on

      She’s trying to rewrite history because deep inside she’s disgusted with herself. Her life as Hugh Hefners #1 girlfriend will forever play an effect on her personal life because men will view her as a gold digging prostitute. I can only imagine how many arguments she’s had with her relationships that eventually use it against her.

    31. @evewest8802 on

      What use is it to give a person life, yet you yourself dies (inside)? To destroy your soul which is your own will and desire. Heff would have been alive today if he kept Holly. I'm glad she left him. 🙏🏿