Kendra Wilkinson reveals why she 'never bonded' with Holly Madison at the Playboy Mansion

Daily Mail​

13-05-2025

Kendra Wilkinson revealed that she did not form many close friendships during her five years living at the Playboy Mansion as one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends.
While appearing on the Him & Her podcast, the reality star, 39, reflected on feeling like the 'third wheel' around housemates and Girls Next Door costars Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt.
'That's the part that was hard,' she explained her not-so-close relationships with Madison, 45, and Marquardt, 51. 'I wasn't really a "girl's girl" at that point in life. I was more of a 'guy's girl,' so we never really bonded.'
The mom-of-two, who moved into the Playboy Mansion at age 18, noted that she felt like an outsider around Madison and Marquardt while filming their series.
'I just decided to go with that during the show process,' Wilkinson said. 'Well, I'm just gonna be me and see how this works, rather than try to fit in.' I felt like I was a complete odd man out [in that] whole situation.'
Despite never clicking with Madison or Marquardt, Wilkinson spoke about her friendship with Playboy model Jessica Hall, who briefly appeared on The Girls Next Door.
Wilkinson's comments come just days after Madison spoke publicly about wanting to repair their relationship.
Madison said she was eager to rebuild her relationship with her former Girls Next Door' co-star.
'It would be nice to be on good terms for sure, but I really don't know where she's at. "I look back at our relationship and what went wrong and I see a lot of fault with executive producers who [were] working on her show and my show after we left,' she told Us Weekly.
Madison added that she wasn't sure if Wilkinson even remembered 'what [their] original falling out was all about.'
'I just don't know how aware she was of it because at the time, the person who was starting a lot of the drama was a person who was giving her a job. So she doesn't want to see that,' Madison said.
Earlier this month, Holly described The Girls Next Door as a 'little cult bubble.'
The TV personality starred on the reality series between 2005 and 2009, and Holly believes The Girls Next Door was a snapshot in time.
'I always say it's the one show you can't reboot, because it was like catching this little cult bubble in real time. And you can watch it two different ways. You can watch it for all the eye candy like the first time it came out and say, "Oh my God, look how fun." Or you can watch it knowing about all the stuff going on behind the scenes, and that adds a whole other layer,' she told E! News
The reality TV show focused on the lives of Wilkinson, Madison, and Marquardt, who were the three main girlfriends of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.
In Madison's 2015 memoir, she described Wilkinson as 'the fakest person [she'd] ever met.'
At the time, Wilkinson slammed Madison's book and criticism of her experience in the Playboy Mansion.
'It's a shame that someone can't be appreciative of what something like that has given them,' Wilkinson told Us Weekly.
Their public spat reached an all-time high when Wilkinson tweeted about how Madison was on the cover of People Magazine talking about living 'in fear at the mansion.'
'She wasn't in fear with that dick in her a** for a paycheck,' Wilkinson wrote in a since-deleted post. 'That b**ch is in fear now knowing so many of us saw her doing some nasty s**t. She's embarrassed and in shame.'