Playboy bunny on worst thing about living in the mansion she bitterly regrets
A former Playboy bunny has opened up about her time in the infamous house and one of her biggest regrets. Kendra Wilkinson lived in the lavish mansion with Hugh Hefner, Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt between 2004 and 2008, but admits there is one thing she would change.
The Girls Next Door star, now 40, confessed she wishes she changed career sooner. Now a realtor, Kendra admitted she feels as though she would have lost out on a lot of potential celebrity clients by not going into the business during her time in the mansion.
And Kendra says it's her "only regret". She said: "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."
Speaking to Fox News on the red carpet at the Operation Smile 25th Los Angeles Smile Fiesta, Kendra went on: "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."
She began her current career path in June 2020 after passing the California real estate exam. Her role has been followed in a number of reality TV series, including 2021's Kendra Sells Hollywood. The show on Discovery+ and Max followed the former model as she navigated the ups and downs of her new career in Los Angeles' hugely competitive luxury real estate market.
She previously labelled the real estate industry as "so stressful" but declared her love for it. Speaking to PEOPLE, she said: "I want to publicly hate real estate again, but I can't, because I love it. I love real estate. It's a challenge every single day."
She had previously opened up on her mental health struggles due to the mansion, saying she hit "rock bottom". Kendra explained how she reached out to ex-husband Hank Baskett, whom she split from in 2018, and recalled feeling like she had no control over her head or her body as was in a "state of panic".
Despite her latest comments, Kendra said at the time that Playboy had "really messed up my whole life". Speaking in a candid interview with People in 2024, mother-of-two Kendra said of her 2023 hospitalisation: "I was dying of depression.
"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 admitted, adding that it was the "lowest place I've ever been in my life".
Kendra said she has had to "face my demons" and admitted she had a lot of issues that began when she was only 15. She recalled struggling with depression before she entered the Playboy Mansion.
She explained how she "drank a lot" to cover up her misery, but that later manifested into "deep regret" when she left Hugh, who was 60 years older than her, to start a new life with Hank.
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