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Holly Madison is reflecting connected her clip surviving successful nan Playboy Mansion, dishing that nan location could beryllium “a small spot scary” astatine times.
The reality TV prima — who dated erstwhile Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner from 2001 to 2008 — exclusively told Page Six that erstwhile she chose to unrecorded successful nan mansion she first “saw it arsenic a safe harbor.”
“And, of course, it turned retired to beryllium truthful overmuch much analyzable than that,” she added.
Madison, who was conscionable 21 erstwhile she moved into nan Playboy Mansion and began making love Hefner, said location are “a batch of predatory people” successful nan intermezo manufacture “who are looking for young women who aren’t that sophisticated.”
The best-selling writer recalled being “aware of nan dangers retired there” for young women and believing Hefner’s location “would beryllium a safe spot to go.”
During her years astatine nan Playboy Mansion, Madison said she learned “how group tin move connected each different truthful quickly.”
“It was very overmuch an ‘everybody retired for themselves’ benignant of environment,” she remembered.
These days, Madison is hosting nan ID bid “Lethally Blonde,” which conscionable returned for Season 2.
The true-crime bid explores execution cases of group who had showbiz aspirations and had their stories extremity successful tragedy.
Madison said she tin “relate” to nan victims’ stories explored connected nan show.
“I deliberation immoderate clip you’re progressive successful activity work, aliases thing that’s a much sexualized type of nan intermezo industry, group tin judge you and want to conscionable constitute you off,” she noted.
Madison was conscionable one of Hefner’s lovers during their relationship, pinch her successful her 20s and him successful his 70s and 80s.
He went connected to wed Crystal Harris, who was 60 years his junior, successful 2012, and they remained together until his decease successful 2017 astatine property 91.
Madison said she tin subordinate to facing judgement because of people’s preconceived stereotypes, reminiscing really galore thought she was “a golden digger retired to bargain each of [Hefner’s] money.”
“While surviving successful a bully location is nice, it was ne'er really for illustration that,” she said. “It was much that I was fascinated by him.”
Madison said she was willing successful nan “opportunities” that “being portion of his world could provide,” but she was “never that personification who was trying to get joined and bargain money aliases thing for illustration that.”
That world was depicted connected nan reality bid “The Girls Next Door,” which ran from 2005 to 2009 and followed Hefner’s girlfriends and their lives astatine nan Playboy Mansion.
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“We ne'er sewage immoderate residuals,” Madison revealed of nan show, referencing co-stars Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson.
She added, “In fact, we didn’t moreover get paid for nan first play order.”
Madison is now a mom of 2 — daughter Rainbow, 13, and boy Forest, 9 — some of whom she shares pinch ex-husband Pasquale Rotella, whom she was joined to from 2013 to 2019.
Now astatine “peace” pinch her Playboy past, nan “Sharknado 3″ prima said nan only point that “annoys” her is erstwhile she makes headlines for talking astir her activity life pinch Hefner.
“I conscionable didn’t really deliberation anyone would care. And because my kids are getting a small spot older, I benignant of person to extremity talking astir that,” she told us.
In May, TMZ reported that she has a caller romance with Las Vegas lawyer Steve Dimopoulos.
Madison played coy, telling Page Six, “That’s what they say.”
“I would emotion to get to cognize personification for, like, a twelvemonth earlier nan extracurricular world knows astir it,” she explained. “I person notoriously had immoderate bad sensation successful men successful nan past.”
“Lethally Blonde” Season 2 premieres June 1 connected ID astatine 10 p.m. and streams connected HBO Max.
