How Kendra Wilkinson Learned She Has “Unhealthy Thoughts” About Sex
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Kendra Wilkinson is reevaluating her relationship with sex.
The Girls Next Door alumâwho was 18 when she began dating Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and subsequently moved into the Playboy Mansionâshared that therapy is helping her to unpack her complicated feelings about intimacy.
“I struggle still to this day with my relationships and my views on sex,” Kendra explained to Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes on the March 20 episode of the Amy & T.J. podcast. “I had to go through a lot of therapy, and they looked at me and they’re likeâthis is the first time I’m admitting thisâbut they’re like, âYou might have a little bit of a sex problem. You have a little bit of a problem when it comes to thinking of sex.â”
When Amy asked the 39-year-old to be more specific, the reality star said “it’s just unhealthy thoughts.”
“Not really settling for a marriage and stuff like thatâwhich is not, I wouldn’t say unhealthy,” Kendra said. “I’m saying that everyone has their choices, and some people wanna be single, some people wanna be married ⊠and I’m more of a fun idea type of person.”
The former Playboy modelâwho shares kids Hank Jr., 14, and Alijah, 10, with ex Hank Baskettâshared even more details about the work she’s done to realign herself after her time in the Playboy Mansion and following her divorce from Hank.
“I have done so much therapy,” Kendra noted. “I’ve gone to the hospital for seven days to just reprogram my thinking, and I did that, and it really worked. So I’m now living in the state of peace of mind. You know, I’m on good meds. I’m just in a really good place.”
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While the Kendra Sells Hollywood star called her marriage, which ended in 2018, “the happiest days of my life,” she doesn’t necessarily see herself jumping back into a long-term relationship anytime soon.
“I have nothing,” she said. “I might dabble into some sex every now and thenâbut to date and be in a relationship? That’s the longest farfetched thing I could possibly feel at the moment. I’m in a bachelorette-type of vibe right now.”
Keep reading for more updates on the Girls Next Door cast…
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Kendra Wilkinson
Kendra Wilkinson was one of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s three live-in girlfriends when the show premiered in 2005. Fans were so invested in Wilkinson that she got her own spin-off show, Kendra, on E! after leaving the series in 2009.
Her subsequent WE tv series, Kendra On Top, which followed her journey as a mother of two, son Hank IV (born Sept. 11, 2009) and daughter Alijah (May 16, 2014), and her marriage to NFL player Hank Baskett, who she swapped vows with at the Playboy Mansion on June 27, 2009.Â
The couple split up in 2018 and their divorce was finalized the following year. In 2021, Kendra’s got a real estate license and starring on her own Discovery+ series, Kendra Sells Hollywood.
And while the series is on hiatus as Kendra puts her real estate career on pause, she has been teasing a new reality series as of late.Â
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Bridget Marquardt
From investigating the mansion’s possible haunted past to planning Hef’s birthday, Bridget was No. 1. Her skin was ready to be shown on the Travel Channel’s Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches and she had cameos in the likes of Entourage, The House Bunny and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Marquardt’s interest in the paranormal has come full circle as host of the podcast Ghost Bunny, featuring interviews with celebs who’ve experienced the unexplainable and other deep dives into various unsolved mysteries with the help of experts. She also began hosting the Girls Next Level podcast with Holly Madison in 2022.Â
Once part of an iconic trio, she happily paired off long ago with partner Nicholas Carpenter.
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Holly Madison
Holly Madison had a successful career after her tenure at the Playboy Mansion, including competing on Dancing with the Stars before getting her own show, Holly’s World, that centered around her career in Las Vegas, including her Peepshow residency.
She published a revealing memoir about her time in the Playboy Mansion, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, in 2015, chasing that it with 2016’s The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice and the Road to Reinvention.
The longtime PETA advocate is mom to daughter Rainbow (March 5, 2013) and son Forest (Aug. 7, 2016) with ex-husband Pasquale Rotella.Â
In addition to participating in the scathing A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy, she described having a complicated relationship with her Girl Next Door co-stars on a 2021 episode of the podcast Call Her Daddy. “Bridget and I have always been close,” she said. “We’ve always been friends since day one. She is [the sweetest].” When asked if she had a relationship with Kendra, Holly tersely replied, “No.”
Indeed, Holly proves her and Bridget’s bond each week on the Girls Next Level podcast. She also currently hosts Lethally Blonde on Discovery Plus.Â
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Crystal Harris
While all of the ladies of The Girls Next Door had a special place in Hefner’s heart, Crystal Harris actually married the Playboy mogul in 2012, the then-86-year-old’s third trip down the aisle. They remained together until his death in 2017.Â
After Holly spoke out about her relationship with her co-stars, Crystal was quick to pick a side. “I was at the mansion for a DECADE almost four years ago now and these ladies and their drama were there years before that,” she wrote on her MeWe account. “So much time has passed. I side with Kendra here.”
“Not sure why these women who shared an incredibly uncommon and rare experience (that will never be repeated in our lifetimes) can’t get along?” she continued. “Maybe for the same reasons Holly and Bridget despise me for absolutely NO reason. I hope one day we can all get along and compare experiences.”
Crystal also became an advocate for Lyme disease awareness after announcing she’d been diagnosed with the illness in 2016.
In 2024, she debuted her relationship with Jim Ward and announced she would be reverting back to using her maiden name after going by Crystal Hefner following her 2012 nuptials.Â
“I’m in a much better place,” Crystal told E! News, seven years after Hefner’s death. “Next step is definitely going back to my original last name and finally taking that last step to just be myself.”
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Kristina and Karissa Shannon
After the first generation of The Girls Next Door girlfriends left, twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon moved into the Playboy Mansion in 2009. During the remaining seasons, they celebrated their Playboy Summer Issue in Vegas, went camping in the backyard with Hef and prepared for bit parts in Sofia Coppola’s Chateau Marmont-set movie Somewhere.
After the show wrapped, Kristina and Karissa joined the ninth season of Celebrity Big Brother and opened a salon together, Glam Beverly Hills.
