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Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson details life in the Playboy Mansion that later caused her 'sex problems'

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Published 14:26 24 Mar 2025 GMT

Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson details life in the Playboy Mansion that later caused her 'sex problems'

The former Playmate admitted that 'there are consequences for every choice you make'

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

Kendra Wilkinson has lifted the lid on what it was like to live at the Playboy Mansion.

The late Hugh Hefner first moved into the infamous mansion in the 1970s, and it remained open up until his death in 2017.

Over the decades it was open, many, many women resided in the Los Angeles-based property, including the likes of Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, Kendra Wilkinson, and Crystal Harris.

Wilkinson moved into the Mansion in 2004 and quickly became of one of Hefner's three girlfriends at the time.

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Then, after leaving in 2009, she went on to marry former NFL star Hank Baskett.

Hugh Hefner and Kendra Wilkinson pictured in 2008 (Denise Truscello/WireImage)
Hugh Hefner and Kendra Wilkinson pictured in 2008 (Denise Truscello/WireImage)

Following her relationship with Hefner — who was 60 years her senior — Wilkinson admitted that it affected her relationships that followed and that she ended up with 'sex problems'.

"Look, I struggle still to this day with my relationships and my views on sex," she said on a recent episode of the I Do, Part 2 podcast.

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"I had to go through a lot of therapy, and they looked at me and they’re like — this is the first time I’m admitting this — but they’re like, 'You might have a little bit of a sex problem. You have a little bit of a problem when it comes to thinking of sex.'"

The ex Playboy bunny was married to Hank Baskett (Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for WE tv)
The ex Playboy bunny was married to Hank Baskett (Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for WE tv)

Elsewhere in the episode, Wilkinson said that while she felt 'sexualized' while living in the Playboy Mansion, but she didn't feel unsafe.

She admitted that she never 'had a stable life' and at the age of 15 started selling cocaine to get by.

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"I went looking for the wrong things," Wilkinson went on to share. "I went looking for dark things. I went looking for fun. And I'm not saying that everything I did was dark and wrong. I'm saying that it was easy to take that one-way ticket to LA into the Playboy Mansion — how vulnerable I was."

Kendra Wilkinson is now a real estate agent (Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
Kendra Wilkinson is now a real estate agent (Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

While they have been rumors about how people were treated at the Mansion, Wilkinson said she felt safer living there than she did dealing drugs as a teen.

READ MORE Holly Madison shares gross reason why Hugh Hefner banned Playboy models from wearing red lipstick

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The 39-year-old said: "I was in a safe environment. I was healthy, eating salads every day, working out every day, no drugs every day.

"Was I sexualized? Absolutely. Did that cause me problems later in life? Absolutely. So, you know, choices — there are consequences for every choice you make."

Wilkinson is now a real estate agent in Los Angeles, which was shown in her TV series Kendra Sells Hollywood (which was canceled after two seasons).

Featured Image Credit: Mike Guastella/Getty

Topics: Celebrity, Hugh Hefner, Sex and Relationships, Los Angeles, Drugs

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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