Holly Madisonis sharing more details about herdark experienceas a Playboy Bunny in a new clip from the upcoming docuseries,Secrets of Playboy.
“The reason I think the mansion was very cult-like looking back on it is because we were all kind of gaslit and expected to think of Hef as like this really good guy,” Madison, who dated Hefner from 2001 to 2008, says in the clip. “And you started to feel like, ‘Oh, he’s not what they say in the media, he’s just a nice man.'”
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“It was so easy to get isolated from the outside world there,” Madison says. “You had a 9 o’clock curfew. You were encouraged to not have friends over. You weren’t really allowed to leave unless it was like a family holiday.”
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Speaking further on her time at the Playboy Mansion, Madison, 42, later claims Hefner urged her to quit her waitressing job, which she only had one day a week in case “things don’t work out.”
“He said it made him jealous, and he would appreciate it if I quit my job,” she says. “So instead, we were given $1,000 a week as an allowance.”
In addition to Madison, the docuseries will include interviews with Hefner’s personal valet Stefan Tetenbaum, Playboy Mansion West resident Jennifer Saginor, former “Bunny Mother” PJ Masten, former Director of Playmate Promotions Miki Garcia, and other past girlfriends of Hefner’s, including Bridget Marquardt and Sondra Theodore.
Other members of Hefner’s “staff and inner circle” will also make appearances, A&E said in a news release.
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In the release, Elaine Frontain Bryant, the Executive Vice President and Head of Programming for A&E, saidSecrets of Playboywill “lift the veil” on the “long-hidden stories” ofPlayboy.
“Breaking down barriers and exposing the truth, ‘Secrets of Playboy’ is a masterful example of brave storytelling that takes an unflinching look at the personal affects of Hugh Hefner’s empire, while also exploring his legacy’s larger influence on our society and modern-day views of sexuality,” she said.
Madison left the mansion in 2008 and spoke out about her experience in her 2015 book:Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny.
TheGirls Next Dooralum recently recounted her"traumatic"first sexual encounter with Hefner on thePower: Hugh Hefnerpodcast.
“He was literally pushed on top of me. And after it happened, I was just mortified and embarrassed and it had way more of an emotional impact on me than I thought it would,” Madison said.
Secrets of Playboypremieres Jan. 24 at 9 p.m. on A&E.
source: people.com
