She stated that she suffered from considerable post-partum depression after giving birth. Kendra Wilkinson married Hank Baskett in 2009 and later gave birth to his child that year. In 20, she appeared in Celebrity Wife Swap and I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Personal Life And Controversy The show was called Kendra on Top, and it ran until 2017. That year, Kendra began a new reality TV show after severing ties with E!. In 2012, Kendra Wilkinson appeared in the twelfth season of Dancing With The Stars, partnering with Louis Van Amstel, and was eliminated in the seventh round. In 2005, she started to become more involved in the sports world, acting as a columnist for the Philadelphia Eagles' website. She also appeared in various music videos alongside artists such as Akon and Nickelback. During the show, viewers learned more about Kendra, her marriage, and her experiences with being a first-time mother.ĭuring this time, Kendra Wilkinson appeared in cameo roles on several shows, such as Entourage and Las Vegas. Kendra generated some of E!'s most impressive numbers with 2.6 million viewers. The show was called Kendra, and it ran until 2012. In 2009, however, Wilkinson moved out of the Playboy Mansion after meeting her future husband and professional football player, Hank Baskett.Įven though she was no longer part of Hugh Hefner's entourage, Kendra Wilkinson was popular enough for E! to give her a reality show centered entirely around her life. Kendra immediately became a well-known celebrity as millions of people watched the show from 2005 to its final season in 2010. As one of Hugh Hefner's main girlfriend's, Wilkinson appeared alongside Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt. In 2005, Kendra Wilkinson was heavily featured in The Girls Next Door, which was aired by E!. She later stated that she had no idea what living in the Playboy mansion entailed at the time. He asked her to be his girlfriend and to move into the Playboy Mansion. The playboy took an immediate interest in the young Wilkinson, who had just graduated from high school and attended the party nude, covered in body paint. In 2004, Kendra Wilkinson first met Hugh Hefner at his 78th birthday in 2004. After graduation, Kendra Wilkinson became a glamour model with relative ease and worked as an assistant in a dental office for a brief stint. Kendra Wilkinson loved to play softball during her youth and graduated from high school in San Diego's Clairemont neighborhood. Kendra's parents divorced when she was eight. Her mother was once a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles, and her father was a successful biochemist and entrepreneur who founded several biochemistry companies before retiring at age 48. I just wish there were more options on TV for other female getaways that offer empowerment and success without anyone having to wriggle into a bunny costume.Kendra Leigh Wilkinson was born on June 12th of 1985 in San Diego, California. I don’t want to extricate anyone from girly-girl paradise, just as I wouldn’t want anyone to separate me from my time with Terry Bradshaw and the gang every Sunday afternoon. The home itself is far from awe-inspiring, unless you’ve always wanted to live in something that resembles a giant humidor.Ĭall it jealousy, but I don’t believe for a minute that any of the three “girlfriends” - Bridget, Holly and Kendra - are involved with Hef in a sexual way, especially in these new episodes, in which the 81-year-old magnate looks one rum-and-coke away from being the title character in a remake of “Weekend at Bernie’s.” I was there to interview Hefner in the middle of the afternoon and the only “babe” I spied was a 62-year-old gardener trimming the hedges. Unfortunately, it wasn’t for one of those grotto parties where the only male competition is an inebriated Ron Jeremy. It may also be because I’ve visited the Playboy Mansion. Then again, I’ve never fantasized about being pampered by makeup artists and dressing up in low-cut gowns, at least not since my sophomore year of college. We’re very independent women with our own ideas and our own career expectations. “I’m sure the hardcore feminist will say we’re trapped, but I think viewers see how empowered we are. “I think they live vicariously through us,” she said in a phone interview from Los Angeles. “It’s every girl’s fantasy.”īridget Marquardt, one of Hef’s three live-in playmates, said the most enthusiastic fan response comes from women who constantly tell her that she’s inspired them to lose weight, go back to school and dream about gracing the magazine’s centerfold. “You’ve got three girls who are very pretty and intelligent, living in a mansion, going to parties all the time, having their pictures taken all the time and being waited on hand and foot,” said diehard fan Amanda Smith, a college student and mother of two in Knoxville, Tenn. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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