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Holly Madison, born Hollin Sue Cullen on December 23, 1979 in Astoria, Oregon, is a model, showgirl, reality TV actress and the ex-girlfriend of Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner. Holly gained famed as one of Hugh’s girlfriends on the E! reality show, Girls Next Door. The blonde beauty, who became Hugh’s “number one girl” during her stay at the mansion, eventually moved out in 2008 after their breakup and subsequently spoke about some of her harrowing experiences as a Bunny and in a relationship with Hugh.

Hugh Hefner are coming to light in the new docuseries . The 10-part docuseries includes some of the mogul's former girlfriends and associates making disturbing allegations against the magazine founder, including Sondra Theodore, who claims Hefner groomed her at the age of 19.«The real Hugh Hefner, he could have been a great man. He did a lot of great things but I watched him slip into this madness as the years progressed and towards the end it scared me,» Theodore tells ET's Lauren Zima.

The late Hugh Hefner was nearly as famous for his love life as he was for founding the groundbreaking Playboy Enterprise. With the iconic men’s entertainment magazine first published in 1953 and Playboy branded clubs, casinos and television shows soon to follow, Hugh was definitely a catch in the day. While he dated models, actresses and his very own Playboy centerfolds, Hugh settled down with only three women. And two of the lovely ladies who got Hugh to say “I do” also welcomed two children each with the mogul. Keep reading to find out all about the icon’s four amazing children, below.

The late Hugh Hefner was nearly as famous for his love life as he was for founding the groundbreaking Playboy enterprise. After first publishing the men’s entertainment magazine in 1953, he would go on to open clubs, casinos and hotels with the iconic name and logo — but the women on his arm were always just as newsworthy.

Taking accountability. In the wake of Holly Madison‘s claims that Hugh Hefner cultivated a “cult-like” atmosphere in the mansion, Playboy released a statement of “support” for the former bunny.

Holly Madison is revealing more details about what her life was really like at the Playboy Mansion. Hugh Hefner’s magazine empire is being explored in a 10-part A&E docuseries premiering on Monday titled "The Secrets of Playboy." The special will feature new interviews with former Director of Playmate Promotions Miki Garcia, Hefner’s personal valet Stefan Tetenbaum, Bunny Mother PJ Masten, Playboy Mansion West resident Jennifer Saginor, numerous members of Hefner’s staff and inner circle, including his bodyguard and butler, as well as some of his past girlfriends including Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Sondra Theodore, among others.

Holly Madison, 42, has opened up about her experience living in the Playboy mansion in a new clip from A&E’s upcoming documentary, 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,” Holly said. The model explained that she and the other Playboy Bunnies were “expected to think of” Hugh Hefner, who died in 2017, “as like this really good guy. And you started to feel like, ‘Oh, he’s not what they say in the media, he’s just a nice man.’ ”

Holly Madison is spilling all the tea about her time living in the Playboy Mansion.

Behind the curtain. Holly Madison has always been outspoken about her time in the Playboy Mansion, and she’s sharing even more details in the new A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy.

A documentary series into the clandestine life of late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner suggests the magazine magnate was a "vampire" who allegedly manipulated and drugged young women into taking part in debaucherous sex acts – all while promoting the idea of women's rights to freely express their fullest selves. "Secrets of Playboy" is a 10-part docuseries premiering on A&E on January 24 that promises to peel back the ironclad curtain of the goings-on that allegedly took place at the famed Playboy mansion and its other venues at hush-hush events that were often attended by big-name Hollywood staples and became a draw from others unable to secure a confidential invitation.

Bill Cosby was convicted of rape — well, aggravated indecent assault — for his use of pills, reportedly Quaaludes, that he would allegedly use to drug women and then have sex while they were unable to consent. But was his buddy Hugh Hefner doing the same thing for years?

More details are coming out about some of the stories being shared in the forthcoming Secrets of Playboy docuseries — and this one in particular is super unsettling.

Crystal Hefner has made a huge lifestyle change.

Feeling more like herself. Crystal Hefner opened up about getting to a better relationship with her body after years in the Playboy mansion.

The Playboy brand is renowned for its glamorous Bunnies and parties, but those living in the mansion have exposed the alleged dark side to the A-list lifestyle. Former Playmate Holly Madison has spoken out about her experience of the Playboy Mansion, claiming that Hugh Hefner was “literally pushed on top” of her during their first date.

Holly Madison is discussing sex with Hugh Hefner.

Holly Madison is getting candid about what it was really like being one of Hugh Hefner’s many girlfriends. The former Playboy Bunny recently appeared on the "Power: Hugh Hefner" podcast where she recalled being invited to spend a night out with the magazine publisher.

Holly Madison thought she knew what she was getting herself into when going on her first date with Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner, but things took a very disturbing turn.

More revelations about life at the Playboy Mansion are coming out.

An uncomfortable encounter. Holly Madison opened up about her first date with Hugh Hefner — and what happened afterward.

More secrets are coming out!

Holly Madison is opening up about her time living at the Playboy Mansion. The model, now 41, was at the home from the early 2000s until she and Hugh Hefner split in 2008.

Holly Madison, 41, is opening up how Hugh Hefner was not happy about her decision to cut her hair after she moved into the Playboy mansion, where she lived from 2001 until 2008, in the upcoming A&E documentary series Secrets of Playboy, which looks into the “hidden realities” of the magazine’s empire.

Playboy mansion. “I felt like I was in the cycle of gross things and I didn’t know what to do,” said Holly Madison, former Playboy pinup and ex-girlfriend of the late Hefner, in an explosive new clip for the forthcoming A&E docuseries “Secrets of Playboy.” In a preview for the 10-hour exploration into the once-heralded Playboy empire — set to debut on Jan.

Long before she began selling prime real estate in Los Angeles as documented on Netflix's "Selling Sunset,' Heather Rae Young was a Playboy Playmate. Young, who recently wed HGTV star Tarek El Moussa, reflected on her early career and one of the monumental moments that helped shape it: shooting nude spreads for the magazine founded by the late Hugh Hefner.

Hugh Hefner’s son Cooper Hefner is expecting twins with his wife and Harry Potter actress, Scarlett Byrne, they have announced. The couple revealed the news on their Instagram pages respectively, posting a photo of themselves stood happily together with their 15-month-old daughter Betsy and Scarlet’s baby bump on show as she wore a cream wrap dress.

Scarlett Byrne is expecting twins!

Playboy Mansion are legendary, even if the house was haunted.

Nirvana by Spencer Elden, which alleges the cover art of their iconic album ‘Nevermind’ amounted to “commercial child pornography”, alleges that cover subject Elden was also styled and photographed as Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.Lawyer Robert Lewis, representing the now 30-year-old Elden, filed the amended suit on Monday (November 22), which was obtained by Digital Music News.

EXCLUSIVE: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is the subject of the latest season of podcast series Power.

Bridget Marquart has had a few spooky experiences in her life — but the spookiest might have happened while she was asleep!

This bunny’s got a tale — and the spooky story centers around the late Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion.  Former Playboy bunny and "Girls Next Door" reality star Bridget Marquardt claims Hef’s sprawling 5.7-acre estate in Holmby Hills, California, is a haunted house.  "[There are] ghost stories dating back decades from that mansion," Marquardt, 48, explained on paranormal activity podcast "Dark House" Wednesday.

Playboy mansion. Former Playboy bunny and “Girls Next Door” reality star Bridget Marquardt claims Hef’s sprawling 5.7-acre estate in Holmby Hills, California, is a haunted house. “[There are] ghost stories dating back decades from that mansion,” Marquardt, 48, explained on paranormal activity podcast “Dark House” Wednesday.

Crystal Hefner isn’t going to stand for people — and especially not Playboy bunnies — talking trash about her late husband.

Not holding back. Crystal Hefner shared her true feelings regarding the late Hugh Hefner‘s exes and their recent disses about their time with him.

After presenting just five lack-lustre witnesses to testify in defence of R Kelly – compared to 45 for the prosecution – a lot was resting on his defence team’s closing arguments at the musician’s trial yesterday.