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Kendra Wilkinson Reflects on Playboy Years and Their Lasting Impact on Intimacy and Self-Identity

The former reality star opens up about feeling safe at the Playboy Mansion but grappling with long-term struggles in relationships and mental health due to early sexualization.

  • Kendra Wilkinson revealed that her time at the Playboy Mansion contributed to 'unhealthy thoughts' about sex and intimacy, which she continues to address through therapy.
  • She described feeling safe and stable at the mansion during a vulnerable period in her life but acknowledged the lasting challenges of being sexualized at a young age.
  • Wilkinson considers her transition to marriage and motherhood after leaving the mansion as the 'golden years' of her life, despite her eventual divorce from Hank Baskett in 2018.
  • The former Playboy model admitted that her reality TV career was more emotionally taxing than her time at the mansion and expressed regret over aspects of her show business journey.
  • Reflecting on her troubled teenage years, Wilkinson contrasted the stability she found at the mansion with the instability of her adolescence, including selling drugs at age 15.
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