’s “The Girls Next Door.”
The longtime California resident has endured much throughout her life, including a turbulent teenage period.
Her mother, Patti, previously worked as a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles, as noted byPeople.
Like her mother, Wilkinson was also athletic.
“I’m an athlete, and that’s me inside,” she toldPR.comin 2009.
“I’m a tomboy athlete and a sports lover.”
Kendra Wilkinson had a tough upbringing
Kendra Wilkinson faced some heavy times growing up.
“I attempted suicide a couple times.
I went to a mental institution.”
Although she’s had ups and downs, Wilkinson views her experiences as lessons.
“I will never forget where I come from,” she toldPR.com.
Throughout the night, Wilkinson served drinks to celebrities and mingled with Hefner.
“I gave him the key back but told him I would see him again soon.
‘Will you be my girlfriend?’
he asked again before I left.”
Wilkinson accepted and soon moved into the Playboy Mansion.
In fact, Hefner had two other girlfriends with whom he lived with Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt.
“I felt so lazy and miserable.
This was supposed to be paradise, but for me, it wasn’t.”
Wilkinson’s housemate Madison also wrote about life in the mansion.
No, I’m sorry, I’m not doing that.
Just don’t film us looking like skanks, I’ll be good."
She starred on the E!
show from 2005 to 2009 and even landed the spinoff “Kendra” (viaIMDb).
As Wilkinson described, the pair became friends first and eventually their relationship blossomed into a romantic one.
“It wasn’t love at first sight,” Wilkinson said.
Apparently their relationship just moved quickly.
“I got chills, and my eyes teared up,” Marquardt toldUs Weekly.
Wilkinson gave birth to her daughter, Alijah, in 2014 (viaUs Weekly).
The reality star opened up about her parenting style in a blog forPeople.
4 on the New York Times Best Sellers list, according to theSouth Florida Sun Sentinel.
“I just wanted to tell my story,” Wilkinson told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
“Not to be mean, not to be angry.
I just wanted to tell what I was thinking during certain times.”
“Off camera, we would just disappear into our own little world.
We just never bonded.
We were not friends.”
A year later, Baskett and Wilkinson opened up about the allegations.
“I messed up,” Baskett toldPeople.
“I put myself in a bad situation.
And everything through me brought pain upon this family.”
In 2018, Wilkinson announced that she filed for divorce after almost nine years of marriage.
I will forever love Hank and be open but for now we have chosen to go our own ways.
While she worked on mending her marriage, Wilkinson had an emotional reunion with her estranged father.
“I hadn’t seen him in 20 years, but I had no fear anymore.”
By 2016, Wilkinson had reunited with her brother, Colin.
The siblings' two-year feud was sparked by Wilkinson’s deteriorating relationship with her mother.
She had accused her mother of selling stories about her to tabloids.
However, Colin and Wilkinson reconciled after the passing of their grandmother Mary.
“He really stepped up and he really became a true man.
“I think it shows them that their mom is strong and can do it all.
I also think it’s a great way to have them pitch in and help.”
“It was a rough start for me to get used to co-parenting,” Wilkinson toldPeople.
“I didn’t know how to not have my kids.
And then the guilt would set in.”
“I have a right to actually enjoy my time,” she toldUs Weekly.
“It’s been years since I filmed any reality TV,” Wilkinson toldMediaVillagein 2021.
