‘Girls Next Door’ Cast: Where Are They Now?
Come on back to the early 2000s! It’s been nearly 10 years since The Girls Next Door aired on E! — making it the perfect time to revisit the fun-filled show.
The Girls Next Door ran for six seasons from 2005 to 2009. Created by Kevin Burns, the reality series gave an inside look at the lives of Hugh Hefner’s three main girlfriends Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson. Fans got to see the bunch as they traveled, partied and lived in the Playboy mansion.
In the show’s final season, the spotlight was shifted toward Hefner’s three new girlfriends: Crystal Harris and twins Kristina Shannon and Karissa Shannon.
Though the series showcased the Hef’s then-girlfriends fun-filled adventures, Madison has often alleged that being a part of that world wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In her 2015 Down the Rabbit Hole memoir, she opened up about how the severity of her depression led her to contemplate suicide three years before the series aired. However, she told BuzzFeed News while promoting the book that her experience living in the mansion got better with the E! show’s arrival.
“I was sad at times after Girls Next Door, too, but I felt like the TV show improved our experience a lot,” she previously explained to the news outlet.
The OG stars also had a falling out in the years since the show ended, but it was Madison, and Wilkinson, in particular, who publicly feuded. Speaking out on the trio’s post-show dynamic, Marquardt said that they will always be connected regardless of where they stand with one another.
“I feel like we have a bond, the three of us,” she said on Hollywood Today Live in 2016. “It’s kind of, like, it’s not like a sisterhood, it’s not like friends. I mean, it is friends, but it’s something totally different than any other relationship you could possibly imagine.”
For fans who still miss the popular series, Wilkinson previously hinted that a Girls Next Door reboot could potentially happen. During a March 2016 teaser trailer for Kendra on Top, Wilkinson said that “somebody did reach out about a possible Girls Next Door reunion” and added: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”
Scroll through the photos below to see what the cast has been up to since the E! series concluded.
In her life after The Girls Next Door, Marquardt hosted Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches in 2009 for one season. She also served as a contributor for Yahoo’s Animal Nation and began hosting her “Ghost Magnet With Bridget Marquardt” podcast in 2019.
She has been dating director Nick Carpenter since 2009.
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Wilkinson starred in her own E! reality series, Kendra, from 2009 to 2011. Thereafter, she landed another reality series that aired for six seasons on WE tv, titled Kendra on Top. She appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Wife Swap and Dancing With the Stars, but she also dabbled in scripted TV roles on The Mindy Project and made a cameo in Scary Movie 5. Additionally, the California native authored two books: Sliding Into Home in 2010 and Being Kendra in 2011.
Wilkinson was married to Hank Baskett from 2009 to 2018. They welcomed son Hank in 2009 and daughter Alijah in 2014.
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Hefner had two onscreen roles in 2011 after The Girls Next Door ended, during which he lent his voice for the film Hop and on The Playboy Club series. The publishing mogul married Harris in 2012, but their marriage concluded when he died at the Playboy mansion in 2017.
Hefner was 91 when he passed away from sepsis. He is survived by his widow and his four children: daughter Christie and sons David, Marston and Cooper. His youngest son, Cooper, succeeded him as the chief creative officer of Playboy in 2016, but he stepped down three years later.
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Harris used her celebrity status post-series to co-design a swimwear collection for Veve Glamor Swimwear in 2012. Two years later, she worked with Rhonda Shear to co-design a collection that featured intimates, athleisure and loungewear.
As for her personal life, Harris revealed that she was diagnosed with Lyme disease and toxic mold in 2016. The model also removed her breast implants that same year due to the chronic pain it sparked. She was married to Hefner from 2012 until his death in 2017.
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The Shannon twins landed roles in the film Somewhere and appeared on other reality TV shows, including Celebrity Big Brother and Rob & Chyna, after The Girls Next Door. The duo also starred in multiple adult films.
In 2010, Karissa made headlines for claiming that she appeared in a sex tape with The Hills star Heidi Montag. At the time, the former Playmate told RadarOnline.com that Montag’s husband, Spencer Pratt, allegedly stole the video.
Karissa and Kristina run GLAM Beverly Hills salon together.
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