Holly Madison says it was a cult as she was 'gaslit' into thinking Hugh Hefner was 'nice'

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Holly Madison says the Playboy Mansion was like a 'cult' when she lives there in the early 2000s withBridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson, her Girls Next Door co-stars.The reality TV star dated Playboy founder Hugh Hefner - who died in 2017 aged 91 - from 2001 and 2008 and has revealed how 'isolated from the outside world' she and her fellow Playboy Bunnies were.The 42-year-old model also claimed the girls were only allowed to leave the legendary Los Angeles pad for special reasons and were told not to invite friends over.

Brainwashed?Holly Madison says the Playboy Mansion was like a 'cult.' Holly, far left, seen with, from left, Hugh Hefner,Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson in 2005 Bunny babe: With Hefner at his Holmby Hills mansion in 2003 for a commericalIn a preview of the upcoming A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy, she spilled: 'The reason I think the mansion was very cult-like, looking back on it, is because we were all kind of gaslit and expected to think of Hef as, like, this really good guy.

You started to feel like, "Oh, he's not what they say in the media — he's just a nice man."' The blonde bombshell added: 'Another thing that reminds me of a cult is how it was so easy to get isolated from the outside world there.'You had a 9 o'clock curfew, you were encouraged to not have friends over.

You weren't really allowed to leave unless it was, like, a family holiday.' The vibe:The reality TV star dated Playboy founder Hugh Hefner - who died in 2017 aged 91 - from 2001 and 2008 and has revealed how 'isolated from the outside world' she and her fellow Playboy Bunnies wereSecrets of Playboy is a 10-part series and premieres on January 24.It will also feature an interview with former 'Bunny Mother' PJ Masten and.