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Holly Madison Reveals’ Strict Rules & Expectations’ For Women Who Lived In Hugh Hefner’s Mansion
It wasn’t just all parties and glamour.
Holly Madison has opened up about the restrictive rules and expectations of the women who had lived in Hugh Hefner’s mansion. Speaking on the Power: Hugh Hefner podcast, the 41-Year-Old claimed she knew about only one before she moved in, and that was the 9 p.m. curfew. The early curfew at that time didn’t permit Holly to go out dating, which was also a thing banned by Hefner himself.
Holly Madison moved into Hefner’s mansion when she was 21 and soon became his ‘number one girlfriend.’
Holly, who had earlier compared the Playboy Mansion to a cult, also claimed Hefner controlled their love lives and equally set strict expectations about how the women should appear. “Everybody would talk about that, the staff at the Mansion, the guests, everybody knew about it. People would kind of joke about it because it sounded so silly.”
Their relationship lasted seven years, and now the model is opening up about her time with the Playboy founder.
According to Holly, 41, the rules of the house were ‘pretty restrictive,’ including a regular 9 p.m. curfew.
“I knew that was a rule before I moved in, but I didn’t mind that rule for myself because I was just at a phase in my life where I wasn’t interested in going out partying on my own time or trying to meet celebrities or trying to meet guys. I was interested in working hard and getting my life together.” Holly said.
The women who lived at the mansion weren’t allowed to date other guys or had an apartment of their own.
Holly also claimed that Playboy Hefner set strict expectations about his women’s appearance.
When she decided to move in, Holly claimed she initially thought she would be living there for a year maximum because that was the example she had seen come before her. She equally stated that women in the mansion weren’t permitted to date other guys, which she was okay with, too, especially as she wasn’t interested in dating.
Interestingly, the women were usually given $1000 a week as a clothing allowance.
And if Hefner’s secretaries discovered the money wasn’t spent on clothes, they would have the amount reduced.
Holly continued: “You weren’t allowed to have an apartment of your own, which while I lived there, there were some women who did; they just kept that a secret from him. You were expected to look a certain way; obviously, you had to have the blonde hair.” There was also pressure on what to wear, and the women were usually given $1000 per week as a clothing allowance.
However, Holly found a weird balancing act of trying to make it look like she had much to show for that money.
She equally had saved a little bit away so she could live if she decided to leave at a moment’s notice.
The clothing allowance sounds good, but then it was strictly managed. According to Holly, if any of Hefner’s secretaries discovered the money was spent on anything other than clothes, they would have the amount reduced. However, she found a weird balancing act of trying to make it appear as she had so much to show for that money, saving a little away so she could live if she decided to leave at a moment’s notice.
This comes after Holly recently accused Hefner of taking unsolicited photos of playmates to control them.
She has since compared the act of the Playboy to ‘revenge porn.’
In the same podcast, Holly, who left the mansion in 2008, just recently accused Hefner of taking unsolicited photos of playmates to control them. She claimed the Playboy would make copies of all the pictures and hand them out to everyone who had gone out that night. She also had compared the act to ‘revenge porn.’
However, Holly officially left the mansion in 2008.
