Holly Madison has insisted that the Playboy Bunnies were "real people".
The 42-year-old reality star worked in the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles and famously dated owner Hugh Heffner. She is set to appear in a new documentary detailing "horrible things" that happened in the magazine owner's seedy home over the years, including the 2009 murder of Jasmine Fiore.
Speaking in a trailer for the upcoming documentary “The Playboy Murders', she said: "There was something about the Playboy brand that had a little bit more of a mystique to it. These horrible things could really happen to anyone. These were real people with real families. When you pose nude, a lot of people think it grants some sort of ownership to you."
The former “Holly's World” star first spoke out about her time as a Playboy Bunny and her relationship with the late businessman, who died at the age of 91 in 2017, in her 2015 memoir “Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny”. Last year, she admitted that being in the mansion was like being part of a "cult".
She said: "It’s a very cult-like atmosphere anyway and you’re manipulated to feel that way, but on top of it, my own shame kept me there too. I just couldn’t really imagine a life outside of there.
"Imagine having sex with somebody in a room full of women who all hate you and you know they’re all talking s*** about you. Like, how horrible? It was gross."
''The Playboy Murders“ will stream on Discovery+ from January 23.
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