Hefner's Kendra Does Not Like To Be Quoted

One of PLAYBOY legend Hugh Hefner's girlfriends, Kendra Wilkinson was pissed off when she read a profile of herself, Hefner, and his other girlfriends, Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison, in the June issue of Elle Magazine. The article was about the foursome's E! show, "The Girls Next Door."

Eventhough she liked the pictures, Wilkinson was hurt when she was described by writer , Daphne Merkin, as "giving off a palpable air of anxiety." Merkin also quoted Wilkinson as saying her fake breasts were "my best investment" and said she referred constantly to her "slight acne."

"I'm very insecure right now about my face," Wilkinson told Merkin. "I get scared with Hef looking at me at the mansion and maybe thinking I'm ugly."

Merkin also mentions Wilkinson's "fleeting attention span," her "dazed personality and limited vocabulary" and quotes Hefner describing Wilkinson's "distinctly unintellectual charm" by mockingly saying, "Books? What books?"

When Wilkinson went on "Larry King Live" with Hefner and the other girlfriends to discuss the E! show, she said, "a magazine article that just came out . . . it hurt my feelings and it really, like, crushed my heart. And Hef being such a great guy, he said, 'You know what, Kendra? I was going to write them a letter and say, like, how this is wrong.' The article wasn't really nice . . . People like to pick on me."

According to Page Six, that's not what Hefner said in the letter he wrote to Merkin.

The letter said: "I just finished reading your article . . . and think it's the best, most perceptive piece on the show to date . . . I hope you get a chance to do a longer story for the New York Times or The New Yorker."
A rep for Hefner didn't return e-mails when asked if Wilkenson was aware that he lied about what the letter actually said.
Note to Kendra: When a reporter interviews you and that's what you tell her, that's what she has to quote. Otherwise, be naked and don't talk. Photo courtesy of PLAYBOY/Google Images
Published 6/7/07 by


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