Episodes
Join Holly and Bridget as they discuss Holly's LEAST favorite episode "Age of Aquarium." The girls open up and get candid about their mental health struggles over the years, their experiences with therapy and what they struggle with today. Holly and Bridget discuss Loveline with Dr. Drew, the time a monkey got body shamed, a scandalous moment on the set of an Eminem video, recent surprise celebrity encounters and the cult-like mentality that surrounded the mansion.
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Published 05/20/24
Our most talked about guest Marston Hefner is for a candid discussion on what he thinks about the recent book by his dad's last wife. In our chat, he talks getting kicked out of his mom's house and being banished to the mansion, the bureaucracy that stood between him and his dad, and how the mansion and the power structures changed once Crystal arrived. Marston shares his experience on Crystal's podcast, his dad's state of mind during his final days, the mystery of the HMH Foundation, the...
Published 05/13/24
It's Halfway to Halloween with today's very special guest, the woman behind horror icon Elvira, Cassandra Peterson! Holly and Bridget sit down with the Girls Next Door guest star to dish on all things horror, Hollywood and more! Cassandra divulges what it takes to survive the entertainment industry, the "showbiz superstition," Hollywood expiration dates, manifesting and the pivotal role Elvis played in her life. She talks being the youngest ever showgirl in Las Vegas, her days at the Playboy...
Published 05/06/24
This week the girls go into Eminem video mishaps, the jankiest gifts Holly ever gave out and the bartender that hated her when they review The Girls Next Door Season 2 Episode 12 "Girls Will Ghouls." Holly and Bridget talk about the mysterious underground tunnels in Downtown LA, Holly's favorite blind item, her eerie true crime Lethally Blonde story, and some of the weird hate mail they got at the mansion. The girls talk every TikTok rumor about Jackie Kennedy, their favorite mansion-era...
Published 04/29/24
In this episode, Holly divulges her recent cosmetic procedure and the girls speculate on which beauty secret Megan Fox is gatekeeping. The ladies dive deep into their favorite episode of the season "Girls will be Ghouls" and talk round bed theories, the time Holly was terrified Bridget was going to get kicked out and early 2000's pumpkin patch paparazzi. They talk which sexuality rumors were flying, the weird convention that should have been a docuseries, meeting horror icon Elvira, the...
Published 04/22/24
Your favorite Girls Next Door guest star Sara Underwood is back to spill more tea with Holly and Bridget! She tells us what it was like living at the Bunny House, competing against your roommates for Playmate of the Year and why Sara was never expecting to win the coveted title. The girls talk surprise body insecurities, which mansion regular tried to ask Sara out, the celebrity she had to lock out of her room in Vegas, the pivotal moment that made her decide to get her boobs done and finding...
Published 04/15/24
If anyone was the fourth Girl Next Door in the hearts of the fans it was definitely Miss July 2006 Sara Jean Underwood. She sits down with Holly and Bridget to tell us all about her weird experience trying out for the Playboy college girls issue, bra stuffing and what her parents though of her decision to pose nude. Sara gets into what it was like shooting her pictorial at her childhood home, what it was like being thrust onto reality tv and the Playmate video shoot that led to a meltdown....
Published 04/08/24
Get back to Vegas with Holly and Bridget as Holly discusses why she hates being single and the worst times she's ever run into an ex. Bridget talks getting served divorce papers in public, who threw a fit in Vegas and getting stranded at a strip club. The girls get into sex tape drama, set up "surprises," how it feels having to leave a party early and Playmate vs. celebrity pictorials. The girls reveal who got tattoos in Vegas, what hangover weekends were like at the mansion and much...
Published 04/01/24
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Join Holly and Bridget for a wild 21st birthday party in Vegas! The girls confess what they did on each of their 21st birthdays, reminisce about old Vegas nightclubs, talk about Holly's weirdest responsibility at the mansion and get into this episode's fake drama. Bridget tells us about what almost derailed the trip, how they got their first overnight away from Hef and . . . WTF is a jewelry party?
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Published 03/25/24
Join Holly and Bridget as they discuss the ins and outs of alienation, friendships that have fallen apart over the years, current drama and how they plan to possibly resolve it. The girls talk jarring outdated terminology, their take on gross out humor, people faking their personalities and the drama at the end of the episode. Bridget and Holly recap all things The Girls Next Door Season 2 Episode 10 "Baby Talk" - the most hilarious moments and the most cringe-worthy!
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Published 03/18/24
In this episode, Holly and Bridget reveal their most salacious group chat, talk true crime and speculate on why The Girls Next Door rarely got truly spontaneous scenes. The girls talk mold at the mansion, thoughts on postpartum depression and what they don't tell you before you give birth. Holly spills the deets on her own baby shower and the girls go back in time to reminisce on their first Playmate friend to have a baby and the planning that went into throwing the shower seen on The Girls...
Published 03/11/24
Today Holly and Bridget sit down with makeup artists Stephen Moleski to talk about how he went from Atlanta to doing makeup at the Playboy mansion to working with celebrities and beyond! They get into the relationship dynamics he observed at the mansion, his personal rapport with Mary, the staff and with each girl, getting lost in Europe and then spills the tea on why Hef got pissed and banned him from part of the trip. The trio dive into the other adventures they shared together, talk...
Published 03/04/24
Come with Holly and Bridget to Rome, Naples, Pompeii and Venice as they recap the fan favorite episode from The Girls Next Door Season 2, "When in Rome." They talk about the celebrities they ran into on the trip, the blow out parties, being grabbed by Coliseum gladiators, the intricacies and drama of traveling in the Playboy world, Dolores Cannon and past life regressions, journeying into Pompeii and their Roman empires.
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Published 02/26/24
Journey overseas with Holly and Bridget as they recount the behind the scenes life of The Girls Next Door season 2 episode 9 "When in Rome." In this fan favorite episode from season 2, the girls visit the Cannes Film Festival, meet the most beautiful Playmate in history, catch rare glimpses of Bridget and Kendra's friendship and share a connection with the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The girls talk the creep that followed Holly back to their hotel, the huge cringe moment in the episode...
Published 02/19/24
Holly and Bridget dive back into The Girls Next Door Season 2 Episode 9 "I See London, I See France" for a whirlwind trip to Paris. Join them on all the adventures they had on and off camera, including the world's worst fart story, who Hef thought was sleeping with each other and the huge blow out that almost got Bridget sent home. The girls get into the psychic connection they share, the other people who got sent home (and the ones who almost did), the eerie element of Hef's last party and...
Published 02/12/24
This week, we get into what went on during our trip to London and how reality show drama can have real life consequences. We talk about seasonal affective disorder and depression management, being competitive for attention, who was jet lagged and which one thing the three of us all had in common. Come on a trip with us to the London Dungeons, get kicked out of pubs with us and see all of our London adventures that weren't shown on TV! Take a deep dive with us into what it's like to be sued,...
Published 02/05/24
The girls are off to Europe for the trip of a lifetime as they review The Girls Next Door Season 2 Episode 8. Holly talks about which scene makes her skin crawl, the weird scene that doesn't make sense and the girls discuss their bizarre matching pajama ritual. They get into the lengths the show went to to twist their words, what Bridget was stressed about and why men have an easier time with a busy schedule. Holly and Bridget detail the strange ways they had to pack, who was cut out of their...
Published 01/29/24
Join Holly and Bridget as they talk all things Playmate of the Year with the 2006 winner, Kara Monaco. Holly confesses to kicking someone out of their party tent, they talk which celebrities would cold call Playmates in the mansion guest house and give a history of the best Playmate of the year prizes. Kara spills her behind the scenes stories from working as a princess in Walt Disney World, how she won "America's Hottest Bartender," and what her former Disney co-workers thought of her posing...
Published 01/22/24
On today's episode, the girls explore the themes of female friendship, loneliness and feeling isolated in friend groups. Holly and Bridget dive back into The Girls Next Door Season 2 Episode 7 "Sleepwear Optional," talk about Kendra splintering off from the group in Season 2, diamond necklace horcruxes and what adult women got up to at an all-girl slumber party. They reminisce on swag bags in the 2000's, prank calling the butlers and how the neighbors felt about Hef's parties. As Kara Monaco...
Published 01/15/24
In this episode Holly and Bridget jump into the topic of jealousy; how it farmed resentment back in the day, how it affects their lives now and who they've been jealous of lately. They also get into women supporting women, both on camera and off; having a "backup plan" in relationships and group dynamics and triangulation.
Reacting to The Girls Next Door season 2 Episode 7 "Sleepwear Optional," they confess which scenes make them cringe watching back, "redecorating" the mansion bedrooms and...
Published 01/08/24
Today we are joined by a very special guest, Katie Manzella, who spent some of her childhood at the mansion. Her mother was Playmate Sondra Theodore, Hef's girlfriend for the latter half of the 70's. Katie talks what it was like being at the mansion as a child, partying there when she got older, her relationship with her mom over the years, how she balances the memories she has with the truth of her mother's experience and much more in this emotional and healing conversation.
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Published 01/05/24
Join us for a fun catch up session with the host of the Live From Bed podcast, Jade Iovine, who grew up right across the street from the Playboy mansion. We get her perspective as a kid who regularly went to the Easter and 4th of July parties and as a teenage fan of The Girls Next Door. Jade talks about having a mom who posed for Playboy, borrowing our Halloween costumes and who she was friends with at the mansion. We talk meeting Taylor Swift, the confusion that was our Season 5 exits, which...
Published 01/02/24
We're getting emo on Easter as Holly and Bridget cover the second half of The Girls Next Door Season 2 Episode 6 Heavy Petting. Holly goes deep into why the holiday made her moody and the girls get vulnerable about where they were at mentally and emotionally during the spring of 2006. They talk biological clocks, scene stealing, "pick me girls" in the 2000's and Winnie going "dogatonic." Holly talks which scene she felt was the most real for her so far, Bridget talks about who she saw getting...
Published 12/18/23
It's springtime 2006 at the mansion and the girls are talking all things motherhood, baby animals, and one of the most unlikely events to become controversial on the Girls Next Door world. Why do so many people in the GND universe hate on the dog birthday party so much? Holly and Bridget dive into why that might be and how the event even came to be in the first place. The girls talk about how pet ownership has changed over the years, dog cloning and the resentment that was starting to brew...
Published 12/11/23
Catch up with Colin Wilkinson in this very special episode. Bridget and Holly ask Colin what it was like to be an 18 year old guy who got to party at the Playboy mansion, what the other kids at school thought, what the haters would tease him about and what it was like having the show film at his house. They jump into how his grandfather felt about Kendra's situation, Colin's experience filming for Kendra's spin-off series and which plot lines were faked for the show. Colin covers partying at...
Published 12/04/23