I found it on a filesharing program and I don't have the first clue about how to upload it. Sorry.

It's really sad, I wish those girls could leave the house and do real stuff. Everything in their life is Playboy, they're walking, talking mascots without the ears and tails. They can't go out clubbing, they can't take a vacation without Hef, they can't do any of the normal reality tv staples. I wonder if Holly is even allowed to fly to Alaska, or is it Washington, to visit her family?

I don't see any guards with guns, so they're certainly free to leave & do what they want. Of course they'd have to give up the 'perks' of being Hef's paid companions ... but it's free will that has them there.

They are getting the life they want for the price they are willing to pay. They don't have to do any real labor (despite Bridgette's crying over how stressful her "job" is.) and they get paid, partied, fed and housed...but they give up personal freedoms and social lives, have to tow the company line, put up with old man smell, etc.

I, on the other hand, work 40+ hours per week and put up with old man smell (from the engineers I work with)...but I have a personal life, a boyfriend I actually have sex with and I have the kind of job where people don't get fired for turning 35 (hear that Bridgette?).

I agree. None of the information we have learned to date would give the indication that they are being coerced or threatened into staying there. Girlfriends have come and gone before. My guess would be that although they may not be threatened, there might be some sort of gag order that they have to sign once they are accepted as "official" girlfriends. Then again, Izabella St. James just wrote a book about it, and I think she was a girlfriend at one time.

Who knows...I just see them as 3 aspiring young (in Bridget's case, not that young) women who are riding the Playboy gravy train as long as they can. They are probably under the delusion that this will catapult them into superstardom. Hopefully they won't look back one day and regret essentially giving up these years of their life.

I don't mean in life, I mean on the show. The show can't branch out and send them to do this or that because of Hef's rules. Everything has to be a day trip, I don't care about the sadness of their lives, I'm sad about the limits of the show.

Oops - I get it now ChocolateCherry! And I totally agree with you. Imagine the Girls camping, on dates with Hef individually, Holly visiting her face-pixilated family (because of the shame), etc.

Hee! Yeah, it is sad that Hef's "rules" limit what the girls can do on and off the show. I remember being horrified that they only stayed in Vegas for what - like 5 hours??? And the constant checking-in with Hef, having to rush to hurry back to the mansion. It definitely gives the impression that they are under a lot of restrictions. Even when they traveled with Hef to New York and Chicago, you got the impression he really didn't want to be there, it was all just kind of a whirlwind "for show" tour, then back on the PB plane and the safety of the mansion. I get the impression that Hef is a bit of a recluse, and only leaves the mansion for the scheduled "nights out" and such. The trips seem more for PR than for actual enjoyment and leisure.

Oh I couldn't not agree with this statement more. I just cannot stand the face that Bridget makes when she's trying to be sexy. Whoever told her that she looks sexy like that is seriously delusional or did it to make sure she looks like an idiot in pictures.

Isabelle St James's book, Bunny Tales, isn't supposed to be released until Sept, 28th. However, I work at Barnes & Noble, and we just got it in and I am borrowing it (employees can borror hardcover books for 2 months). I'll read it and let you know what I think, what it's about. I'm guessing you won't want to be spending $24.95 on this crap.

Oh, Natalie0628, give us the scoop when you're done! I want to read it, but I don't really want to spend $25 on it and I doubt my public library will be carrying it anytime soon.

Plus, would you really wanna risk being seen checking it out?

Does it get put back on the shelf when employees are finished reading it?

I was wondering about that too EarthMomma,I don't really like the idea of paying $25.00 for a book that an employee has taken home and maybe taken into the bathroom or whatever, thats kind of weird to me.

If this bothers you, don't buy anything from B&N (or Borders for that matter). Customers often take books into the bathroom and the books are returned to the shelf, at least at the B&N that I worked at for a year. Employees have to return the books in pristine condition!

I want the juicy details for free!

I've worked at a couple of book stores and checking out the books is one of the perks of the job. If you damage the book, you have to buy it. The employees usually are very careful with the books they take home.

Ok, so I finished it in a few hours. Verrrrry interesting read. Obviously, she's not the best writer in the world, despite having a law degree, so I don't know if she wrote this with a lighter tone on purpose or not - she used lots of slang and just sounded...wrong ("Then we went to Henri Bendel, my fave store!").

The beginning is a lot of family history for her, about how her family emigrated from Poland to Greece to Canada. There are a few pages of pictures that she is in, mostly from the mansion, and pictures with other girls. I guess the best way to sort all of these is just by bullets, there was a lot of insider info.

-Hef talked Izabella into moving into the house after he saw her at several nightclubs in LA and invited her to Fun In The Sun Parties held every Sunday
-The girls got an allowance of $1,000 each week. This might seem like a lot, but there were expected to buy clothes to wear out with him on Wednesday and Friday nights, as well as all their other expenses, and they were not allowed to have other jobs outside of the Mansion. If they left to go somewhere, like visiting family, Hef would not give them the allowance.
-All the girls got cars. Hef usually made the down payment on a cheaper new car or a nicer used car and the girls had to make the monthly payments - this changed after some of the ex girlfriends who became Playmates left Hef after getting nice, new cars.
-Izabella wanted an Escalade and could not get one because Holly wanted/had one (don't remember which it is), so she got a pimped out Chevy Tahoe
-Hef doesn't actually own the Mansion, Playboy does, and he has to pay rent on each of the bedrooms. His bedroom is $25,000 a month, and rooms like Izabella's (the second smallest) were $6,000 a month.
-The girls got $2,000 if they were going to a special event like the Grammys, this was to buy them an outfit and shoes only, and it decreased over time, because some of the girls would save the left over money - Holly ratted them out.
-There was a clear alliance between Holly/Bridget against the other girls. They are also the people who slept with Hef most often, and they usually had to go down on him, because he is so old. They had (have?) him wrapped around their fingers and would cry and guilt trip him about things (like Holly throwing a fit over Barbi Benton visiting).
-All the girls were given free, basically unlimited hair/nails/facials/makeup/botox, etc. All girls got their boobs done (she said Bridget's are real), as well as nose jobs, paid by Hef, and this was expected of them. For birthdays, they would usually ask for big things like Lasik eye surgery (Holly), a newer car or money.
- Kendra was a stripper in San Diego, the dental hygenist thing was never mentioned
-A lot of un-named celebrities, including couples, propositioned her to have sex with them
-A lot of former girlfriends and Playmates are high class hookers, especially in the Middle East, and it makes Hef mad
- The Mansion is in really poor condition, and there are pet stains EVERYWHERE from all of the dogs the girls have, and the furniture is old and mismatched
-The lawn/yard of the Mansion could be rented out for parties and they would go on until 2-3AM, keeping the people in the house up, in addition to the fact that there is an event going on almost everynight
-No one was allowed in the kitchen, and they were not allowed to make their own food, everything must be ordered from the Kitchen Staff
-Some girlfriends got "fired" for sleeping with butlers & other staff
-They are not allowed to keep alcohol in their rooms, and it must also be ordered. One time, there was only one type of wine the Kitchen would give Izabella (it was what was open), so she went into Hef's wine celler and took a bottle of something else and he was livid and yelled at her and there was a big fight.
-Kendra was a painted dancer at Hef's party, as we know, but how he got interested is another story. She says on TGND that he saw her picture laying by the fax machine, and Izabella contests that Kendra was standing in front of Hef's table handing out Jell-O shots all night, and trying to flirt with him.
-No one in the house even knew how old Bridget was, but she did have skin resurfacing under her eyes to get rid of the wrinkles, suggesting she is older than she claims, and she IS married.
-The final falling out was after a lot of catty fights, in which Bridget especially cried and told Hef that Izabella was "being mean" to her. On the way to a club, Bridget got mad and started crying that Izabella sat next to Hef in the limo (it was her last night going out with them - she was planning on tell him the next day she was leaving), and was crying all night at the club. Then, she yelled at Bridge and said she shouldnt cry, she could sit next to Hef for the rest of their life, and brought up "Did you take your medication"? - a problem here is implied, but Izabella doesn't mention anything else, except Bridget saying she doesn't take meds, and she retorted that "Maybe you should start taking them again, you psycho bitch". Then Hef came and yelled at Izabella, and she "dumped" him. He still invites her to parties, and she went to one MidSummer's Party, and he totally ignored her and wouldn't even say hello.
- She met one of Holly's exboyfriends and he told her that Holly did a lot of background research on Hef, what he likes and such, and was determined to wedge her way in.

Sorry this was so long - if there's anything else you want to know about, ask!
And by the way - we even find opened copies of Playboy...in the men's bathrooms. We re-shrinkwrap them and place them back on the shelf. BN wouldn't want any money to go to waste, and as long as it's not DAMAGED, it's resold. This pretty much goes for any corporation.

ETA: I thought this book came out at the end of Sept. - but it's already been released.

Maybe that's why he's done to three girlfriends now- the rooms are expensive and his finances are in trouble. I really thought he owned the mansion! Also thought that he gave them cars and payed for it all, so it's actually better he does this...well, for him not to get ripped off!

Thank you so much for posting all this. Really interesting!!!

Wow, Natalie0628, thanks for the information. I'm curious, do the girls have to pay for their own food?

It's almost like the Big Lebowski, The old man is the paid "front" of the foundation and the daughter is the real head of the company. She controls the money...or a committee does.

This makes Bridget the smart one of that bunch, at least she has a degree in something and can maybe find a better job later.

I totally can see the alliance between Holly/Bridget thing and them crying/guilting out Hef to try to get their way.
Deluded women ..... look at the *ick* price they are paying.
Oral sex on that old geez? Make.Me.Vomit.


Thanks Natalie0628 - excellent re-cap of the book.
I'm embarrassed to say so, but I after reading your re-cap I think I will lay down the $25.00 for the book.

Dagnabit -- why did Holly's mom have to serve KFC to Hef? I started craving it and I had to go get some so that I wouldn't obsess about it all evening. And I have been SOOOOOO good about staying away from any fast food/HFCS/Transfats, etc. (If the girls really do go down on Hef...well, a diet of boiled eggs and KFC must make that a very unpleasant task.)

Kendra took some nice photos when she was young. She is photogenic, although I still don't think she's especially pretty. I do think she looked tons better with the slightly darker color of hair (ecru vs egg shell?).

The way Kendra was acting you'd think that she was never going to see her family ever again...but then after reading the excerpt from the book (Thanks, Natalie0628!) I realized that if Hef had his way she wouldn't. (What a baby he is -- withholding their pay if they left the mansion that week?)

There was also the mysterious "Hef saved me" comment. She must have been working at a truly shady strip club. Like a nasty bottomless one...the kind where women do things like pick up quarters with their hoo has. And she must have been only one money shot away from a career in hard core porn.

Oh my gosh, tonight's episode. Kendra's mother solidified what kind of trash they are. Oh my god. Wow. I wonder if Hef knew he was eating KFC...well, he does now. Oh my god, poor Hef probably thought Kendra's brother and his friends were going to knife him...and that would have been...dramastic.

Kendra's mom didn't even have champagne flutes or matching napkins...I realize she's a single mom, but you'd think Kendra would be unselfish and buy her mom nice things to help her out.

And Pacodakat, food was paid for, the girls just couldn't even make their own or anything. That's why, on one early episode, Kendra's kind of getting in trouble for eating some cookies or something in the kitchen. And no, Kendra, you're not from "da hood". You are just po white trash.

More things I just remembered from the book:
-When they first met, Hef invited Izabella to go out clubbing with them...on September 11th, and got pretty ticked off when she wouldn't go out (before she moved in).
-Izabella failed her BAR exam the first time by not even showing up for the third day of it, mainly due to pressure from Hef to go out
-The kitchen staff made chopped up chicken and whatnot for everyone's dogs - no dog food for them!
-Hef has a whole Photography staff, AND a Scrapbooking staff, and all they do is make scrapbooks of Hef and his life
-Holly used to work at Hooters as a waitress right before moving into the Mansion
-She estimates he spends $10,000 a month keeping all the girls blonde at salons, and $70,000 a year on silicone
-A reason the $4,000 a month allowance didn't go far is because a lot of the girls were still stuck in apartment leases, and in LA it was $1,500 a month, and Izabella was paying $1,300 a month on her Student Loans from law school (Pepperdine)
-I got the car stuff mixed up. What happened was, Hef would make a $10,000 down payment on the car, and then he would pay the insurance and monthly payment every month, but it was set up on a 3-4 year plan, so when the girls left, they couldn't afford the payments and would get the cars repo'd

Did anyone notice the way Holly mentioned twice that Kendra's mom must have done a lot of research into Hef's likes and dislikes and was impressed. I noticed it and it was before I read the book recap above (thanks btw!). It was creepy. Especially since the research was probably watching one episode of TGND or you know- calling her daughter. Do you think the girls get paid for their participation on the show? Do they get paid when they all leave the mansion for Vegas or to visit one of their families together- with Hef even? Maybe this is why Holly doesn't ever go home. I wonder if they get a salary cut when their family comes to visit since it is a distraction?

I truly hope that Hef did not just take Kendra's childhood videotape. I hope he was either joking, or he took it, make a copy, and sent it back. I truly hope.

Hef really needs to lose the captain's hat. His outfit makes him look old and out of it. Kendra's grandpa was better dressed. It must be great to have an 80 year old, picky eating boyfriend who dresses like the Captain of Captain & Tenielle fame. How dreamy.

Natalie0628, thanks for the great recap of the book. It was much more entertaining than last night's episode, which was so dull I nearly fell asleep.

I'm not surprised to learn that Kendra was a stripper (probably at a lower-grade place) before she moved in with Hef. Maybe that is why she seems so grateful to him and her mom actually envies her for regularly servicing an old codger. Ick.

That is a lot of money for hair color! Sheesh! But considering how blonde they are and that I don't usually see dark roots, they must get touched up about every two weeks. It must cost a bundle for that at salon in the LA area. I know what I pay for highlights in my hometown and they're not cheap.

I think Bridget is on the way out. She is too old by Hef's scale and I can't see her lasting another season... that is, if the show lasts that long. If last night's episode is any indication, then I seriously doubt it.

Why can't the pooches have dog food? There is some perfectly good dog food out there. My Tiffany loves her Nutramax.

If they don't get paid when they are away visiting family, then I don't see how the "girls" cannot see that their "arrangement" equates to prostitution. They are not on-site servicing Hef, so they don't get any money. Seems pretty simple to me.

I think Holly is more concerned with another woman slipping in and getting her claws in Hef.

A couple days ago it was mentioned that Bridget narced on some of the Party Posse and that's what I was thinking when she went and told Hef about Kendra flashing people on the train.

I wouldn't be surprised if it HAD to be KFC. This is a man who brings his own food to restaurants, he isn't going to eat just any fried chicken. I'm sure he chose KFC as the acceptable form when chef prepared steak is unavailable.

What was Holly wearing last night?


I think this show is what's keeping Bridget around, switching out the cast only works on good shows. In season 3 they could add a Cousin Oliver chick, but for Hef to boot Bridge would be bad form and if they show continued airing without her then she could easily push out a tell-all and make a pretty penny. He has to wait until E! gets bored and cans the show or until Bridge gets bored and leaves on her own.

Wow Natalie9628!!!! Thanks so much for the recap!!! It sounds like it confirms a lot of things we already knew/suspected. It definitely paints Hef in not such a good light. From what you said is in the book, he really is very controlling of all of the girls. Did the book say anything more about any of the ex-gf's that got canned (i.e. Tiffany Holliday, Tina Jordan, etc.)?



Hmmmm...I wonder if this is why we never see Bryant the Butler anymore...lol




Yeah, I wonder the same thing. As another poster suggested upthread, I would venture to guess that Holly's family wants nothing to do with any of this, and that is why we never see/hear of them. It would still be interesting to know more about her background.

I thought Kendra's mom and g-mom were adorable! I definitely detect a hint of Philly-accent with both of them. Coupled with the Eagles logo on the refrigerator, the reference to "hoagies and cheesesteaks", and references Kendra made in the first season to loving the Eagles, I am getting that there is a Philly connection there somewhere.

Thanks for the recap, Natalie9628! The Mansion is a truly screwed up place; I can't ever imagine living under those rules and restrictions. Hef is a control freak.
I truly hope Holly, Bridget, and Kendra don't believe they are in the will and will inherit big time when he finally kicks the bucket.

Why was Holly wearing a cutoff mumu?!?! *DEAD*


I was cracking up at how Holly kept reiterating Kendra is not from the hood/ghetto! I was like FOR REAL!!!!

You'd think...but I suspect that Kendra spends all of her money on anti-itch medication and genital wart removal treatments. Oh, and grillzzzz.

Kendra's Mom used to be a Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader . . . Now I know I watch this show too much.

Izabella St. James' book is only 16 dollars on Amazon. I'm thinking I should buy it with another book and get some free shipping.

I was so going to write this! What the hell? Nevermind that he looks like a deranged moron, what exactly is he going for with this look? The costumes need to stop when you're closing in on 100. It's not cute or *vomit* sexy, it gives people the creeps and makes them worry about you.

I also think the time has come for this whole "boyfriend" pretense to come to an end. I believe Kendra actually said something like, "I've brought other boys home before, but this was different." I'm starting to feel like my intelligence is being insulted.

Loved the recap of the book. The way Holly sat so proudly next to her 80 Y.O. wallet -- uh, boyfriend -- at Kendra's house has convinced me once and for all that she has a few screws loose. I don't think Bridget is the only one on meds, and frankly I don't blame any of them. Whatever it takes.

Izabella has a Myspace...if you search her whole name under Google, it's the second link that pops up.
Surprisingly, I sent her a message to let her know how much I enjoyed the book, as well as a few other comments, and she actually responsed! She is incredibly likeable.

As far as the other girls, she did mention that Hef really disliked Stacey Burke after a costume she wore to a party. It was a fetish outfit...like a horse mane and tail, as well as a mouth gag, and apparently some of the girls found pictures of her on some online porno website, and Hef "asked her to leave".

If you remember the Cribs episode, one girl named Tammy got a monkey from Hef - it cost $7,000!
-Hef's favorite drink is a Jack Daniels and Pepsi/Coke
-He would often give the girls Quaaludes in the car on the way to clubs, because he claimed it made them horny
-Bridget is definitely from a trailer park in Lodi
-The girls were actually sad to see Tina Jordan leave...and even more sad to see Holly replace her
-When Holly came home dressed like Marilyn Monroe one day, Hef asked if she was wearing a wig, and then told her that her bright red lipstick looked like a harlot
-A lot of the girls got yeast infections because Hef covered himself in babyoil before sex. All the girls got drunk or stoned when he was doing this. Hef NEVER used condoms, and some of the girls "did have, or still have baggage"

Not to burst the old man's bubble or anything, but did he ever think the baby oil may have become necessary because the "girls" were not excited to be with him?

Considering all the girls that have been in that mansion before, THIS. MAKES. ME. SICK. (small voice) happy thoughts, happy thoughts and then I vomit.



Bridget strikes me as one of those hometown, country gals that gets married right out of high school to her high school sweetheart. Then realizing that it won't work out ever, and that it was a mistake, separates and divorces him. I just got that impression of her from one of the old episodes where they visited her family in Lodi. If I were to see her in the grocery store, I would easily assume she's 37 with some young'uns.

That was Tiffany Holliday. She was rumored to be posting on the E! boards a while back saying disparaging things about the girls, but if I remember correctly, a "friend" of hers popped up saying it wasn't her and that Tiffany would never post on a message board like that.



That's interesting. I thought he was into the whole "old Hollywood glam" look. I wonder what he really thought of her photo shoot then.



I believe the first part of this (the yucky part) was also in JillAnn's book. Interesting how both books contain very similar details.

And baggage? DUH! Does he think these girls are really in love with him? I'd venture to say old control-freak Hef has some baggage of his own!



Wasn't Stacey Burke the one who was cozying up to Hef when Kendra, Holly, and Bridget were off somewhere else (maybe Lodi?). I somewhat recall them being in the limo and it cutting between them and "movie night" and there was a blonde sitting next to Hef and one of the girls made a remark about them being away and someone moving in on Hef. I think they were talking about Stacey.

I found it creepy how Hef looked older than Kendra's grandfather. I'm in the minority but I think all three of them look really good in those Playboy pictures. Only shots I don't like are the ones of Kendra wearing that football outfit. Holly looks really pretty in those pictures. What was she wearing on Sunday's show? It made her look 15 pounds heavier.

Circe - I did not realize they were the same person. Tammy must be her real name.

And by "baggage" I think she was referring to lingering STD's and whatnot...

I pick up amused tolerence when Holly discusses Kendra, but she is pretty dismissive about Bridget. I defintely don't think she feels either one is as intelligent as her or is really competition-this has been painfully clear this year.

Do we really think she wrote it herself? Most of the time people use ghost writers, which could explain the strange language. Sometimes writers pick up stuff in talking to people and try to incorporate it but it doesn't come through well on paper.

To me Hef is a pedophile. Kendra is 20...friggin 20!!!! She was 19 when he met her. Dirty old man! Holly is delusional. I heard her mention wanting to have a baby. Yeah, so the dad can live, what, three years into its life (if that). She just wants to solidify her money and with Hef's advancing age I can't say I blame her.

One other thing: I keep getting this vibe from the show that they are trying to portray Hef as trying to give the girls their own livelihood, like for after he's gone. But that doesn't work b/c all their "fame" is tied up in being his girlfriend. So if he kicks it, nobody is going to want to bother with them.

still *DEAD* at that cutoff mumu Holly had on! LMAO

This made me laugh out loud. I completely forgot about Kendra's flub.

I remember reading somewhere that Hef is really into films and videos and was not surprised at all that he got a kick out of Kendra's home movies. He has a huge collection and I'm sure he took that video (I don't think it was just a joke) and Kendra's mom is so enamored with him that she would let Hef have it.

The entire episode reeked of desperation to me. Why is it so hard for anyone in charge to come up with an idea other than "visit one of the girls' hometowns"? That idea lost its appeal in Lodi.

It also seems sick that he watches this movie of his girlfriend when she was little and it was filmed only 10 ago. 10 years ago he was still a senior citizen. That is just sick. Also her mom saying she is waiting for him to say Kendra is out and you are in is just wrong. Joking or not the whole situation is just creepy.

So is Bridgette a former stripper too or just Kendra?

Wow! I never would have known that about the mansion, but to be honest, the part about his ex "girl friends" does not surprise me.

St. James was on Howard Stern this morning promoting the book. She says that the girls had no confidentiality contract. Hef is displeased about the book, but didn't try to block its publication or anything.

The girls aren't out promoting their new cover? The last one was a big deal, but I guess two in a year is pretty close together.

LMAO ROTFLMAO LOL



THAT HEFFA HAD ON A CUTOFF MUMU Y'ALL!!!!......IT WAS A CUTOFF MUMU!!!!



*DEAD*

I wanted to hear her on Stern but I don't have Sirirus - can you listen to it online, or is there a transcript somewhere?

And re: Kendra being 19 when they met. According to Izabella's book, she was actually 18, which is even dirtier yet. Dramastic.

Stern recap
This is a site that recaps the Stern show. You have to scroll down on the page to see what Isabella had to say. Hope this is what you wanted Natalie0628

I did find it very creepy that Kendra basically said she dumped her prom date for Hef. And she should really knock off the tanning. Her grandmother and mom both look really good for their ages, so she has good genes, but I bet she's screwing it up since she's already looking kind of rough.