I agree with the earlier post that Hef seems to care more about Kendra.

I'm not sure he really loves any of the girls, but he truly seems to like Kendra.
In a non-creepy way, he reminds me of the way a grandfather likes to be around a granddaughter. She's just a lot more fun

I've used that description in general for this show. If you didn't know who he is and who they are, they'd be very cute together

I think if anyone ever told Holly that they don't make maternity thongs, she would quit kvetching about wanting to be pregnant.

Amen to that!
Who can blame Hugh for being naturally more attracted and drawn to Kendra?
Sure, she can be crass and goofy, but not only is she younger and hotter than Holly, but she's also a helluva lot more fun all around than Holly too.
She definitely makes Hef feel young and vital, whereas Holly just seems to nurture and nag the guy like a typical boring housewife.
Every guy appreciates a hot gal by his side who loves to have fun and get silly, and I think Kendra definitely brings that necessary element into his life, whereas Holly just represents a deeper sense of substance and stability for him.((well, as much "substance" as a gal like Holly can possibly muster, that is))

Ahhh, but they DO!

They do indeed make maternity thongs. Google and ye shall find ...

While I think Hef and Kendra have a good time together, she wouldn't be interested in watching old movies every night with him like Holly does. I think Holly is a quieter, calming presence, while Kendra keeps him feeling young.

The pregnancy thing is a ruse for the show. I don't think Hef would have a child out of wedlock, he seems old fashioned about that.

I understand what some people like about Kendra's personality, but I'll never be able to see how she could be perceived as being hotter than Holly. She has a great body, but I think she's a butterface. She looks very low-rent to me...it's a face you'd find in any strip club.

Holly could be pregnant. Didn't um, who is it, Tony Curtis knock his wife up at Hef's age?

The real question is, will Hef marry again and stay faithful to a woman whose body has gone through childbirth? I'm guessing that was what shot down his resolution to be monogamous with Kimberly...two kids will wreak some havoc on even the best body, not to mention a mother is going to be more tired and not in a sunshiny mood all the time. I think Hef likes kids, I'm just not sure he wants to share the spotlight. He loves how Holly centers her entire life around him and his business. If a baby starts taking attention away from him, he may lose interest in Holly. If I were Holly, I wouldn't be trying to get pregnant...I'd be trying to stay as hot as I could for as long as I could.

I think Hef has said he was in fact monogamous with Kimberly though.

I still submit that Holly is not pregnant, since it's not possible to get pregnant using the back-door entrance. And also, she may not be aware of this, but it is not possible to wish yourself pregnant by consuming nothing but clear and red jello shots and donning stupid corsets.

It was actually Tony Randall, and it was a bittersweet story. His wife couldn't have children, so he remained faithful and happily married to her until she passed away, then married a young girl who could give him children. Unfortunately, he passed away while his children were still small, but he was a class act.

pity free that crack me up, and yes she does resemble an owl!!

I couldn't agree more. I think Hef enjoys Kendra the way my grandfather enjoys my little nieces and nephews; they make him laugh. But Hef needs someone not only to watch old movies with him, but to make sure he gets his cereal with bananas on the bottom. Soon he'll need someone to change his diapers. Hef likes Kendra, but he needs Holly (along with Mary).

As for the pregnancy rumors, I think Hef's pretty savy with the marketing, and this show has really re-energized the PB brand, so I wouldn't put it past him to be behind the pregnancy rumors. Holly would gladly go along.

I think Holly's attractive, but in a very "work-on" way. I think Kendra is more naturally beautiful. I agree with you she's low-rent, but to me it's more her trashy behavior and too-stupid-to-live mentality that makes her that way. I think if she got rid of the damaged bleach hair, and dressed in a sophisticated style, she'd be gorgeous. But since she's too lazy and stupid to have any future but a life on the pole anyway, what's the point?

I'm in the minority I guess but I don't think Kendra is at all beautiful. If you take away the fake hair and fake boobs she'd look quite boy-ish - there's nothing about her body other than what's fake that's remotely feminine. Add her stupidity and trashiness and it's a complete mystery to me what people see in her. But I also think Bridget is by far the most naturally beautiful of the three so what do I know.

I don't think Kendra is pretty at all either. It's hard to say though-- if she got rid of the white blond hair she might look better. She just looks really rough, and isn't she only 22?

You're not alone, littlechloe. I think Holly looks witchy (even when she's not making her bitch-face) and Kendra has a horse-face. Bridget is the pretty one. I'd like to know what she takes to be so cheerful and upbeat all the time.

Who is Izabella?

Its funny that you mention Bridget because I have never thought it before but yesterday I saw a rereun of the episode where the girls were interviewing Bunnies for the Palms and I kept thinking she was way more beautiful than the other two.

Her hair was complete, not that long straight overly bleached dead looking stuff of the other two. And she looked thin but so much more natural than the others. I am sure she has had work, but there is a point where plastic surgery makes a person look unreal. She hasn't passed that yet.

He'll have 7 live-in girlfriends, cut down to 3 - and still have orgy nights with others. He also invites television cameras in to document his life with his three girlfriends all while his wife and two minor children live next door. But a child out of wedlock - he won't cross that line!

I'm not mocking you muffilator - I think you're right. I do think he is old-fashioned about having children outside of marriage, I just find it amusing that is where he draws the line!

Bridget, IMO, is the most natural looking of the 3. Her haircolor and her body are what does it. I think it also depends if you prefer an athletic body (Kendra) to a curvy one (Bridget).

Holly is just weird looking to me. I don't know if it's because I watched the show and her personality got to me or if I'd think that if I didn't know who she is.

Word to the "Bridget is prettiest" crowd. Nice hair, normal-ish curves, a face that still shows some expression. I bet she could carry on a conversation, too, if she stopped drinking the Bunny Ear Koolaid.

Also, Word to "Hef loves Kendra like a granddaughter." And while she may be dumber than a post, she has street smarts. She seems to be the only one aware that she will still have a whole life to live after Hef is gone.

Holly's immobile face and hair sort of freak me out, and her blinders-on devotion to Puffin make me wonder what sort of meltdown she will have when it all goes away. Because, honey? You are not getting his ring, or his baby, or his mansion. You may get a dab of money in his will, but I wouldn't count on it. Even Kendra figured this out. Why can't you?

Interesting that we haven't seen Kimberly or the boys on the show. Barbie Benton made an appearance and Puffin's brother is on all the time [He needs a nickname...anyone?]. I seem to recall that Christie Heffner has even been on.

I'd be curious as to whether keeping the minor children off the show is HH's idea or Kimberly's.
I'd love to see Holly's bitch face around kids--it would definitely freeze in place.
Kendra on the other hand would probably go skate boarding with the boys (if she were half the golddigger that Holly is she would have gone after one of them by now anyway, as they're only a few years younger).

I wonder if it's the producers' idea (is Hef a producer?). The children (or at least one of them; I haven't see it in a while) were shown briefly when MTV's Cribs showed the mansion.

Klingon? And am I hallucinating or is the brother's skin tone a lot darker than Hef's? Whenever I see him I think we're finally getting a little diversity on the show!

They were on the E! True Hollywood Story that premiered last year. Maybe they are just not on because they are just not the focus of the show.

List of Things That Make Bridgette Cheerful and Upbeat...

1. Lobotomy

2. Lithium

3. Lubricant

4. Lotza Lexapro

5. Loaded leering leches

6. Lycra.

I'm already on one of those drugs, but for some reason I don't find myself planning parties for pets, shopping for Halloween props or dressing up in costumes.

I was watching the one where they go to Europe and I thought Holly looked the best of the 3 by far. Bridget and Kendra both looked very washed out. I wonder if Bridget was finding it hard to keep up her grooming habits over there.

I agree with everyone that said that Bridget looked the best -- but it's true only when she keeps herself up. She isn't naturally beautiful. As long as she keeps working hard on her looks every single day without fail, she will look the best of the 3. But keep in mind she probably has the best hairstylists in LA working on her several times a week. They probably took hair and makeup people with them to Europe, but maybe not the same ones they usually use.

I wonder if Holly would ever consider going to a more natural blonde shade -- similar to Bridget's. If she did, I bet she'd be the best looking one.

I still think we're not seeing Bridget's real personality. You may want to believe she really is this icky sweet, but any woman of 35 acting this way outside of the mansion would surely be seen as a nutcase. Whatever her personality is, she certainly can't be as awful and conniving as Holly is. In the Europe ep, they do seem to be enjoying their "fame". But they never show any conflict at all and I'd love to see some. You can be sure Holly's making nasty comments to the other 2 all the time.

MissFancy said:

Before Hefner's current configuration of girlfriends (Holly, Bridget, Kendra) he had eight girlfriends known alternately as "The Party Posse" or "The P***y Posse." (Holly and Bridget were two of the Posse; after six girlfriends left, Kendra joined). Izabella St. James was one of the girlfriends, and after leaving the Mansion she wrote a book called Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion. It's the source of some of the information discussed in this thread. Izabella didn't like Holly and really hated Bridget.

I don't know if she'd be the best looking one, but they would all benefit from a natural blonde color. That bleach blonde look looks good on very, very few people.

But Kendra did go to a more natural color this season. She looked a lot better with it.

To get to Bridget's level, I think you need all of the components listed as well as:
7. Lack of self-esteem

How about in the episode where Holly is alone in the mansion--Bridget has gone to Chicago and Kendra to San Diego. Holly makes some snarky comment about how she hopes Hef will see that its nice to be just the two of them and he can be happy with only one girlfriend.

Of course, I wish someone would remind her that is one girlfriend and one wife. He is still married to Kimberly.

Do we know why he hasn't divorced her? Is it to protect himself from other golddiggers?

That's where the lobotomy comes in...

8. Lots of aLcohol.

Thanks to all of you for your theories of how Bridget stays so cheerful and for the info on Izabella.

So, should I get the lobotomy before I shop for Lycra and get liquored up? And where do I fit in the tanning, waxing and bleaching (top and bottom)? Hmm. What would Bridget do?

Run to Sprinkles Cupcakes, of course!


Holly is calculating, Bridget is manipulative, and yes, Kendra has street smarts. But I still give Holly last place in the brains department for telling Mary that clear is going to be one of her wedding colors.

I don't take anything Izabella has written as fact - I am sure there were wild parties and lots of lewd behavior at the Mansion, but I don't believe as truth anything from people who are looking to make money by regailing "true stories" like that. Writing that sort of book creates an incentive for it to be as sensational as possible so your own profile is enhanced. Who wants to read a book about the Playboy mansion where nothing sexual ever happens and everyone loves each other because of their sparkling personalities?

Not that GND is really true either; these women are showing a highly airbrushed version of their lives.

I think we do see some conflict btwn Kendra and the other 2 girls. She seems pretty stubborn and has been really clear about not wanting to dress up in bunny costumes or decorate cookies, etc. But since this is airbrushed, the conflict is limited to Holly saying, "I really wanted Kendra to dress up, since everyone else was dressed up, but she wanted to show her Lakers pride" or whatever, instead of, "Kendra didn't want to go so she acted passive aggressive about the whole thing, was late to dinner, and wore a Lakers jersey to a $200 a plate dinner party. Bitch!"

Maybe she plans on marching down the aisle in plastic wrap?

B. may old enough to remember...

9. 'Ludes

10. Looney personality.

Doesn't Hef still give them 'ludes on sex nights? (Just like his sperm, his stash is really old as well!)

Put me in the camp that thinks Bridget is the prettiest. Even if she's had some nips and tucks, she's still the most natural looking one and prettiest. She also has the best hair and I like that she has curves. Now if we could only get her not to wear those ridiculous costumes. lol! I have a feeling she could be someone you could have an intelligent convo with as soon as you got her past the fake sweetness and PB pretense (I think she plays up the dumb angle since that's what's expected of a PB woman).

So when does this show come back?

11. Having no bills to pay and a free Porsche.

12. Lollipops
13. LVN outfit (props)

Wouldn't he have to? I mean seriously. I know I'd require an ample amount...enough to pass me out at least. This could explain why Kendra never gets up til noon and Holly and Bridget must be using horse size happy pills to get them up, which explains the plastered on smiles.

Do we really think that they have sex with Hef? I recall-I believe- on an E! THS that they mentioned something about Viagra, but don't you think that is just 80 year old Hef trying to keep his reputation?
We only see Holly in her white silk jammies, I'm not sure she really sleeps with him--I think she just watches TV with him. Every so often their is a not so subtle inuendo, but do you think?
What does Izabelle say about it? (as if she is a totally reliable source).

On another note: I think we need to start a poll. Who do you think will bolt first?
A. Kendra
probably has a boyfriend on the side and her condo in San Diego is her investment in a non-Hef future.
B. Bridget
Has used the GND connection to get a talk show, though it is on the Playboy network. But, Hef doesn't seem to resent the exes that move on.
C. Holly
Who is trying to become a photo editor, but really just plays with her Mac and shows pictures to Puffin. I'm thinking only over Hef's cold body.
D. Hef
But that would probably mean that his body is cold.

What do you think?

I'm hoping for "D" (Hef).