May 23rd, 2012
10:51 AM ET

Kendra: My days posing for Playboy are done

Hats off to Jenny McCarthy for deciding to pose again for Playboy, but Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett says her Playboy days are over.

“Everybody has the right to live their lives, and if [McCarthy] feels sexy and hot again and wants to re-embrace that then go ahead," Kendra recently told CNN of the media personality's announcement that she'd strip down once again for Hugh Hefner's magazine.

"But my days are done! Like I’m done. I’ve thrown in the towel," she continued. "I am who I am today. I embrace the person I am today versus the person I was yesterday, and I like to move on in my life. Playboy is a great thing but sometimes I feel like some things should be better left in the past."

And that would include sharing Playboy head honcho Hugh Hefner, as Kendra did along with Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison on the E! reality show "The Girls Next Door."

“It was a very awkward situation because we dated the same guy, so it’s not like it was a sorority house or a sisterly bond," Kendra recalled. "You know, it was like a different thing, so we were never even really friends to begin with. We all just kind of lived together and knew each other ... but we’re different.”

Yet while she's moved on from Playboy and sharing her significant other, the 26-year-old hasn't moved on from reality TV. Kendra's gone from E!'s "The Girls Next Door" to another E! show, "Kendra," to her new series on WEtv called "Kendra On Top."

The mom of one, who's married to NFL player Hank Baskett, told CNN that although the cameras look invasive, life without them isn't always as fun.

“When the cameras go away, that is when I get really nervous because I’m so used to being on camera and having people inside my house," she explained. "It’s almost like it’s a part of me now. So just as much as I do hate it sometimes when they're there, [sometimes] I hate it more when they are gone. I get bored. I mean, when the cameras are around it’s almost like I get this adrenaline rush and I just want to share everything [with] the world. It’s like a show-and-tell at an elementary school times like, a million. That’s what it feels like.”

The new "Kendra On Top" premieres on WEtv June 5.


soundoff (36 Responses)
  1. Dessux Dessous Reizwäsche Onlineshop

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    July 27, 2012 at 8:11 am | Report abuse | Reply
  2. maggie

    I would rather watch Kendra than the Kasdashians–Kendra is so real–I hope she returns to TV–

    May 26, 2012 at 8:24 am | Report abuse | Reply
  3. Homer Keller

    Kendara will become our next Susan Blakely.

    May 25, 2012 at 6:24 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  4. Peter Seligman

    Kendar will be a genuine star.

    May 25, 2012 at 6:23 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Pliny

      Only to pinheads like yourself.

      May 28, 2012 at 9:38 am | Report abuse |
  5. Patrick Flynn

    Kendara is a hero and we need more of them!

    May 25, 2012 at 6:21 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Pliny

      You need a lobotomy.

      May 28, 2012 at 9:38 am | Report abuse |
  6. themommypsychologist

    If there was ever a chance of me being able to take her seriously as a self professed autism expert, well, it's gone. Is anyone going to be able to take her seriously now? What are they gonna ask her at autism awareness events now? Autism expert and playboy playmate just don't work well together. I talk about it more here: http://www.themommypsychologist.com/2012/05/19/can-you-guess-which-autism-expert-is-posing-for-playboy/

    May 24, 2012 at 2:01 am | Report abuse | Reply
  7. Sokman

    She was hot until I heard her laugh. Killed it for me.

    May 23, 2012 at 11:27 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  8. TommyBoy

    Um, Kendra-what makes you think anyone wants to see you pose anymore? I frankly barely remember you. Enjoy your life with a washed-up ex-football brutha-husband. Maybe you could hang out with the Kardashians, as your next goal in life. Good riddance, stay away from us all pls. -TB

    May 23, 2012 at 9:36 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  9. Mad

    I need to c um out of the closet soon for the sake of all men. they're waiting for a computer nerd like myself to lube up and slap around

    May 23, 2012 at 4:25 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  10. Mad

    The only pink i want to c look like an arrow head. get it? lmao! o how i love slurping on it

    May 23, 2012 at 4:23 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  11. John

    Playboy is a freakin joke anyway. Hell they thought putting Loser Lindsay Lohan in a issue was a good idea.

    May 23, 2012 at 3:30 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  12. Mad

    I wont be able to get a woman like that to touch me with a ten foot pole. thats y i love the men

    May 23, 2012 at 3:08 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Måd

      Dude, don't project your bi-curiosity onto me. It's totally okay that you're having these feelings. Just don't forget to stay safe during those truck stop rest room rendezvous.

      May 23, 2012 at 4:00 pm | Report abuse |
  13. Ugh

    I hope to god this doesn't mean that she is going to pen her memoirs now. I can see it now... 'How Letting An 80 Year Old Rub His Balls On Your Face Pays Off".

    May 23, 2012 at 1:51 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  14. Pliny

    Does this mean that the attention-wh0re will finally shut up and go away?

    May 23, 2012 at 1:09 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  15. Charlie Crack

    And dont pretend that u didnt like big daddy pounding u last night my little f-ag friend. u screamed out my name

    May 23, 2012 at 12:27 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  16. Charlie Crack

    what blog have you been on fxx k a55 ? those f xx kers were trolling me all weekend. get ur head out of ur a55 b!tch @mad

    May 23, 2012 at 12:25 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  17. @ Richard Foreskin

    And so is your Foreskin.

    May 23, 2012 at 12:19 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  18. Skeptic

    Kendra, it's a little late for that. we've already seen everything. and now you're like kim k. (addicted to being on camera, with nothing important to offer) SAD, REALLY.

    May 23, 2012 at 12:13 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  19. Jack (Baby Jack ) clauss

    hello

    May 23, 2012 at 12:10 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  20. Michael Caliazzo

    I am proud of you.

    May 23, 2012 at 12:09 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  21. Anne Geraldine Urkowitz

    Norman and i loved U on Dancing with stars.

    May 23, 2012 at 12:08 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  22. Anne Geraldine Urkowitz

    Norman and i are proud of your courage.

    May 23, 2012 at 12:07 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  23. Charlie Crack

    I won't know how to fx xk one of those. how do u guys do it? what do u do with it? i just like slurping the big sticks.

    May 23, 2012 at 12:04 pm | Report abuse | Reply
  24. Charlie Crack

    I would rather see hung c-ocks. that's the way i swing.

    May 23, 2012 at 12:01 pm | Report abuse | Reply
    • Måd

      We all know you love the cawk, fake charlie. How's the new moderation regime treating you? Seems like the blogs have been pretty clean lately.

      May 23, 2012 at 12:08 pm | Report abuse |
  25. Richard Fore

    She's done posing because her teets are saggy.

    May 23, 2012 at 11:43 am | Report abuse | Reply
  26. Joe

    She should pose for Hustler. I wanna see pink!

    May 23, 2012 at 11:32 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • jujubeans

      I agree, Joe but I'd rather see Jenny McCarthey's pink.

      May 23, 2012 at 11:46 am | Report abuse |
  27. AlwaysTTime

    "Kendra on top", makes ya wonder what this show will be about. Lol!

    May 23, 2012 at 11:20 am | Report abuse | Reply
  28. Tony

    Getting nekkid got her where she is today. She is a high school drop out who got lucky.

    May 23, 2012 at 11:13 am | Report abuse | Reply
    • AlwaysTTime

      I didn't know that. Yeah she got lucky, a "stroke" of luck, I guess! ;)

      May 23, 2012 at 11:22 am | Report abuse |
    • jujubeans

      I get it TTime. But I think she did more than stroke.

      May 23, 2012 at 11:45 am | Report abuse |
    • AlwaysTTime

      Lol @jujubeans!

      May 23, 2012 at 12:01 pm | Report abuse |

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