Holly Madison explains why she hasn't spoken to “Girls Next Door” costar Kendra Wilkinson in 14 years

Ryan ColemanThu, June 18, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC

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Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson in Louisville, Ky. in 2008Credit: Michael Hickey/WireImageKey Points -

Holly Madison is speaking out about her "falling out" with Girls Next Door costar Kendra Wilkinson.

Madison said on Thursday's episode of the Hot Goss podcast that she hasn't spoken to Wilkinson since 2012.

"At the time she was really caught up in the tabloid cycle. If her thing to get in the tabloids that week was a rift with someone, then she was going to say it," Madison recalled.

Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson have come a long way from the Playboy Mansion.

The former Playmates last appeared on the reality series Girls Next Doortogether in 2009. Spinoffs centering on both followed. But on Thursday's episode of the Hot Goss podcast, Madison said she has not spoken to her former costar in over a decade.

"Kendra and I don't speak, but I'm not opposed to speaking. We had a falling out, but it was after the show," Madison explained. When asked if she's spoken to Wilkinson in the time since, Madison replied, "No, but I think you know back — this was like 2012 when we had that falling out — I just think that was the cycle that was happening."

Holly Madison in Las Vegas in 2025; Kendra Wilkinson in Los Angeles in 2026Credit: Denise Truscello/Getty; Tiffany Rose/Getty

Madison went on to detail what she calls "the cycle" that drove a wedge between them at length.

"It was stuff that had to do with our spinoffs, and working with the same producer. I really feel like he tried to pit us against each other and got in our heads. So, that's a shame," she shared.

The producer in question was Kevin Burns, who co-created The Girls Next Door alongside Playboy founder and series star, Hugh Hefner. Burns first produced a spinoff centered on Wilkinson, titled Kendra, which premiered the year before Madison, Wilkinson, and their Girls Next Door castmate Bridget Marquardt all ended their runs on the series.

After Kendra proved a success, Burns greenlit the series that would become Holly's World, and developed a spinoff around Marquardt that was never picked up.

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Madison has previously spoken about her frustrations with Burns, which she claims resulted in tension with Wilkinson. On a 2022 episode of the Juicy Scoop podcast, Madison even alleged that Burns, who died in 2020, admitted to deliberately spiking the relationship.

"Things got weird with me and Kendra, and I felt like he was encouraging that," she said. "He wanted us fighting, he wanted drama, he wanted me to come on her show and like brag about how much money I was making in Vegas so she'd get a little poke in the ass to take more jobs to make her show more interesting. I don't know, that's what he told me."

Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Madison and Wilkinson for comment.

Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt in 2026Credit: Holly Madison/Instagram

On a 2015 episode of another Wilkinson-centric spinoff, Kendra on Top, the reality star claimed that she and Madison "were never friends," but merely "f---ed the same man" (per HuffPost).

When asked about that remark on Hot Goss, Madison replied, "We were never as close, obviously, as me and Bridget. We don't have much in common, but we shared a lot of experiences and had a lot of good times together, so I never thought of her as not a friend."

Madison continued, "You know what I think it was? At the time, she was really caught up in the tabloid cycle. If her thing to get in the tabloids that week was a rift with someone, then she was going to say it, and if somebody wrote a clickbait headline, she was going to retweet it. I'm sitting here like, 'Wait, I just sent your son a Christmas gift,' like, we're not friends? That's so weird. So I think she was just really caught up."

You can watch Madison's full interview on the Hot Goss podcast above.

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