Girls Next Level: Recent Episodes
Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt
Take a trip back to the early 2000's with Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt, the stars of the E! network's iconic reality show The Girls Next Door. Each week, the girls take you inside the gates of the Playboy Mansion and behind the scenes of the hit show to break down what was real and what was fake. From the wild parties, the backstabbing drama, lifelong friendships and complicated relationships . . . it's here every Monday with a brand new episode of Girls Next Level.
Holly and Bridget welcome listeners back for Season 2 to break down the highest rated episode of The Girls Next Door, "Here's Looking at You, Hef!" In this episode, our bodies are on the table in every way from nudity to body shaming. Join the girls as they discuss phantom cultural clichés, Bridget's burlesque performance, the Pussycat Dolls, Three 6 Mafia, who the producers were buying time for, whose nudes were used in the magazine against their wishes, the most disgusting thing on the show, the Alligator Man, undressing in front of the camera and stripping in front of family.
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The Girls Next Door producer Jen Colbert is back for round two, where she answers all our burning questions about Season 1! We discuss some listener questions, revealing camera angles, Barbi Benton, Sunset Tan, getting booted from the salon and underage drinking on the show. Holly and Bridget find out why Jen didn't return for Season 2, and get into what they were up to in between seasons. We get into Queen Mary drama, Bethenny's reality reckoning, and which celebrities were nice to us.
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The Girls Next Door producer Jen Colbert is back for round two, where she answers all our burning questions about Season 1! We discuss some listener questions, revealing camera angles, Barbi Benton, Sunset Tan, getting booted from the salon and underage drinking on the show. Holly and Bridget find out why Jen didn't return for Season 2, and get into what they were up to in between seasons. We get into Queen Mary drama, Bethenny's reality reckoning, and which celebrities were nice to us.
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This week, we finally get some answers! We are joined by a special guest, producer Jen Colbert who worked on the first eight episodes of The Girls Next Door Season 1, and she's dishing all the behind-the-scenes dirt! Jen gets into what she thought the girls were going to be like, her weirdest boss, nudity on camera, who they were NOT allowed to film, and more! We find out if anyone received favoritism, talk about what we absolutely didn't want to film and solve all our burning mysteries about Season 1!
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Bryant is back for another tea spill session, taking a walk down memory lane with Holly and Bridget. In this episode, Bryant talks mansion pranks, if there was any hazing, who was the most difficult guest to deal with, whether or not the mansion was bugged and how he felt about his Girls Next Door scenes. We get into why the pantry scenes were cut down, the prank calls the mansion would get and the weirdest requests from girlfriends. Bryant tells us about a midnight visit from Pamela Anderson, which celebrity fell down the stairs, which one got scared by a rat and a Donald Trump bathing suit story.
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We have your favorite Playboy mansion butler Bryant Horowitz here to catch up with Holly and Bridget on all the crazy times that they shared together! Get the behind the scenes scoop from Bryant, who worked at the mansion from 1997-2016 while earning his PhD in psychology at UCLA. The ultimate inside source, Bryant tells us what it was really like working at the mansion, the changes he saw over his 19 years working there, all the rules the staff had to follow and what he thought was the most shocking part about The Girls Next Door. Were staff allowed to talk to the Playmates? Who were his favorite celebrities that he got to hang out with? What secrets did he learn? Was there really a secret basement vault? Bryant talks Bridget and Holly's secret menus, Hef's stolen luggage, his favorite mansion pranks and more! For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel
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Join the girls as they dig into what didn't make the show: the Season 1 deleted scenes! Holly and Bridget get into instant karma, how to exit a limo without paparazzi getting a full view of your vagina, the drama of having to ask Her for something, Holly's time working in a haunted house, and who came up with all the perv-y scene titles. The girls chat about the scene that was the most real AND the most fake, Hef's lost solo scene, whether or not All the Way Ray hooked up with Marilyn Monroe and who was the oldest of the foursome when they lost their virginity.
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The girls are back with one of their favorite Playmate friends, Carmella DeCesare, to discuss Season 2 of Secrets of Playboy. What do they dread most about this new season? Who's there to spill tea? Just how truthful is it? The trio get into all of it and more as they discuss Playboy's first reality show, what it's like shooting nude videos, women's bodies getting critiqued on tv, what made Carmella leave the show and what life is like for her now in the world of high end San Diego real estate at the Oppenheim Group.
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In this episode the girls discuss body dysmorphia, how Holly felt she suffered from it at the mansion and what types of pressures led to it. Bridget and Holly get into how they felt their actions were limited, walking in the Roberto Cavalli fashion show, the Olive Garden controversy and what happened the first night Bridget was "allowed" to stay out all night. Joint the girls as they laugh about ferret friends, guys catcalling Hef, fondling wax figures and Bridget's bridal moment.
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In this episode, Holly and Bridget get deep into the last episode of The Girls Next Door Season 1, and it's a doozy! The girls start out with the cold open from hell and get into why they hate it so much. On a more positive note, Holly talks about doing the Roberto Cavalli fashion show and how it felt to have a solo moment on the show. The girls discuss where they wish the show would have gone deeper, how Hef's ex-girlfriends were categorized, guest starring on CSI: Las Vegas, plastic butts, which friends they loved traveling with, and the time they all almost got married in Vegas!
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Join Holly and Bridget as they confess which mansion mysteries they would most like to solve and question the reasons the tension was thick in The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 14 "Clue-less." The girls talk food trends, scene stealing and much more as they dive into Bridget's murder mystery birthday party. At the end of the episode, Holly and Bridget answer some of your burning questions, touching on a near-death moment, underground tunnels, a Laguna Beach apartment makeover and how they felt around guys their own age. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/NEXTLEVEL and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week Holly and Bridget get real about why the three Girls Next Door cast members didn't always get along. Competition and conflict brewed under the surface leading to scene stealing tactics and stifling resentment. The girls speculate on which personality traits were incompatible with the multi-girlfriend situation, why Bridget got blocked from the tennis tournament and what Holly feels bad about in this episode. Reminisce with the girls about learning to drive stick shift on a million dollar car, undressing in front of the cameras, and the type of humor their executive producer loved. Find out about the most secret room at the mansion, what "Pig Night" was and what happened to Queen Elizabeth's corgis in this episode of Girls Next Level. For more content, check out the Girls Next Level Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Come back to Chicago with Holly and Bridget as they discuss the word "bimbo" and how the meaning of the word has changed over the years, as well as how bimbo culture was at once fostered and rewarded at the mansion but also made fun of on the show. The girls get into the "backdoor pilot" that's hidden in the episode, who was thrown under the bus, performative sexuality, the football player who did NOT want to be on their show, an Al Capone Mandela effect, which of the mansion's dogs was the most difficult, and why Hef reminds Holly of Kylie Jenner. The girls recount visiting the original Playboy mansion in Chicago, why makeup artists weren't allowed in their rooms and if the show believed women could be smart and funny at the same time.
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Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with Holly and Bridget as they explore Hef's hometown, Chicago! As they dig into The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 13 "My Kind of Town," they discuss conformity, feeling like you are losing yourself to a group identity, striving to be more than a stereotype, and the balancing act between trying to stay true to yourself while becoming the person you always dreamed of being. The girls chat about Juicy Couture, high school reunions, human cloning, walking in on other people nude, "cyber girls," trying to break into the entertainment industry, insecurity, bonding with other women, and trying to avoid a bathtub foursome.
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We're bringing you our second ever guest episode starring one of our favorite Playmates of all time, Carmella DeCesare Garcia! At just 18, Carmella was chosen to compete on the reality show Who Wants to be a Playboy Centerfold? , putting her on a trajectory to become Playmate of the Year 2004. We reminisce on our decades-long friendship and share vulnerable conversations on anxiety, weight, catfights in the LA nightclubs, the competition for Playmate of the Year and being a part of the WWE. Carmella shares her unique perspective on working for Playmate Promotions, living at the Bunny House across the street from the mansion and the lifelong friendships that stemmed from the Playboy world. For more content, including exclusive behind the scenes photos, video versions of Girls Next Level and a whole extra podcast (Slumber Party with Holly and Bridget), join our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel. See you there! Go to http://www.Microdose.com and use code: NEXTLEVEL to get free shipping & 30% off your first order. Use promo code NEXTLEVEL today at http://www.shipstation.com to sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From labia size to peeping toms, masturbation trays to the WWE wrestler room invasion . . . the girls get raw, share secrets, give never-before-told stories and answer all your burning questions!
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This week, Holly and Bridget dissect The Girls Next Door Season 1, Episode 4 "What Happens in Vegas," and the frantic rush to film a whole episode in another state and still make it back to the mansion before 9pm. What was it like being a grown woman with a curfew as early as a seventh grader's? The girls get into it, discussing their mishaps and close calls with the most infamous mansion rule. Also . . . who stole Kendra's gift bag? Who was the only girl who got her own theme music? From flying Southwest to crotch tattoos, Vagina Awareness Week to politically incorrect language . . . take a trip to Cuervo Island and get an eyeful of nonconsensual nudity on this whirlwind, ten hour trip to Las Vegas. For more content, including exclusive behind the scenes photos, video versions of Girls Next Level and a whole extra podcast (Slumber Party with Holly and Bridget), join our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel. See you there!
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Join Holly and Bridget for a mini reunion with Bridget’s former mansion roommate, Playboy model Cristal Camden! Cristal made regular appearances on The Girls Next Door throughout all six seasons, was one of Hef’s girlfriends in 2003 and later lived with multiple Playmates at the “Bunny House” across the street. Cristal details her first date with Hef (on a private jet!), what it was like being one of seven girlfriends, how the mansion lifestyle changed after Holly and Bridget left, where she was when Hef passed away and the thing that ultimately drove her to leave the mansion. The girls reminisce about trying to fit into the Playboy world, what happened to all the mansion animals, who they agree was the biggest bully and the weirdest post on Hef’s instagram.
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The girls are back for part 2 of their recap of Girls Next Door season 1 episode 3, "Happy Birthday Kendra." In this episode, Holly and Bridget discuss bimbo culture and infantilization at the mansion, who was allowed to see their family most often, getting caught with a cameraman in your room and if there are any items from the mansion they wished they could have kept. For more content, including exclusive behind the scenes photos, video versions of Girls Next Level and a whole extra podcast (Slumber Party with Holly and Bridget), join our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel. See you there! xo Use promo code NEXTLEVEL today at http://www.shipstation.com to sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today we are bringing you a bonus minisode! Join us for a Slumber Party where we talk about everything we've been up to this week: who narrowly missed testifying at the Harvey Weinstein trial, who we hit up via their landline, who got called a "money grab" and our favorite time exploring a vacant haunted house while under the influence.
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Join Holly and Bridget for a spooky season story time! The girls discuss the legendary Playboy Halloween parties and the drama and mishaps that sometimes came along with it. Not to mention, beautiful women weren't the only thing haunting the mansion's halls . . . the girls break down all the real life paranormal experiences they had while living within the mansion's walls and the myths and legends behind them.
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Despite sharing the same man, Hef's three girlfriends were not treated the same by him or the tv producers. In this episode, the girls dive into Girls Next Door season 1, episode 3; "Happy Birthday Kendra," and the triple standard that existed in the world of The Girls Next Door. Join Holly and Bridget for a trip across LA to the Playboy Jazz Festival where they discuss diet culture at the mansion, dealing with public insults, "Player's Day," and watching celebrities at the mansion parties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode, the girls tackle Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 2 "New Girls in Town." Two new Playmate candidates arrive at the mansion . . . do the three girlfriends feel threatened? Are they welcoming? Were potential Playmates really being plied with drinks the night before their shoot? Holly and Bridget reveal the things about this episode that are most infuriating to them and just how far the editing and story telling strayed from real life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We're finally at an actual Girls Next Door episode! Holly and Bridget take a deep dive into Episode 1, "Meet the Girls," and detail how their characters were crafted, what was deliberately left out of the show, how they got screwed over in the edits and how Holly and Kendra were pitted against each other from the beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The girls get vulnerable this week and answer your most burning questions! From questions about why Hef had to pay rent to "Mean Girl" run-ins to all the sex questions . . . the girls give you everything you need to know before we get into episode 1! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Holly and Bridget discuss the origins of The Girls Next Door and the different iterations the show went through before becoming the program it would ultimately be. The series' unaired pilot episode was titled Hef's World, and was quite different from the series we would come to know and love. The girls share the behind the scenes of the pilot, details from a sex toy "Tupperware" party and what NOT to use as lube.
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In this episode, we get into what finally happened to transform Hef's "Party Posse" (as he called it) down from a group of seven women to three. Holly and Bridget piece together their memories to give us what really happened that changed the group. Next comes the story of how they met the third Girl Next Door, Kendra; and Holly and Bridget address the things Kendra said about them in her 2010 memoir.
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In this episode, Holly and Bridget talk about what it was like living with so many different women at the Playboy mansion in the early 2000's. The competition was fierce, the claws were out and no one was safe! The girls give you all the dirt on why they call life at the mansion in 2002-2004 the "Mean Girls" era. Why did everyone hate each other so much? Bridget and Holly try to get to the bottom of it while setting the record straight on the rumors and spilling the tea on the escort ring, selling "tickets" to Playboy parties and what a typical day in their lives was like before Girls Next door started filming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Was life inside the Playboy mansion paradise, cult-like, a deal with the devil or a little of all three? What were all the rules, regulations and restrictions involved in becoming one of Hef's girlfriends? In this episode, Holly and Bridget get into being on MTV Cribs, collecting their allowance, which parts of their life felt like a job and just how many girls were vying to move into the mansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Before we get into the Girls Next Door episodes, we have to give you guys a prequel! Holly and Bridget start at the very beginning, doing a deep dive into why becoming a centerfold would appeal to a small town girl, describing what it was like posing nude for the first time and dishing all the dirt about their first visits to the mansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode, Holly and Bridget tell all about their first nights in the bedroom and what really went on upstairs at the Playboy mansion. The girls discuss moving to LA, auditions, what Hollywood's hottest nightclubs were like in the 2000's and how much you have to drink to be brave enough to walk through that bedroom door. The girls don't hold back when it comes to spilling all the bedroom details and discussing all the complicated emotions that come with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Girls Next Level premieres on August 22, 2022! Follow or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices