Holly Madison spent four years behind the wrought-iron gates of the Playboy Mansion, folded into Hugh Hefner’s carefully managed universe — a place where glamour doubled as discipline, and the rules were laid out in whispers rather than contracts.
One of those rules was blunt: no body hair. Anywhere. Especially below the waist.
On the Call Her Daddy podcast, Madison said Hefner “always had a fixation on everyone always being fully shaved,” adding that he could lose his temper if anyone missed the mark. It wasn’t just about maintenance — it was about control. Hefner had preferences on how bodies should look, right down to anatomy. According to Madison, if a woman didn’t meet the aesthetic — “inies, not outies” as host Alex Cooper put it — she wasn’t invited back.
Madison began dating Hefner in 2001 at 22. He was 75, reliant on Viagra for sex, and favored positions that required little exertion. She said she never had an orgasm with him, often faking it because the encounters felt “transactional,” a job more than intimacy. Alcohol and drugs blurred the edges. “I was too messed up, I think,” she said.
Critics often claim the women knew exactly what they were signing up for. Madison pushes back. There was no briefing, no orientation, no contract meeting in a polished office. “I absolutely did not,” she said. She expected a version of the fantasy — not the unspoken rules, the siloed information, the absence of support among the women competing for centerfold status and better pay.
Even basic logistics were withheld. She recounted being left to navigate salon appointments alone while others avoided sharing details that might give her footing. “Nobody really wants to help anybody out — everybody wants a centerfold. Everybody wants more money.”
Hefner died in 2017 at 91, leaving behind a legacy still tangled in myth, nostalgia, and first-person accounts like Madison’s — stories that strip away the glossy veneer and expose the machinery underneath.
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Last modified: November 20, 2025
