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.
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S1 Ep16: Ep. 16: From Playmate of the Year to WWE: Catching Up with Carmella!

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.

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Join Holly and Bridget as they discuss Holly's LEAST favorite episode "Age of Aquarium." The girls open up and get candid about their mental health struggles over the years, their experiences with therapy and what they struggle with today. Holly and Bridget discuss Loveline with Dr. Drew, the time a monkey got body shamed, a scandalous moment on the set of an Eminem video, recent surprise celebrity encounters and the cult-like mentality that surrounded the mansion.



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S2 Ep37: My Mental Health Took a Nosedive . . . "Age of Aquarium" Part 1!

Our most talked about guest Marston Hefner is for a candid discussion on what he thinks about the recent book by his dad's last wife. In our chat, he talks getting kicked out of his mom's house and being banished to the mansion, the bureaucracy that stood between him and his dad, and how the mansion and the power structures changed once Crystal arrived. Marston shares his experience on Crystal's podcast, his dad's state of mind during his final days, the mystery of the HMH Foundation, the notorious mansion NDAs, the issue with his dad's memorial and much, much more!



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S2 Ep36: What We REALLY Think About Crystal's Book with Special Guest Marston Hefner

It's Halfway to Halloween with today's very special guest, the woman behind horror icon Elvira, Cassandra Peterson! Holly and Bridget sit down with the Girls Next Door guest star to dish on all things horror, Hollywood and more! Cassandra divulges what it takes to survive the entertainment industry, the "showbiz superstition," Hollywood expiration dates, manifesting and the pivotal role Elvis played in her life. She talks being the youngest ever showgirl in Las Vegas, her days at the Playboy modeling agency, stealing food from the mansion and the sketchiest thing she witnessed at a mansion party. The girls talk sexual harassment, why Brad Pitt was knocking on Cassandra's door, why she turned down a million-dollar Playboy offer and more!



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S2 Ep35: Cleavage, Coffins and Casting Couches with the Woman Behind Elvira, Cassandra Peterson!

This week the girls go into Eminem video mishaps, the jankiest gifts Holly ever gave out and the bartender that hated her when they review The Girls Next Door Season 2 Episode 12 "Girls Will Ghouls." Holly and Bridget talk about the mysterious underground tunnels in Downtown LA, Holly's favorite blind item, her eerie true crime Lethally Blonde story, and some of the weird hate mail they got at the mansion. The girls talk every TikTok rumor about Jackie Kennedy, their favorite mansion-era hobby, revisit some of their favorite haunted sites in LA and more!



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S2 Ep34: Bartenders Who Hated Me and Other Adventures: "Girls Will Be Ghouls" Part 2!

In this episode, Holly divulges her recent cosmetic procedure and the girls speculate on which beauty secret Megan Fox is gatekeeping. The ladies dive deep into their favorite episode of the season "Girls will be Ghouls" and talk round bed theories, the time Holly was terrified Bridget was going to get kicked out and early 2000's pumpkin patch paparazzi. They talk which sexuality rumors were flying, the weird convention that should have been a docuseries, meeting horror icon Elvira, the episode's Easter eggs, a Rosemary's Baby Mandela effect and a recap of the hectic summer of 2006!



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S1 Ep16: Ep. 16: From Playmate of the Year to WWE: Catching Up with Carmella!

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