The Playboy Mansion Held a Slew of Dark and Seedy Secrets Does It Still Exist?
The Playboy Mansion is notorious for its sexy "bunnies" and lavish parties that began in the Nineteen Seventies. Does the infamous mansion still exist?
At the end of the day, secrets have a approach of popping out. Former Playboy bunny and the past due Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriend Holly Madison left the infamous Playboy Mansion back in 2008. She kept dark secrets bottled up till the release of her 2016 autobiographical book, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny.
While The Girls Next Door celebrity's literary telling of the Playboy Mansion's inner-workings made headlines left and proper in 2016, A&E's new 10-part docuseries Secrets of Playboy showcases the vile, manipulative, and degrading personal experiences of a number of former playmates, bunnies, and insiders. Holly — who dated Hefner from 2001 to 2008, even touchdown the coveted spot of his "No. 1 girlfriend" — appears in the docuseries, in addition to former bunny Bridget Marquardt.
With its intimidating steel gate, fuzzy white carpets, screening room, and a literal zoo, the Playboy Mansion was once as soon as infamous for its opulent events and exclusive nature. These days, its barely-there veil of sexual liberation, luxurious, and air of thriller has been torn down through its victims, with Holly describing the occasions that took place there as "cult-like."
But, when it comes all the way down to it, the Playboy Mansion is just a large, wealthy Los Angeles place of abode. The misogynistic, hedonistic evil lived within Hefner, no longer the mansion.
Does the Playboy Mansion still exist?
Per CBS News, Hefner — the past due founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy mag — purchased the Holmby Hills mansion for $1.1 million back in 1971. Built in 1927, the arguable, bunny-laced palace later sold for a whopping $100 million in 2016. While it obviously still exists, it no longer acts as the Playboy Mansion.
Who owns the Playboy Mansion?
It used to be purchased by way of Hef's subsequent door neighbor, Daren Metropoulos — aka "the former co-owner and co-CEO of Pabst Brewing Company and a co-owner of Hostess Brands."
With its 29 rooms — as well as a game house, wine cellar, health club, tennis courtroom, and swimming pool — Daren described the Gothic Tudor mansion as a "masterpiece in design," according to Architectural Digest. The said masterpiece rests on 5.Three acres and was once in the beginning designed through American architect Arthur R. Kelly for British department retailer mogul Arthur Letts Jr.
According to 1 of Daren's reps, the phrases of the sale allowed Hefner to are living out the rest of his days in the home formerly referred to as the Playboy Mansion. Hefner kicked the bucket on Sept. 27, 2017, at 91 years previous.
No subject what Daren does to the place (or how vigorously it's scrubbed and bleached), the Playboy Mansion will forever be stained with a history of competitive male chauvinism parading round as sexual liberation.
Watch Secrets of Playboy Season 2 Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on A&E.
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