Holly Madison, who was Hugh Hefner’s No. 1 girlfriend for years, spilled intimate details about what really went down behind the bedroom doors of the Playboy Mansion. The 46-year-old appeared on a May 5 episode of the Let’s Be Honest With Kristin Cavallari podcast and revealed how she tried to leave the “cult-like” environment on multiple occasions, but the Playboy patriarch would manipulate her if she dared to leave. Holly Madison, who grew up in Alaska and Oregon, took up a job at Hooters in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 20, which ultimately led her to the Playboy Mansion.