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Kendra's Autobiography

posted 13 years ago by RJBose
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I used to post here a few years ago, when my wife and I would sometimes watch "The Girls Next Door" for laughs. I was astonished to discover regular posters here who insisted that Kendra was some type of role model or person to be admired rather than an object of disgust or pity. In a bookstore the other day I noticed Kendra's autobiography "Sliding Into Home" on display and sat down with a copy to satisfy my curiosity.

I recall how vehemently some of the unfortunately misguided Kendra fans would spring to her defense here, when I or others would describe her as a stripper, drug addict, high school drop-out and prostitute, each of which was self-evident to anyone with any sense watching any of the episodes.

A quick perusal of her own account of her life up to the age of 18 confirms each of these descriptions as accurate, in her own words. It was really a very sad life, which at least Kendra herself has the sense to admit.

I guess there will be quite a few disappointed acolytes on the board.

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[–] MissBoom 12 years ago

i think she certainly has grown and is a much better and stable person now than when she was in girls next door. I agree with the above that she seemed to have a bad attitude towards her family at the time but seems like she has matured since being a mother.

[–] MinimallyTalentedSpoiledBrat 12 years ago

i thought Kendra never hid her past

[–] BabyCastle 11 years ago

I think Kendra has matured and tamed down since her marriage and becoming a mother. She's always been open about how she was a tomboy, slept around growing up, dropped out of high school, did drugs/sex/alcohol and she just happened to be at the right place at the right time when she was hired as a painted girl at a Playboy Mansion party. If Hef didn't pull her from the line up and she went through the things she went through to get where she is now, she'd still be walking the streets selling herself for drugs and food. Kendra was definitely spoiled at the Playboy Mansion which is why she treated her family like she was better than them when they came out to help her and visit her. It's funny that she is still very sloppy and doesn't keep a clean home (without hired help).

[–] green_clover_queen 10 years ago

I just finished reading the bio and what I found while she admits to these things, she doesn't seem to have much remorse about it. She seems to blame all her issues on other people or circumstances.

[–] vmars080 8 years ago

I hope Kendra will get on a good path and stay there, I just saw her Wife Swap (or whatever it was called) with horrid Kate Gosselin and she was still acting like a college kid on Spring Break. Moms don't have to be bored or boring and we do need breaks, but staying out all night night after night and sleeping in? That would have scared me or freaked me out. But yes, it is definitely a better life than she was headed for when she was a teen.