Kendra Wilkinson Height, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kendra Wilkinson

• Kendra Wilkinson has English, Irish, and Ukrainian roots.

• Her mother was from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

• Her father, Eric, grew up in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and Ocean City, New Jersey. When he was 15 years old, he moved to San Diego.

• Eric studied biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He started many biotech companies before retiring at 48.

• Patti and Eric got married on 5 November 1983, but divorced on 25 March 1994, when Kendra was 8 years old.

• Kendra Wilkinson grew up in Clairemont in San Diego.
  

  A childhood picture of Kendra Wilkinson

• She played softball for six years with the Clairemont Bobby Sox team.
  

  A childhood picture of Kendra Wilkinson posing with Softball

• After completing high school, Kendra Wilkinson worked as a glamour model and as an administrative assistant at a dentist’s office for some time.

• She started using cocaine when she was 13 years old. She once recalled the time when she started taking drugs in a media interview. She said,
  

  All of a sudden my friends broke out this white stuff. I started feeling pretty good. That was the start of my drug days.”

• Kendra Wilkinson met Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine, at his 78th birthday party in April 2004. She was one of the painted girls, who were wearing no clothes except for painted-on accessories.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson with Hugh Hefner at his 78th birthday party in April 2004

• Hefner saw her photo, which was clicked by Kim Riley, on a fax at the Playboy Mansion and wanted to meet her.

• After meeting, Hefner asked her to be one of his girlfriends and invited her to live at the Playboy Mansion.

• Hugh Hefner generally used intermediaries to contact potential girlfriends, but he personally called Kendra and invited her to live at the Playboy Mansion.

• In 2005, Kendra Wilkinson appeared on the television reality show The Girls Next Door, which aired on E! The show followed the lives of Hefner’s girlfriends such as Wilkinson, Holly Madison, and Bridget Marquardt.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson on the poster of the television reality show The Girls Next Door

• In December 2005, she started blogging on the Philadelphia Eagles’ website. Her mother was a former cheerleader for the team.

• In 2006, Kendra Wilkinson was featured in the music video of the song Smack That by Akon. During the filming of the song, Eminem poured water on her head, but they later fixed the issue.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson in a still from the music video of the song Smack That by Akon

• In 2006, she was featured in the Playboy Special Edition Sexy 100.

• In 2006, Kendra Wilkinson appeared in a cameo role in the film Scary Movie 4 alongside Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt.

• In 2007, she appeared in the music video of the song Rockstar by Nickelback. She appeared alongside Madison and Marquardt.

• In August 2007, Kendra Wilkinson showed her rapping skills on the singing reality show Celebrity Rap Superstar, which aired on MTV. She performed the song Fantasy by Ludacris and came in second place, losing to Shar Jackson.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson while performing at MTV’s singing reality show Celebrity Rap Superstar

• Her career aspirations include becoming a massage therapist or a sports announcer.

• In 2007, Kendra Wilkinson appeared in an episode of WWE Raw with Bridget Marquardt.

• On 13 August 2008, the Wall Street Journal called her Olive Garden’s ‘Biggest Celebrity Fan.’

• Kendra Wilkinson once told in a media conversation that Olive Garden’s food was her soul food and often praised the restaurant.

• Her endorsements were genuine and unpaid, but Olive Garden reportedly had mixed feelings about the publicity since the restaurant focuses on its family-friendly image.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson while promoting Olive Garden’s food

• On 22 September 2008, International Business Times announced her engagement to Hank Baskett, a Philadelphia Eagles player at the time.

• Kendra Wilkinson initially denied being in a relationship with Hank Baskett but later confirmed it on 7 October 2008 during an interview with Chelsea Handler on the show Chelsea Lately.

• On 6 November 2008, E! Online revealed that Baskett had proposed to Wilkinson at the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.

• In 2009, after meeting Hank Baskett, Kendra Wilkinson moved out of the Playboy Mansion.

• She then appeared in the reality show, Kendra, which aired on E!. The first season of the show focused on her new life and wedding plans.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson on the poster of the reality show Kendra

• The show, Kendra, premiered on 7 June 2009, and set a record for E! with 2.6 million viewers, making it the network’s highest-rated reality debut since The Anna Nicole Show in 2002.

• On 11 June 2009, Kendra Wilkinson shared that she was expecting her first child.

• The couple married on 27 June 2009 at the Playboy Mansion.

• It was originally planned that Hugh Hefner would perform her wedding rituals, but she made her entrance with her brother, Colin.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson with her brother on her wedding day

• Her family and former Girls Next Door co-stars Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt attended her wedding.

• On the wedding episode of the television show Kendra, she announced that she would take Baskett’s last name.

• After marriage, they lived in Calabasas, California.

• Her friends threw her a baby shower on 9 September 2009.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson on her first baby shower

• Kendra Wilkinson initially told a media channel that Hugh Hefner would be the child’s godfather but later denied it.

• After the birth of her son, she shared in a media discussion that she experienced postpartum depression. She said,
  

  I never brushed my hair, my teeth, or took a shower. I looked in the mirror one day and was really depressed.”

• Kendra Wilkinson added that her depression was partly due to moving to Indianapolis, where her husband played, soon after the birth and feeling lonely.

• She mentioned in an interview that she weighed 140 pounds (64 kg) after the birth.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson on the cover of OK magazine after the birth of her first baby

• On 17 March 2010, Kendra Wilkinson appeared in an episode of the television reality show True Hollywood Story, which aired on E!, where she talked about her challenging journey to fame.

• In May 2010, a sex tape featuring Wilkinson and an unidentified man surfaced. Vivid Entertainment acquired the tape and planned to release it as Kendra Exposed.

• Kendra Wilkinson opposed the release and threatened legal action.

• According to RadarOnline, a noted media house, she had previously set up a company, Home Run Productions LLC, in 2008 and made many tries to sell sex tapes.

• Reportedly, Kendra Wilkinson earned $680,000 for the tape, which was filmed when she was 18 years old by her high school boyfriend, Justin Frye.

• On 6 July 2010, she published her biography titled Sliding Into Home.
  

  The cover of the book Sliding Into Home

• On 9 January 2011, the show Kendra ended after its 33rd and final episode, the third-season finale. It was not renewed for a fourth season.

• In 2011, Kendra Wilkinson competed in the 12th season of the dance reality show Dancing with the Stars partnered with Louis Van Amstel. She was eliminated in the seventh week on 3 May 2011.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson while dancing in the dance reality show Dancing with the Stars

• Her second book, Being Kendra: Cribs, Cocktails, and Getting My Sexy Back, was published on 20 October 2011 by It Books. It describes her life after becoming a mother and focuses on motherhood and marriage.
  

  The cover of the book Being Kendra Cribs, Cocktails, and Getting My Sexy Back

• Kendra Wilkinson launched her website, KendraWilkinson.com, in November 2011.

• On her website, her digital community allows her to answer the questions of her fans and connect with them while discussing topics like family, friends, and laughter.

• In 2011, Kendra Wilkinson left the channel E! and started a reality show, Kendra on Top, with her family on WE tv. The show premiered on 5 June 2012 and ended in 2017.

• This marked the end of her continuous appearance on reality TV, which had started in 2005 with the show The Girls Next Door, followed by Kendra and Kendra on Top.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson on the poster of the reality show Kendra on Top

• Kendra Wilkinson has supported many charitable organisations such as the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the Griffin Gives Foundation.

• In 2013, she and Hank Baskett hosted the fifth annual charity golf tournament for the Oasis Children’s Advocacy Center. This organisation supports child abuse victims.

• On 26 February 2013, Kendra Wilkinson appeared in the television reality show Celebrity Wife Swap alongside Kate Gosselin.

• On 20 April 2013, she met with a car accident on a California freeway and suffered a minor hemorrhagic stroke.

• On 31 October 2013, Kendra Wilkinson announced that she was pregnant with her second child.

• During her pregnancy, she wrote as a celebrity blogger for People magazine.

• Kendra Wilkinson gave birth to a daughter in May 2014.

• In November 2014, she competed as a contestant in the 14th season of the British reality show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and finished in sixth place.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson in a still from the television reality show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!

• In 2015, she appeared in the celebrity edition of the cooking show Worst Cooks in America, which aired on Food Network. She admitted in an interview that she did not like cooking as her family often considered it a waste of time.

• In a 2015 episode of the show Kendra On Top, she accused her mother of being “the most sadistic abuser,” She said that she felt assaulted whenever she was with her.

• In September 2016, Kendra Wilkinson and her son joined a charity basketball game and raised funds for Stand Up To Cancer.

• In December 2016, she hosted an event for Payaway the Layaway at Kmart in California, where layaways for 18 families were given.

• On 28 April 2017, Kendra Wilkinson, Hank Baskett, and her mother appeared in the television show Marriage Bootcamp: Family Edition, which aired on WE tv.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson with her mother in the television show Marriage Bootcamp: Family Edition

• In 2017, she was featured as Robyn in a live stage play titled Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, which was performed at the Anthony Cools Theatre.

• A Las Vegas Review-Journal review highlighted her performance in the play. It stated,
  

  But it’s Kendra you’re likely paying to see. And the more time she gets to spend on stage with Rodriguez, the better she’s going to be.”

  

  Kendra Wilkinson in a still from the stage play Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man

• In November 2017, Kendra Wilkinson collaborated with Payaway the Layaway at a Kmart in North Las Vegas. The organisation paid nearly $4,000 in layaway balances for 10 families.

• Hank Baskett then faced allegations that Baskett had an affair with a transgender model while Kendra was eight months pregnant.

• On 6 April 2018, she filed for divorce from her husband, Hank Baskett, and requested to restore her maiden name.

• In 2020, Kendra Wilkinson began studying real estate. In June, she passed the California real estate exam.

• In July 2020, she started working as a real estate agent at The Agency, a luxury real estate company founded by Mauricio Umansky. Later, she joined Douglas Elliman.

• On 17 November 2021, Kendra Wilkinson appeared in the reality show, Kendra Sells Hollywood, which aired on Discovery+ and Max. The show focused on her career as a real estate agent in Los Angeles.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson on the poster of the reality show Kendra Sells Hollywood

• In January 2024, she talked about her struggle with depression in an interview with a magazine. She said,
  

  It’s not easy to look back at my 20s. I’ve had to face my demons. Playboy really messed my whole life up.”

• Kendra Wilkinson likes travelling to distant places, interior designing, playing golf, and swimming in her free time.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson while enjoying swimming

• She is an animal lover and has a pet dog. She often shares pictures of her pet on social media.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson with her pet

• She has been featured on the cover of many renowned magazines and tabloids.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson on the cover of a magazine

• Kendra Wilkinson is a fitness enthusiast and goes to the gym regularly. She often shares pictures of her workout session on social media.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson during a workout session

• She is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson while enjoying an alcoholic beverage

• Kendra Wilkinson likes smoking cigars occasionally.
  

  Kendra Wilkinson while smoking a cigar

• The viewers of the television reality show The Girls Next Door might have believed that Kendra Wilkinson and the other women lived a glamorous life in the Playboy Mansion, but the reality was different.

• In her biography, Sliding Into Home, she described life in the Playboy Mansion as a constant struggle filled with competition with the other women and a lot of fear.

• Wilkinson revealed that Hefner set a strict 9 p.m. curfew on his girlfriends, and she found it suffocating.

• She also shared that Hefner demanded mandatory intimacy. She admitted in her book that to deal with those nights she had to be very drunk. She wrote,
  

  I had to be very drunk or smoke lots of weed to survive — there was no way around it.”

• Kendra Wilkinson admitted to using various drugs including crystal meth, cocaine, acid, and weed.

• She also drank heavily. The first time she got drunk, at age 12, her mom took her to a juvenile centre, where some officers tried to scare her but let her go because the centre was full.

• She struggled with suicidal thoughts and went to a psychiatric ward after overdosing on pills. When she was in the hospital, she tried to overdose again by eating a tube of toothpaste.

• Wilkinson also revealed that she once engaged in extreme self-harm through cutting.

• In her biography, Kendra shared negative experiences with teachers during her school years.

• She wrote that when she was 14 years old, a math teacher promised her an A grade if she wore a short skirt and promoted his class at a parent’s night. She did the same and received the grade.

• Another teacher mocked her ambition of becoming a marine biologist in front of her class.

• She has an extreme fear of her belly button. She recognised the fear while watching an episode of the cartoon show Ren and Stimpy.