Former Playboy twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon have opened up concerning the ‘trauma’ they endured after dwelling in Hugh Hefner’s notorious mansion.
Ever since Hefner died in 2017 aged 91, many ladies have spoken about their time with the journal writer and life within the Playboy Mansion.
His ex-girlfriend, Holly Madison, claimed that living in the mansion was like a ‘cult’ whereas Kendra Wilkinson revealed her relationship with the Playboy founder left her with ‘a bit of little bit of a intercourse drawback’.
Karissa and Kristina Shannon rose to fame over the last two seasons of Girls Next Door, which targeted on Hefner’s life together with his three girlfriends, Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson.
Now 35, Karissa and Kristina have sat down with Folks journal to debate their time within the mansion after getting into the Hollywood dwelling as youngsters.
Former Playboy twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Pictures)
Karissa said: “It was such a tradition shock for us. We actually … We did not develop up with a younger mom, so we did not find out about hair and make-up. We did not know a lot about vogue or fashion. And we’re so much youthful than Bridget, Kendra and Holly – we’re youngsters.”
Kristina added: “We had been actually simply youngsters. We had been all pure. We did not have pretend tooth. We did not have pretend boobs like the opposite ladies or pretend hair. We simply walked round with pure faces over tan as a result of we had been all the time within the solar in Florida.
“We obtained a number of jealousy from the opposite Playmates as a result of we had been twins. We had been the primary twins to every get our personal months, which made Playboy historical past. We had been the youngest Playmates and the youngest girlfriends.”
Kristina famous that they quickly realized ‘what they present on TV and on the present was a 100% totally different from what was happening behind the scenes’.
Karissa additionally spoke concerning the aftermath of Playboy after being out and in of the mansion over a interval of three years, Folks notes.
“We all the time say Playboy will all the time be part of our lives. We had been Playboy followers and we nonetheless are Playboy followers. Though it turned out to be very traumatic for us, there have been additionally a number of excessive factors,” she went on.
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner (Charley Gallay/Getty Pictures for Playboy)
Kristina chimed in: “It is even in the best way we had been born. We all know we had been born three months untimely … Once we had been born, we really weren’t respiration. Our lungs weren’t totally developed.”
“We have needed to combat for our lives, our complete lives. We got here from a number of trauma. We’re trauma bonded,” Karissa admitted.
Amid adjusting again to regular life, the twins determined it might be finest to go away Los Angeles to get that wholesome steadiness.
“Kristina and I made a decision to maneuver. We did not know the place to go, so we determined to return to the place we had been born and go away LA,” Karissa added.
“We bought the sweetness salon we owned on the time, and stated, ‘Let’s get the hell out of right here and dwell a easy life. Let’s simply begin therapeutic’.”
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