Holly Madison's Playboy Hell: How Hugh Hefner tried to ply me with drugs, berate my appearance and why I haven't spoken to the 'creepy' octogenarian in four years 

• Holly, 35, claims Hugh Hefner offered her a Quaalude when they met in 2001
• She became one of Hefner's seven official girlfriends later that year
• Describes life at the Playboy Mansion as a 'living hell' in new book
• Says rooms were stocked with 'Johnson's Baby Oil, Vaseline and Kleenex'

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 09:59 EST, 10 June 2015 | Updated: 16:07 EST, 10 June 2015

Holly Madison has claimed that Hugh Hefner offered her drugs when they first met in 2001.

In the latest admission from her memoir Down The Rabbit Hole serialized this week in UsWeekly Holly claims the incident took place at the Las Palmas nightclub in Los Angeles when she was a 21-year-old Hooters waitress.

Holly recounts: '"Would you like a Quaalude?" Hef asked, leaning toward me with a bunch of large horse pills in his hand.'

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Holly Madison's Playboy Hell: The former Bunny has claimed Hugh Hefner tried to ply her with drugs, berated her appearance and says she hasn't spoken to the 'creepy' octogenarian in four years

When Holly refused, she claims Hef said: 'Usually, I don't approve of drugs, but you know, in the '70s they used to call these pills thigh openers.'

DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives of Hefner who have so far been unavailable for comment.

Despite this, she became one of Hefner's seven official girlfriends later that year, and starred in the E! reality series The Girls Next Door from 2005 to 2009.

Far from a glamorous lifestyle, Holly reveals that when she moved into the 29-room mansion, she was immediately put off by the yellow carpets that had been stained by dog urine, and claims all rooms were stocked with 'trays of Johnson's Baby Oil, Vaseline and Kleenex'.

'Prior to moving into the Mansion, I’d been a fairly confident person, but it didn’t take long for my self-worth to crumble,' Holly writes in the extract. 

Living nightmare: Holly Madison (right) poses with fellow bunny Sheila Levell and Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion May 6, 2003 in Holmby Hills, California

Soon she says she became victim to ‘ruth-less mean girl-ing’ from the other bunnies – which included her clothes being stolen.

But it was Hugh, Holly says, that really made her confidence disappear.

When she got herself a makeover and cut her hair short, Hugh immediately reprimanded her. ‘Any shred of confidence I found over the last few hours was quickly evaporating,’ she says, claiming Hugh ‘spat’ at her in response to the new haircut.

Living it up: Holly Madison looked happy when she was pictured with Hugh Hefner at the 2007 Playmate Of The Year party at the Playboy Mansion in 2007 in Los Angeles. But she has revealed life wasn't one long party

Holly says after a string of insults at her new appearance, Hef added: ‘You look old, hard and cheap.’

It all became too much for Holly after she was accused of cheating on Hef in 2008 with illusionist Criss Angel. 

Hef supposedly tried to sway her to stay by leaving her $3million in his will, but she left and never saw him again, despite a brief moment when she agreed to film a cameo in the 2011 Runaway Bride special about Crystal Harris, 29, who he is now married to.

After her leaving, Holly claims the octogenarian continued to pursue her by writing her ‘short, reprimanding’ letters in response to things she’d said in interviews. ‘There was a creepy vibe to them,’ she said. 

It is the latest in a long line of secrets that Holly has revealed in her new book, the full title of which is Down The Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures And Cautionary Tales Of A Former Playboy Bunny.

Last month she revealed that at one point she became so depressed she even thought about ending her own life, according to Us Weekly, quoting a release from publisher HarperCollins. 

'Life inside the notorious Mansion wasn't a dream at all and quickly became her nightmare,' the release continued. 

'After losing her identity, her sense of self-worth and her hope for the future, Holly found herself sitting alone in a bathtub contemplating suicide.'

The book also reveals the 'oppressive routine of strict rules, manipulation, and [her] battles with ambitious, backstabbing bunnies.'

Kendra Wilkinson, Holly Madison on The Girls Next Door (archive)

Out with his Girls Next Door: Hugh shows of Madison, left,  Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson at the premiere of The House Bunny in August, 2008, in Westwood, Los Angeles

Now 35, Madison found fame in 2005 alongside Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson as Hef's three beautiful blonde girlfriends, featured in The Girls Next Door.

The reality show detailed the trio's luxury life in the exclusive Holmby Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles for five seasons until it wrapped in 2010.

On the show Holly was Hef's number one girl, and the only one to share his bedroom rather than have her own.

She posed for the magazine and admitted to not just a breast augmentation and blonde hair dyeying but also that she had a nose job.

Madison is now married to Electric Daisy Carnival organiser Pasquale Rotella, 41, and they share two-year-old daughter Rainbow. 

Not what it seems: The blonde, pictured with her pooches outside the Playboy Mansion in 2005, became so depressed during her five years with Hef she thought about suicide

Holly Madison's jet-setting daughter Rainbow takes charge

'I’m excited to finally share my story and what I've learned from my personal experiences both inside and outside of the Playboy Mansion,' Madison told Us. 

'I think my stories will surprise people and I’m looking forward to lifting the veil of mystique and clearing up the misconceptions so often associated with my life.'

The description of the book on Amazon reads:

'A spontaneous decision at age twenty-one transformed small-town Oregon girl Holly Sue Cullen into Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner’s #1 girlfriend....what seemed like a fairytale life inside the Playboy Mansion—including A-list celebrity parties and her own #1-rated television show for four years—quickly devolved into an oppressive routine of strict rules, manipulation, and battles with ambitious, backstabbing bunnies.

And that's not all - as the description also promises to delve into her life after Hef: 

She opens up about life inside the Mansion, the drugs, the sex, the abuse, the infamous parties, and her real behind-the-scenes life with Bridget, Kendra, and, of course, Mr. Playboy himself.

'With great courage, Holly shares the details of her subsequent troubled relationship, landing her own successful television series, and the hard work of healing, including her turn on Dancing with the Stars.'

Her book will be out on June 23. 

Kendra reveals what it was like to be in the Playboy mansion

With her own little bunny: Now married to Pasquale Rotella, Holly took their two-year-old daughter Rainbow to the Adventure To Santa experience at the Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas last November

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