Kate Moss has praised the “beautiful family vibe” at Hugh Hefner’s notorious Los Angeles mansion after former Playmate Holly Madison made a series of unsavory allegations.
The British model visited publishing magnate Hefner at his sprawling home in Holmby Hills just before she celebrated her 40th birthday in 2013 with a cover shoot for his iconic men’s magazine.
Hefner, who died in 2017 at the age of 91, and the 29-room Gothic Tudor-style property originally purchased in 1974 have since been condemned by ex-Playmate Madison, who claims she felt pressured to have sex during her time with to have the aging publisher in the mansion.
Speaking of which, Kate Moss has praised the “beautiful family vibe” at Hugh Hefner’s notorious mansion following a spate of unsavory allegations from former Playmate Holly Madison
Recalling her own experience with Hefner during an interview with British Vogue on Wednesday, Kate insisted her memories are only positive as the house is more of a family home than a harem.
He said: “Well, I met Hugh Hefner and went to his house. I really liked him and he was there with his kids and a couple of his bunnies and one of his bunnies showed me around the house and gave me a tour and stuff.
“I met his secretary who has been with him for about seventy years, they’re just like a nice institution or something, family atmosphere. I don’t know, I really liked it, there wasn’t anything shabby or gross about it. It was kind of really playful.’
Iconic: Kate starred in an 18-page spread celebrating Playboy’s 60th anniversary in 2013, just before she celebrated her 40th birthday
Kate starred in an 18-page spread celebrating Playboy’s 60th anniversary in 2013, just before she celebrated her 40th birthday.
Shot by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, the series featured Kate wearing Playboy’s iconic bunny ears, a black leotard and matching stiletto heels for the cover photo.
Hefner’s ex-girlfriend Madison recently claimed the Playboy founder sometimes doesn’t move during sex, explaining that their “gross” bedroom encounters felt like a “chore” to her.
Recalling her own experience with Hefner during an interview with British Vogue on Wednesday, Kate insisted her memories are only positive as the house is more of a home than a harem
Madison, now 42, has teamed up with her ex-playmate Bridget Marquardt for a brand new podcast called Girls Next Level.
In the first episode, which premiered in August, the two women — who both dated the magazine’s editor and lived at the Playboy Mansion in the early 2000s — shared some intimate details about what it was like to have sex with him , and claimed that sometimes it lasted only a minute and he often lay very still during the intimate act.
The ladies also detailed sleeping with Hugh in front of another woman who “talked shit about her” during the event, admitting they “wanted to get it over with as soon as possible”.
Claims: Hefner’s ex-girlfriend Holly Madison recently claimed he sometimes doesn’t move during sex, explaining that their “gross” bedroom encounters felt like a “chore” to her.
Speaking of which, Madison, now 42, has teamed up with her ex-playmate Bridget Marquardt for a brand new podcast called Girls Next Level
“None of the women were there, sorry to burst the bubble,” revealed Holly, who dated Hugh from 2001 to 2008.
She added that the women all thought sleeping with Hugh was a “chore” but that they had to do it for fear of being “thrown out of the house”.
“We thought it was a duty we had to do or we’d get kicked out of the house,” she explained. “And everyone wanted to let it go as quickly as possible.”
Opening up: The ladies (seen with Hefner in 2007) admitted they “wanted to get it over with as soon as possible” and that “none of the women were interested in it”.
She claimed that Hugh often remained silent during sex, calling him “a bump on the log in the middle of the bed.”
‘He wouldn’t move. He would be like a bump on the log in the middle of the bed,” she continued of having sex with Hugh, who died in 2019 at the age of 91.
“I can’t tell you how embarrassing this whole routine was. Especially when we came down the street later when there would be so much conflict with the other girls.
Gone: Hefner (pictured in 2005) died on September 27, 2017 from sepsis caused by an E. coli infection
“You literally sit there naked and have sex in front of a group of people who hate you and talk shit about you while having sex, and you can hear it. It was just like hell.’
Earlier this year, Madison opened up about her experiences at the “iconic” mansion as part of the A&E docu-series Secrets of Playboy.
In it, she claimed Hefner “insulated her from the outside world,” and explained that she and the other girls were only allowed to leave the iconic Los Angeles apartment block for special reasons and shouldn’t invite friends over.
Friendly: Kate insists she was impressed by how welcoming and warm Hefner and his team were when they visited the Playboy mansion
“We were all kind of freaked out and expecting to see Hef as this really good guy. They started feeling like, “Oh, he’s not what they say in the media,” she said on the show.
She also claimed that Hefner once “yelled at her” for cutting her hair and claimed he told her the new “do” made her “look old, tough, and cheap.”
‘I [was] felt like I had to look like everyone else,” she said. “My hair was naturally very long and I was just like, ‘I’m going to cut my hair off so I can look at least a little bit different.’ ”
Throwback: Earlier this year, Madison opened up about her experience at the “iconic” mansion as part of the Secrets of Playboy docuseries, claiming that Hefner “isolated” her.
But Madison claimed that the magazine editor’s reaction to her new look wasn’t positive at all.
She said: “I came back with short hair and he freaked out on me and he yelled at me and said it made me look old, tough and cheap.”
She also spoke further on their first night together on the show, explaining, “He was literally pushed onto me.
“And after it happened I was just mortified and embarrassed and it had a lot more emotional impact on me than I thought it would.
“It wasn’t like the thought of possibly having sex with him repelled me that much. It was more the group aspect that was really out of my comfort zone.
Hefner died on September 27, 2017 from sepsis caused by an E. coli infection.