Chelsea Lately Season 2 Episode 45 Holly Madison
- October 3, 2008
In season 2, episode 45 of Chelsea Lately, the gorgeous Holly Madison appears on the show to have a candid conversation with Chelsea Handler. Holly Madison is widely known for her stint on the popular reality TV series, The Girls Next Door, in which she appeared alongside Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt as one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends.
The episode kicks off with Chelsea giving the audience a brief intro to Holly Madison. She talks about Holly's various projects including her book, Down The Rabbit Hole, which talks about her time at the Playboy Mansion, her show Holly's World, and her Vegas burlesque show, Peepshow. Chelsea also mentions that Holly is expecting a baby and engaged to be married, which sets the tone for the rest of the episode.
Holly starts off her conversation with Chelsea by talking about her pregnancy journey and how she is still working on her Vegas show, despite being six months along. Holly reveals that she has cut back on some of the more risqué aspects of her show, like pole dancing, but is still performing other dance elements. Chelsea, ever the comedian, chimes in with her own experience of being pregnant and how she completely stopped working once she hit her third trimester.
Chelsea then moves on to Holly's engagement to Pasquale Rotella and how he proposed to her at the top of the Ferris wheel in Vegas. Holly talks about how over the top and romantic the proposal was and how her engagement ring has a cushion cut diamond with a halo of smaller diamonds around it. Chelsea jokes that she needs to hurry up and get married so she can get a ring like that.
The conversation then takes a more serious turn when Chelsea brings up Holly's book, Down The Rabbit Hole. Holly talks about how writing the book was a cathartic experience for her and how it helped her work through some of the issues she had with her time at the Playboy Mansion. Chelsea, who has been very vocal about her dislike for Hugh Hefner and the Playboy Mansion lifestyle, tells Holly that she found the book to be very revealing and that it shed light on some of the darker aspects of that world.
Holly agrees with Chelsea and talks about how hard it was for her to leave the Playboy Mansion, despite the fact that she was miserable there. She reveals that one of the reasons why she stayed for so long was because she had become accustomed to the lifestyle and felt like she didn't have any other options. She also talks about the constant pressure to look perfect and how difficult it was to maintain that level of perfection all the time.
The conversation then shifts to Holly's show, Holly's World, and her experience filming it. Holly talks about how much fun it was to film the show and how much she enjoyed sharing her life with viewers. Chelsea jokes that Holly's World was like "Jersey Shore for women" and that she loved watching it.
Overall, season 2, episode 45 of Chelsea Lately provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of the most famous Playboy models of all time. Holly Madison is refreshingly honest and candid about her experiences, both good and bad, and it's clear that Chelsea Handler has a lot of respect for her. It's a fun, entertaining, and informative episode that will appeal to fans of both Holly Madison and Chelsea Handler.