Kendra Leigh Baskett (nee Wilkinson born June 12, 1985) is an American television personality and glamour model. She is well known for her role on the E! reality-television show The Girls Next Door, on which her life as one of Hugh Hefner’s three girlfriends was documented. Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door costars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt. Her own reality series, Kendra debuted in June 2009.
On August 13, 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported that she was Olive Garden’s “Biggest Celebrity Fan.” Wilkinson has described Olive Garden’s cuisine as “my soul food.” The newspaper emphasized that her repeated enthusiastic public endorsements of the family restaurant are genuine, personal and are not tied to any payment from Olive Garden. In fact, the company was reported as viewing Wilkinson’s endorsements with “mixed feelings” which it was reluctant to comment on since the restaurant emphasizes its family-friendly nature.
On September 22, 2008, the International Business Times reported that Wilkinson was engaged to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett. Wilkinson denied being engaged in a blog entry on her official MySpace page. On October 7, 2008, in an interview on Chelsea Lately, she admitted she was in a relationship with Baskett. On November 6, 2008, E! Online announced Wilkinson and Baskett were engaged, after he proposed the previous Saturday at the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.
On June 10, 2009 Wilkinson announced that she and Baskett are expecting their first child together. The baby, a boy, is due December 25, 2009. Reports also claim that Bridget Marquardt will be hosting the baby shower. Wilkinson told E! News that Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner will be the godfather of the baby-on-the-way. “He was like, ‘Oh my god!’ and then he cried… Hef will be the godfather,” Wilkinson said. It was announced on 14th August, 2009 that the baby will be named Hank to carry on tradition.
Wilkinson married Baskett on June 27, 2009 at the Playboy Mansion. Although it was initially announced that Hugh Hefner would give the bride away, Kendra’s brother Colin walked her down the aisle. Wilkinson’s family was in attendance, as well as former Girls Next Door stars Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt. Us Weekly paid the couple $120,000 for the wedding pictures. On the wedding episode of Kendra, Kendra and Hank said that Kendra would be taking Hank’s last name.
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