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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Clémence Michallon

Holly Madison says Hugh Hefner once called Qaaludes ‘thigh-openers’ and offered her one on first night

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Holly Madison says Hugh Hefner offered her a Qaalude, a sedative drug that has since been banned in the US, during their first night out together.

Madison, who was a resident of the Playboy mansion and Hefner’s “main girlfriend” in the 2000s, is a participant in Secrets of Playboy, a new A&E documentary re-examining Hefner’s life and the culture he created via the magazine and its associated properties.

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