HOLLY MADISON ON QUITTING PLAYBOY: TIME TO ‘MOVE ON’ AND ‘AWKWARD’
Holly Madison’s Playboy era is officially over: she confirmed on Wednesday that she quit her photo editorship so she could “move on.”
Madison, in a blog entry on her Web site, said she left Playboy because she has moved to Las Vegas and the Playboy job didn’t pay enough to “make a commute worthwhile.”
Her blog continued:
“No. 2. After two years of it, I no longer found it challenging. It got to be routine, which was sad for me, since I was initially so passionate about the job and the creative aspects involved.
“No. 3. It was awkward. Not that anyone tried to make it awkward or didn’t treat me fairly . . . it just was.
“It annoys me when people call the job fake as if it was just a set up for the show. If I had wanted a fake career for Girls Next Door I would have stuck with the jewelry line because that required very little of my time. I spent way more than full time directing shoots, editing, making mock layouts and approving retouching.
“So as you can imagine, when one is trying to move on with their life, it isn’t beneficial to spend so much time on something that doesn’t pay much and sadly enough is no longer rewarding to you. But I loved my job while I had it, appreciate the opportunity and the experience greatly and wish whoever takes my place the best.”
The blog entry didn’t mention her boyfriend, Las Vegas illusionist Criss Angel. They began dating last fall while she was living at the Mansion, she told CNN’s Larry King during an interview that aired in late December.
Madison’s publicist, Steve Flynn, said she resigned from Playboy a couple weeks ago.
‘For all intents and purposes, she outgrew the position. It was no longer challenging and she wants to concentrate on the next phase of her life,” Flynn said.
