Packed with tiny dogs in purses, low-rise jeans, and Juicy tracksuits galore, The Girls Next Door is an essential reality show of the early 2000s. The show follows the three girlfriends of Hugh Hefner, founder, and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, throughout their day-to-day lives attending Playboy events, parties, and photoshoots.
Despite the last episode airing nearly 15 years ago, the show has recently re-entered the public discourse after two of the show’s stars, Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt, started a podcast (Girls Next Level). The two women are rewatching the show episode by episode, dissecting what’s real, and what’s fake, and giving us all of the behind-the-scenes info we always wanted to know. Additionally, the women have opened up about some of the more problematic issues with the show and their relationship with Hefner.
Many of Madison and Marquardt’s fans have started rewatching the show along with the podcast, as all of the episodes are available for free on Tubi. With that in mind, here are five facts you may not know about The Girls Next Door.