Former Playboy twins expose dark reality behind mansions glamorous facade: We were teenagers

For four years, former Playboy playmates – and twins – Karissa and Kristina Shannon were thought to have been living a life of luxury and glamour inside the Playboy mansion with boyfriend Hugh Hefner.But behind closed doors, the Florida natives were fighting to survive a web of trauma-filled experiences ignited by jealousy and betrayal. Coming from “humble beginnings,” the twins, now 35, were first discovered when they were just 16 years old.

Two years later, they moved into the mansion with Hefner and his already-established girlfriends and “The Girls Next Door” stars Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson. “We were only 18, it was our 19th birthday when we actually hooked up with Hef,” Kristina told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. “We were teenagers,” Karissa added. “So, it was like we felt out of our comfort zone.We didn’t have fake boobs, we didn’t have fake teeth, we didn’t have the fake hair,” Kristina continued.

“We were all-natural, and we were just trying to make it, and finding out we were going to be Playmates was the biggest deal to us.And then finding out we could be on the TV show was even bigger.”Upon entering the mansion, the girls instantly felt “very bullied” by the other women.

 “These girls are so mean, and we didn’t know what to do,” Kristina said. The luxurious life they once fantasized about quickly became a nightmare when an STD outbreak got passed around. “Hugh Hefner did not use condoms,” Kristina claimed.“Once everybody caught chlamydia, we’re like, ‘No, we’re only 18.

We were 18, and we caught chlamydia.”“We were yelling and screaming, crying.We were so mad,”  Karissa added. “And they’re such a hippie mentality.

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.They’re like, ‘Oh, it’s normal sexual activity.’ They said, ‘When you’re sexually active, that’s what happens.’ We’re like, no, we were 18, 19.

And we’re thinking in our heads, ‘You guys are...