Holly Madison quickly discovered that beneath Hollywood's glitz and glamour lurked a much darker reality.The former Playboy Bunny is returning as the host of Investigation Discovery's true-crime series, "Lethally Blonde," which explores real cases where beauty and fame collide with murder and scandal.The "Girls Next Door" alum told Fox News Digital she wants viewers — especially wide-eyed hopefuls bound for Los Angeles — to recognize the red flags hidden behind Hollywood's allure.JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT BLASTS HOLLYWOOD FOR SEXUALIZING HER AS A CHILDHolly Madison is the host of the true-crime series "Lethally Blonde," which explores cases involving women whose dreams of fame, modeling or success took a dark and sometimes deadly turn.(ID)"I felt pretty quickly when I moved to L.A.
that Hollywood was an unsafe environment," said the mother of two."Being a 19-year-old from the middle of nowhere who just moved to LA, you would get people who approached you on the street and wanted to get you into escorting and things like that.
[You're thinking], 'Oh my God, danger's right around every corner.'"Before becoming a household name through Playboy and "The Girls Next Door," Holly Madison was an aspiring model trying to break into the entertainment industry. (Ethan Miller/American Media/Getty Images for American Media)"To me, when I went to the Playboy Mansion for a pool party, to me that seemed like a safe harbor," she admitted."Of course, once I got on the inside, it’s a lot more complicated than that.
But I saw it as a safe harbor in the beginning because I heard so many crazy Hollywood stories.And you just meet people out on the street who you know have bad intentions.
It can be a scary place."Holly Madison is seen with a parrot at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on Aug.23, 2006.
(Hector Mata/AFP)The 46-year-old, who grew up in Alaska and Oregon, dreamed of having a successful modeling career like Marilyn Monroe and Pamela Anderson.After settling in Los Ange...