Kendra Wilkinson proved to be one proud mama as she gushed over her eldest child on Wednesday.
The 38-year-old reality star — who recently defended getting high on the day Hugh Hefner died — took to her Instagram to share a sweet snap of 14-year-old son Hank Jr. after he was admitted to a prep school in Los Angeles.
The student proudly posed wearing a shirt featuring the school’s logo, alongside an official certificate confirming his admission.
‘Congratulations @hank_baskett12 I love you so much and watched you work hard to get to where you are. I’m so proud of you my boy. Keep going!!!,’ Kendra captioned the snap.
The former Playboy bunny shares the teen, as well as daughter Alijah Mary, 9, with ex Hank Baskett.
Kendra Wilkinson proved to be one proud mama as she gushed over her eldest child on Wednesday; seen in March
The 38-year-old reality star took to her Instagram to share a sweet snap of 14-year-old son Hank Jr. after he was admitted to a prep school in Los Angeles
The proud post comes after Kendra opened up about being ‘sexualized’ at a young age and expressed her hope to pave a different path for her daughter.
She recalled being ‘sexualized’ before moving into the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles at age 18.
But she noted ‘things got worse’ once she was living in Hugh Hefner’s home.
‘Sex, sex, sex—that’s all I knew,’ she said of her life at the famed residence, per her interview with People published in January.
‘At the end of the day, I don’t want my daughter sexualized at a young age like that,’ she added, referencing Alijah Mary, nine, whom she shares with her ex Hank Baskett.
‘I had to dig deep. I had to really dig deep into my own life and be like, “Holy crap,” at what age did I start to get sexualized and why was it completely okay for me to move in the mansion and not choose college instead?’
Two decades after she and Hefner first began dating, Kendra said she now has a greater perspective.
‘I made a crazy choice to live with an older man,’ she said of Hefner, who was 60 years her senior.
‘Congratulations @hank_baskett12 I love you so much and watched you work hard to get to where you are. I’m so proud of you my boy. Keep going!!!,’ Kendra captioned the snap. She and former NFL star Hank Baskett, 41, share Hank IV and Alijah Mary, nine; seen in 2018
‘At the end of the day, I don’t want my daughter sexualized at a young age like that,’ Kendra said, referencing Alijah Mary, 9, whom she shares with her ex Hank Baskett; pictured in 2020
‘I got into deep regret [afterward]. I got to that point where I started hating myself. “Why did I have sex with Hugh Hefner?”‘ she asked herself.
‘I hated my boobs, my body, my face. I got to that point where I started hating myself.
‘I look back at what happened to where I felt like I had to date an older man at 18. What drove me to that place, and why did I choose to do that?’ she added.
‘These are things I’m trying to correct in my parenting to my daughter. What can I do to show her that she’s more than that?’
In a separate interview with the outlet, Kendra said, ‘It’s not easy to look back at my twenties, I’ve had to face my demons.
‘Playboy really messed my whole life up.’
‘What makes me happy?’ she asked. ‘It’s my kids’; pictured in 2018
Now, Kendra no longer finds it necessary to defend Hefner.’
‘Hugh Hefner lived his life. That was his life. I’m not going to sit here and protect him while I’m focusing on raising two kids,’ she explained.
She went on to say that she recognizes she cannot alter the past; instead, she must forge ahead and safeguard her children.
‘What makes me happy?’ she asked. ‘It’s my kids.’
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