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Woman who worked as a Playboy Bunny for nearly 12 years reveals what people get completely wrong about the job
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A former Playboy Bunny has opened up about what one of its renowned clubs was really like in the 1970s.
Barbara Haigh spent 11 years of her life working at the legendary London Playboy Club as a Bunny, and experienced serving A-list celebrities, wealthy businessmen, and some of the most recognizable faces on the planet.
Hugh Hefner, the multi-millionaire founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, was responsible for growing the Playboy name over the years, despite allegations brought against him after his death in 2017.
And Barbara, who was hired by Hefner's team, opened up on encounters with celebrities, the massive tips she would get, and the strict rules in place for Bunnies, during an interview with OMG Stories.
After over a decade of working in the Playboy empire, Barbara claimed that all wasn't as raunchy as it seemed.
Ex-Playboy Bunny opens up on past experiences
Barbara explained that one of the biggest misconceptions of her old job was that Playboy Bunnies were more or less sexualized hostesses who were there to entertain men and look pretty.
However, she claims that it is more nuanced than that.
While she became a Playboy Bunny at 21, she highlighted that there were, unsurprisingly, strict beauty standards to adhere to.
In her time in the role, she recalled serving the likes of Jack Nicholson, John Wayne, and Sylvester Stallone, among others.
Barbara described her role as a Bunny as a 'sophisticated hospitality job', describing the original London Playboy Club as an upmarket nightclub.
It featured restaurants, casinos, and several celebrity guests over the years.
She explained that Bunnies were professionally trained, with two months of training and practice, and making hundreds of cocktails was part of her work.
Barbara added that they were also taught serving techniques, including the iconic bunny dip.
This maneuver is expected from Bunnies in Playboy Clubs, and involves them leaning backward, bending at the knees, while keeping their backs straight and their left knee lifted and tucked behind their right leg.
It allowed servers to bend down and place drinks on low tables, or serve customers without breaking the line of their tight corseted costumes.
Groping was not permitted
A big misconception was that customers and visitors could grope the Bunnies, but Barbara said that those who touched staff inappropriately would be warned or banned from Playboy establishments.
Despite popular belief, the often low-cut and revealing costumes worn by Bunnies were about glamor, not looking overly sexual or provocative.
By Barbara's own words, the goal was to look glamorous without looking 'tarty'.
She explained that it wasn't a men's playground, as she remembered numerous women, and even families with children, coming through the doors of the club.