Bridget Marquardt seems to have done it all. The three-time Playboy cover model and girlfriend of Hugh Hefner has made several movie and television appearances; she has her own smash-hit reality show with Hef's other gals Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson; she's done the Larry King interview and appeared on E! True Hollywood Story and she even hosts her own weekly talk radio show "The Bridget and Wednesday Friday Show." Just when we thought we'd seen everything we could from Bridget, she surprised us with another project -- and she almost got to wow the world, too.
Bridget was set to reveal her new talent, bungee trapeze, on CBS's new show Secret Talents of the Stars on April 15, 2008. Just days before its live airing, the reality series was nixed and Bridget's secret talent was forced to remain behind closed doors -- but not for Playboy.
We caught up with Bridget on the way home from her four-hour bungee trapeze practice a week before she was sent to appear on Secret Talents of the Stars. Playboy.com got the exclusive take on how one of our favorite girls next door was taking to her new skill, the most strenuous form of trapeze there is. She had just completed her 31st day of practice with her trainers, former Cirque du Soleil artists Karyne and Sarah Steben. On her first day, Bridget started on the bar at a mere 12 feet. In just one month, she made her way up to 35 feet. Although the adorable blonde said she was "very bruised up" and it had been 31 days of highs and lows, she was enjoying every minute of it.
"I wake up, and I'm always eager to go. I love it when I'm finished, because I just feel so good and I feel really accomplished." Before news of the show's premature cancellation, Bridget said she already felt like a winner. "Although my fear of heights is not over, it's helping me face those fears, and to me I already feel I've won something." Despite the setback and some trying training days when Bridget said she was "in tears to go back up there," our tough Playboy girl said she's going to keep on. "I still want to do it. And I want to have things I'm working toward."
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