Karissa Shannon has a lot going on, and she’s telling Page Six all of it. The former Playmate and Girls Next Door star, 37, is pregnant with a baby boy due in April and recently got engaged. Her fiancé is a 44-year-old blue-collar hockey fan from Windsor, Ontario. He proposed on her birthday last month at Highlands Detroit, with the proposal happening 71 floors up overlooking the water. She’s keeping his name under wraps, explaining that privacy is peace and privacy is power.
Shannon lived at the Playboy Mansion from ages 18 to 20 as one of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends, and she says she spent years healing from being overstimulated and overexposed. Now she’s vowing to raise her son Genesis as the opposite of whatever Hef was portraying, describing the kind of man she hopes to raise: a gentleman with manners who leads with his heart.
She’s also developing a documentary with investigative journalist Lisa Guerrero about alleged abuse at the mansion, along with an AI adult platform account. It’s a redemption arc, a reckoning, and a fresh start all bundled into one headline.
What do you think of her promise to raise Genesis as Hef’s opposite?
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