
If it wasn’t for breastfeeding Alijah, the bond I had with her, I feel like I would have probably ended my life. “I was at a real low,” she told the camera. On an episode of her show Kendra on Top, she even admitted to suicidal thoughts. Shortly after welcoming their little girl, the pair’s marriage was rocked by reports that Baskett had an affair with a transgender model while Wilkinson was eight months’ pregnant.Īfter discovering the headlines to be true, Wilkinson threw their wedding photos in the pool and flushed her wedding ring down the toilet. However, their baby bliss didn’t last for long. In May, Wilkinson gave birth to their second child, daughter Alijah. “I was just mean,” she exclaimed, saying she would blame Baskett for “their unstable home life,” threatening to leave him with Baby Hank if he didn’t find a steady job. Hank would take the baby and leave the room,” she recalled, fearing their marriage was over. I’d be like, ‘Hank, go! Go away!’ I didn’t feel right. “There were times when I knew I was about to snap. “Hank deserved better than me,” she believed, adding, “Hank and I slept in separate bedrooms.” I just threatened a lot.” She also admitted it led to marital problems. “I felt devastated, helpless - like I was in a black hole,” she said. In an interview with In Touch, Wilkinson revealed she suffered with postpartum depression after giving birth, which she believed was partly triggered by their move to Indiana.

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, as a harder time was around the corner. It’s going to probably be the hardest time of our lives.” We have to hold hands and walk through this and face this fact.’ It’s going to be really hard. … He’s like, ‘Kendra, we just have to hold our heads high because, yeah, we’re going to get attacked, but we can’t run. She added, “It’s hard on because it involves another guy, of course, and it’s hard on him because of our son and everything. “It broke my heart because how can you do that when I have a baby?” she said on her solo E! show, Kendra. Wilkinson’s sex tape with a former high school boyfriend was released, which she called the “hardest time of our lives.” The couple was also hit with a personal scandal. Ultimately, Baskett’s football career ended in Minnesota when his option wasn’t picked up at the end of the season. “We get a chance to know each other all over again and communicate.” “It’s actually a blessing in disguise,” she explained on the Today show, clarifying they weren’t separated. He was picked up by the Minnesota Vikings, but Wilkinson did not move there with him. Baskett was released by Indianapolis, but the Eagles picked him up for the 2010-11 season, only to cut him (again) after two games. Wilkinson was visibly upset following the game, leaving the stadium in tears. He had a costly mistake in the 2010 Super Bowl, fumbling an onside kick that helped lead the Saints to victory over the Colts. 2010īaskett’s NFL career took a tumble … or rather, fumble. Personally, things seemed to be going great, as the couple welcomed their first child together, son Hank IV, in December. However, he quickly found a home in Indianapolis, signing with the Colts.

Months later they endured their first obstacle as Baskett, then a wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, was released.

That’s where the couple tied the knot in the summer of 2009. Wilkinson was ready to move on from being Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend and a member of E!’s Girls Next Door … even though she wanted to start the next chapter of her life at the Playboy Mansion. The pair had a whirlwind romance after meeting in March 2008. It’s been a bumpy journey for the pair over their decade-long relationship.
