Holly Madison is keeping fans guessing when it comes to her love life.
“I’m mysterious right now,” Madison, 46, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting season 2 of Lethally Blonde, a true crime series exploring the dangerous “intersections of beauty, desire and deception,” for which she serves as a host and executive producer.
These days, she’s moving differently when it comes to dating, especially as she chooses that special person to welcome into her world. “I have taken my time to get to know somebody before I claim anything, because look at some of my past choices, rough … and that’s a mess. I’m just making sure I made a good choice this time,” Madison told Us.
The former Girls Next Door star may be staying tight-lipped about parts of her personal life, but she is addressing at least one rumor making the rounds. Reports emerged earlier this month that she is dating prominent Las Vegas attorney Steve Dimopoulos.
“Oh, my God, you know what’s so funny is like, in a perfect world, I would love to date somebody for, like, a year before anybody in the outside world knows about it, because I’ve had some very questionable romantic choices,” she said in response to the rumors.
“I think my ex planted that,” the “You Wish” podcast host speculated to Us, not dropping any names. “I’m like, they kind of, like, use it as an excuse that I posted this guy, but when I posted a picture of this guy, it was a very, like, platonic photo, and, like, I have a ton of guy friends I post and tag all the time, so I don’t buy it that anybody picked it up, and it was a delayed reaction from that post.”
Madison and Dimopoulos were spotted at the T-Mobile Arena for a Vegas Golden Knights game in mid-May.
Widely known for her relationship with late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner from 2001 to 2008, Madison has since gone public with new connections over the years. She was last linked to Ghost Adventures’ Zak Bagans, but it was confirmed the pair had officially broken up after six years of dating in May 2025.
The Down the Rabbit Hole author is also a proud mom of two to daughter Rainbow, 13, and son Forest, 9, with her ex-husband, Pasquale Rotella. They wed in September 2013 and finalized their divorce in February 2019.
Madison told Us she’s protecting her heart while navigating the dating scene, admitting, “I second-guess myself.”
As for the project she has been working on, Lethally Blonde fans can look forward to eight new episodes. Madison teased, “I’m just really excited for people to see it. I think the stories are so varied and so interesting, and I think it’s the best season yet, definitely.”
Lethally Blonde premieres on Monday, June 1, at 10 p.m. ET on Investigation Discovery, with episodes available to stream on HBO Max.
