Trouble Before The Transsexual! 20 Secrets & Scandals Of Kendra Wilkinson & Hank Baskett’s Rocky Marriage REVEALED On Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Jun. 27 2014, Published 8:05 a.m. ET
As Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary in the midst of a transsexual cheating scandal, RadarOnline.com takes a look back at the previous controversies to rock their marriage.
Wilkinson’s mom also claimed, “Hank seemed kind of controlling when they first met. That kind of bothered me.”
n January, Wilkinson faced criticism for rocking her baby bump on the dance floor during the Sundance Film Festival, where the five-months-pregnant mom-to-be partied past midnight several nights in a row — without her husband.
In 2013, the couple were rocked by rumors that Wilkinson had a secret rendezvous with her ex-boyfriend, Shawne Merriman, behind Baskett’s back in San Diego. Wilkinson did not return a request for comment.
When Wilkinson announced she was pregnant with daughter Alijah in October 2013, her brother Colin spoke out to bash her for being an “inconsiderate psychotic” since she didn’t tell the family her and Baskett's happy news.
Wilkinson raised eyebrows in July 2013 when she hosted “The World’s Largest Bachelorette Party” in Las Vegas, even though she is married! Luckily, Hank was on hand to keep an eye out.
Just weeks before, she had partied until 3:30 am at Miami’s Mokai with several girlfriends. An eyewitness told RadarOnline.com she never even mentioned Baskett or their son, Hank Jr., while she twerked and drank champagne.
When Wilkinson and Baskett appeared on an episode of Celebrity Wife Swap with Kate Gosselin, the monster mom of eight slammed the former Playboy playmate for having a nanny and housekeeper. “I wouldn’t want it that way,” Gosselin sniffed. “I like to be mom, nanny and housekeeper.”
When Wilkinson and Baskett appeared on an episode of Celebrity Wife Swap with Kate Gosselin, the monster mom of eight slammed the former Playboy playmate for having a nanny and housekeeper. “I wouldn’t want it that way,” Gosselin sniffed. “I like to be mom, nanny and housekeeper.”
She also admitted that her son had seen a naked photo of her posted on Hank’s mirror in the bathroom. “It’s me on the beach, with my hair wet, naked for Playboy,” she said.
In October 2012, Wilkinson and Baskett had a scary incident when their son Hank had to be hospitalized after overheating during a play session. The child was later fine.
In April 2012, Kendra was spotted partying with girlfriends — and without her husband — at Hollywood’s AV nightclub on a Monday night. "They were drinking excessively and Kendra even got up on the pole at one point!” a source said. “For just one night, it was like she forgot she was a wife and mother.”
That same month she admitted, “Everything is not picture perfect. We have been through so many ups and downs. We’ve talked about couples therapy …”
A year before, in April 2011, Wilkinson’s mother said she was worried about her husband’s career prospects as his NFL career seemed to be winding to a close. “They are a bit anxious to know where Hank will be playing this season,” she revealed. He would retire not long after.
The new couple’s biggest test came in 2010 when a sex tape featuring Wilkinson was released to the public.
Less than a year later came the news that a clip of the Playboy playmate having sex with a girlfriend, Taryn Ryan, was set to become public.
Around that same time, the couple were plagued by divorce rumors, but Wilkinson’s dad told RadarOnline.com, “It’s a bunch of cr*p!”
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In July 2010, she tested her new relationship by revealing in her memoir Sliding Into Home that she had been a stripper, used drugs excessively, and even been hospitalized in a psych ward!