Splash Star All Washed Up: Kendra Wilkinson Quits Show
27-year-old former Playboy bunny Kendra Wilkinson quit the ABC reality show Splash Tuesday night.
Wilkinson quit after climbing down from the 23-foot platform with tears in her eyes. After she quit the show Kendra Wilkinson explained, "One thing I don't do is quit. This is the first time in my life I've quit something. This will haunt me for the rest of my life."
Wilkinson admitted she quit the show due to a fear of heights. She said on Twitter she wanted to quit the week before but kept going. Wilkinson credits her son with giving her the strength to get as far as she did.
Wilkinson did an interview with E! Online she told the entertainment site, "Not one person in this world could get me to do anything like that, except of course for my son. If you saw the first episode [of Splash], little Hank makes a little heart, says 'I love you, mama,' and that gave me that power to jump."
Fans were surprised that Wilkinson quit the show. Splash is an ABC reality show that teaches celebrities how to be Olympic style high divers. Wilkinson was being coached by diving legend Greg Louganis.
Kendra Wilkinson and Greg Louganis have been arguing a lot on the show. Wilkinson quit just after an argument between her and Louganis. During their spat Louganis told Wilkinson he though her fear of heights was an act.
Wilkinson fired back at her Splash coach saying, "What the [expletive] do you think you're telling me right now? That I don't have a [expletive] fear of heights? I'm sick of you picking on me, Greg ... I'm working on me, not you. Tell America right now that my fear of heights is an act."
After she quit the show Wilkinson went on Twitter to thanks fans for their support. "I have no disappointment in myself," she posted. "I did what I could [and] that was that. Diving is just not my thing [and] I found that out throughout the show."
She followed up her first post after quitting the show with another saying, "Thank [you] to all those who supported me last night. Means a lot you stuck by my side. Today's a new day and I'm still proud."