News/ Kendra Wilkinson Drops a Teenage Bombshell: "I Attempted Suicide a Couple Times"

by Samantha Schnurr Fri., Oct. 2, 2015 11:15 AM PDT

Never one to censor herself, Kendra Wilkinson-Baskett has dropped a new bombshell—she tried to kill herself when she was a teenager. 

In a new episode of Kendra on Top airing Friday, the 30-year-old mother of two says that her teenage years were riddled with emotional abuse from her distant mother. 

"When I was a teenager, I battled some severe depression," Wilkinson-Baskett told her therapist, Dr. Monica Shahbaznia, in a sneak peek at Friday's episode, first reported by People. "I attempted suicide a couple times. I went to a mental institution...drugs, overdosing, slitting wrists, all that stuff."

Shahbaznia attributes the reality star's troubled past to the behavior of her mother, who has continued to torment Wilkinson-Baskett in recent months. 

"I was left on my own," Kendra revealed. "I was a young f---ing girl. All I wanted was for my mom to say, 'I love you, and I'm here for you.' I never got that." 

Hugh Hefner's former girlfriend also gave viewers an inside look at the struggles she's experiencing in her sex life with husband Hank Baskett. 

"I thought we were great at sex," the blond beauty admitted while shown searching for an intimacy coach alongside the former professional football player.

"It's about commitment. That's what it's about," Baskett replied.

"It's so easy to talk about sex," Wilkinson admits. "There's a certain humor to it. But intimacy is a little bit touchier, it's a little bit more emotional. It's deeper, it involves your heart."