Holly Madison opens up about her autism diagnosis.
During a recent appearance on A conversation with death podcast, the former Playboy bunny turned entrepreneur explained to host Payne Lindsey about her experience with autism and how it affects her relationship with others.
“The doctor told me I have high executive function, which means I can mostly live and do things ‘normally,'” the 43-year-old said.
“I think because I’m quieter, I’ve only recently learned to make eye contact, I’m often in my thoughts, things like that, so people take it as offensive. They say, ‘Damn, you’re not really interested in me, fuck you,'” she explained with a laugh. “I’m just not on the same social wavelength as other people, but don’t take it personally. So I like being able to explain it.”
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects the way people interact with others, communicate, learn and behave, according to the National Institutes of Health. Although it can be diagnosed at any age, symptoms generally appear in the first two years of life.
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Madison continued, “I also have no idea when other people are going to finish speaking so I often interrupt, which pisses people off.”
“You’re fine right now,” Lindsey said before Down the rabbit hole the author replied: “Thanks, I’m learning.”
He then asked what message Madison would like to share with people about autism and her experience living with the disorder.
“That everyone acts differently and [when] interacting with anybody, just have a little patience because you don’t know what they’re dealing with or what their level of social function is,” she said.
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Madison first opened up about not being “neurotypical” and having a “hard time fitting in” growing up during an April 2021 appearance. Call her dad podcast.
The girls next door star told host Alex Cooper that she believes she has Asperger’s and is considering seeing a doctor. Both Asperger’s syndrome and autism belong to the autism spectrum disorder.
“I want to get diagnosed because I’ve always had a hard time connecting with other people,” she said at the time.
Madison later confirmed in September on Ahead of the curve with Coco Moco’s podcast that she was “formally diagnosed” as “someone on the spectrum.”
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