Kendra Wilkinson Didn’t Actually Quit Real Estate Despite Announcing Exit: ‘Just a Really Bad Day’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

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Kendra Wilkinsonis setting the record straight on her real estate career.

After announcing back in May that she wasstepping away from the industry, theKendra Sells Hollywoodstar, 39, has exclusively told PEOPLE that she didn’t actually quit and that an off day led to her hastily putting the news out there.

“But I’m back in it,” she continues. “I have so many deals I’m working on right now.”

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“I want to publicly hate real estate again but I can’t, because I love it!” she says. “I love real estate. It’s a challenge every single day.”Wilkinson announced in a May 21Instagram postthat she was leaving her job in real estate to focus on her mental health and her kids, Hank IV, 14, and Alijah, 10, whom she shares with her ex-husband, former NFL wide receiverHank Baskett.

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“My relationship with real estate has come to an end at this moment and I’m on to new projects,” she wrote.

“I’m blessed and thankful for all the support and mentoring I was given. Real estate is hard and I might get back into it again down the line. For now, its a little stressful in my life so I’m focusing on myself and kids and getting my mental health good again so I have the strength to get back in it with a good head," she continued, adding, “Love you and thank you guys 😊.”

MAX’sKendra Sells Hollywoodpremiered in November 2021 and aired for two seasons, with Wilkinsonconfirming to PEOPLEin January 2024 that the series had not been renewed for a third season.

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The series followed theformer Playboy modelas she tried to balance her career with family life, all while navigating drama between her fellow agents at luxury real estate agency, Douglas Elliman.

The show was announced in July 2021, just over a year after Wilkinson revealed that she hadpassed her real estate examon the “first try.”

“I was in a state of panic. I didn’t know what was going on in my head and my body or why I was crying. I had hit rock bottom,” she added to PEOPLE of the scary incident.

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source: people.com