Holly Madison may have more free time on her hands (and feet) since she was booted from Dancing With the Stars, but that doesn’t mean she's on the prowl for a new beau.
"I just want to do my own thing," the Girls Next Door star told me earlier today. "I don't want to be known for being attached to a guy." (The former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner most recently dated Mindfreak illusionist Criss Angel for a few months, before the pair split in late February.)
While Madison left the ABC show last night with bruises on her legs and thighs and an injured rib, she insists she doesn't regret one minute of it.
"I think anybody should do it, whether they can dance or not, because it's so much fun," she said, adding, "I'm going to miss the whole cast. Everyone is so nice and so supportive."
Not so nice was the grueling training with partner Dmitry Chaplin. "The workouts were six hours a day, every day," Madison said. "That was really tough and some of the stunts and flips that I was really excited about were really rough on me."
Compared to the physical pain, the judges' harsh criticism on live television was a walk in the park. "It's just dancing," Madison said. "I didn't take it too seriously, so whatever the judges said, I just had fun with it."