United Kingdom, May 14 -- Holly Madison is "still making up weird excuses" for her children about her fame.

The 45-year-old star - who rose to fame on 'Girls Next Door', the reality show focused on the lives of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends at the Playboy Mansion - admitted she is yet to tell her kids the full story about why she still gets recognised in public.

Holly - who has daughter Rainbow, 12, and son Forest, eight, with her ex Pasquale Rotella - told E! News: "I don't know, I'm still making up weird excuses. I'm like, 'Oh I just do YouTube' or whatever.

"It's weird because kids that age, they have no idea what Playboy is, because it just doesn't exist the way it used to.

"People always ask me, 'How are you gonna talk to them about ...