“I need a little bit of a level-up now. Just because I have a little sex every now and then, doesn’t make them more than that,” Wilkinson tells PEOPLE
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Kendra Wilkinson hasn’t given up hope when it comes to finding love.
The Kendra Sells Hollywood alum, 39, exclusively told PEOPLE at the 11th Annual American Reality Television Awards on Monday, Nov. 18 that she is ready to “explore my dating life.”
However, she has experienced a few hiccups when testing the waters on dating apps.
“It’s hilarious because the universe is talking to me. I tried to get on Raya and it’s been four years on the waiting list,” she said of the exclusive dating app preferred by celebrities for its vetting process. “I swear to God and they will not let me in. So the universe is basically saying, ‘We’re not ready for you. Dating world, Kendra is not coming in. You better, you better wait an extra five years.’ Because once… Kendra enters the dating world, it’s on.’”
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She added: “It is going to be hilarious and funny.”
As for what the Girls Next Door alum is looking for following her 2018 split from Hank Baskett, she wants a relationship that extends beyond the bedroom.
“I have a couple boo things scattered all over L.A.,” she confessed. “I need a little bit of a level-up now. Just because I have a little sex every now and then, doesn’t make them more than that.”
“So I am looking for a little bit more than that now,” she continued. “So I’m definitely ready now.”
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In September, the reality star teased what her next avenue into reality television may look like — and involves her love life.
“I’m actually working on a show right now, I’m creating one,” she told PEOPLE at the time. “And it might be something that nobody has seen me do before.”
“And what’s something nobody’s seen me do before? People have seen my crotch, they’ve seen my boobs, they’ve seen my births of my kids, but nobody has ever seen me date. So I might be open to that concept,” she added.
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Wilkinson, who was married to Baskett from 2009 to 2018, shares two children with the former NFL player — Hank Randall Baskett IV, 14, and Alijah Mary Baskett, 10.
