Playboy Club model, Bea — also known as irl.hell on the Playboy Club — shares about why she decided to move in a new career direction, her favorite place to travel, and why she wants to be in a NASCAR pit crew.
Playboy: What was growing up like for you?
Bea: I was born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and I still live there. I grew up with my grandparents and my mom, so those are my supports. And my mom’s whole idea on me growing up was: You can dress how you want, you can act how you want, as long as you’re not doing drugs.
So my mom introduced me to House Bunny, which is the Playboy Bunny movie, when I was three. Since then, I have always been “Playboy Lizzie” on everything. And I decided, I’m gonna do this when I grow up. And I did it!
I grew up around a lot of sports and cars. My grandpa and uncles did football and hockey. And I was a junior Olympic gymnast!
Playboy: Did you enjoy school? Why or why not?
Bea: I hated school. I got my GED the second I turned 16. I was super bad because I was that super outgoing person. I wanted to be friends with everyone, I talked to everyone.
And they were like, “You’re weird.” I would get called like a hoe, because I was allowed to wear belly shirts when I was 14 because I rocked it.
Everyone made fun of me. No one liked me. And people made an Instagram account under my name called Elizabeth’s nudes that got me expelled from eighth grade. When I went to freshman year, for six months I loved it. I loved going to high school.
It was so fun and exciting for me. But then Covid hit and I was like nope, GED. I scored above college level on all my tests and I went right into Southern New Hampshire. I love psychology, so I was doing forensic Psych. I took that for like, a year, and then I just didn’t like it, so I dropped it and I switched.
Playboy: What are you passionate about?
Bea: Cars are my everything. I love old cars – I’m a very big old car girl. I really like JDM cars, ‘65 Mustangs, and old Camaros. My dream car is a 180 right hand drive Nissan, and it is the cutest.
I want to work on NASCAR tech, and do pit crew stuff. There’s a school for it. It’s an eight month program, and you get a master tech, and you can work in the pit crew for NASCAR. It’s one of those things where I’m deciding if I want to go.
The car that I have right now is a [Mazda] RX-8, and it’s broken in the mall parking lot at the moment. My clutch bracket cracked, so my clutch just goes all the way in, and I can’t shift. But this is a car that I’m gonna keep for a while and I’m gonna fix it. I’m gonna make it look gorgeous.
Playboy: What was the first thing you dreamed of achieving?
Bea: I wanted to be an Olympic gymnast. And then I wanted to be a lawyer. I don’t know why I really wanted to be a lawyer. I grew up watching Criminal Minds and Law & Order. But neither of those ended up happening.
Playboy: What turns you on or off?
Bea: I hate people who are in your face and your space won’t leave you alone. Biggest turn off ever. If we’re talking, like we can match each other’s energy, go back and forth. I love it.
But if we do not have a conversation going and you’re texting me every 20 minutes…stop doing it. It’s so frustrating. But that’s like, the worst thing for me.
I met this kid last year, and he had a nice car. I was like, I love your car. And he’s like, Come hang out with me. And we went back and forth on music we liked. Just being able to bond like that, with no judgment, and with a flow – that is perfect for me. I love a good flow.
Playboy: What would make you ghost a potential love interest?
Bea: I always give people 800 chances. That’s my big problem, I’m a very forgiving person. I was with someone for five years that wronged me every which way, and then I brought him to LA with me, and he ended up cheating on me for my friends. That was it for me.
I think maybe the biggest thing where I would not speak to you would be if you were horrible to animals. Animals are my everything. I have nine guinea pigs and a dog.
Playboy: What are your favorite places you’ve traveled to?
Bea: I only recently started traveling. LA is my favorite freaking place in the world. I love being in LA. It’s very similar to Cape Cod, the heat. It’s very homey to me, but also so new.
I don’t know anyone really, so it’s just like, I can do whatever I want. And I had a little Miata while I was out there and that was fun.
Playboy: What people inspire you and why?
Bea: I grew up watching Tana Mongeau. Literally in love with her.
I always looked up to my mom as my main thing, and I would watch YouTube. I’m a natural blonde, and I thought, I’m gonna bleach my hair.
And I thought I was Tana Mongeau for like three years. I dressed like Bhad Baby, so I had the Jordans, the slickback. But I really think that’s where I got all my personality from. They definitely gave me a lot of motivation to know I could do stuff.
I also watched House Bunny religiously. I knew I wanted to do something with Playboy, I was very determined. And my mom supported it 100%.
Bea is on the The Playboy Club. Talk to her now.
