Bridget Marquardt, 35, is the last member of the Girls Next Door trio to move out of the Playboy mansion and is also the last to go public with a new boyfriend. She told US Magazine that she’s had a new boyfriend since October, a 29 year-old director named Nick Carpenter:

Bridget Marquardt… tells US that, since October, she’s been seeing Nick Carpenter, 29, who directed her in the upcoming thriller The Telling. “I really haven’t dated in so long,” she says of her guy (who dated Marisa Tomei.) “I feel like I’m in high school again.” And while the duo have met each other’s families (including his mom, a former Playboy bunny!), she says the most important blessing came from Hefner, who invited the pair to celebrate New Year’s Eve at the mansion. “Hef called me and said, ‘You’re always welcome here; he is too as long as you want him here.'”

[From US Magazine, print edition, February 19, 2009]

US has a close up photo of Bridget and Nick in which dark-haried Nick is shown making a serious face. He looks surprisingly similar to Holly’s boyfriend, Criss Angel, including the douchy look on his face, but maybe the one photo they have doesn’t do the guy justice. I found other photos of the guy on a MySpace fansite and he bears a resemblance to Colin Farrel and looks positively gorgeous in some shots.

The news about Bridget and Nick first broke in September of last year, and good for Bridget for keeping it under wraps until she felt secure in the relationship. I hope the guy treats her well. She’s a friendly, enthusiastic person and I had a lot of fun watching her get all excited about planning parties and outings on The Girls Next Door. The show just won’t be the same without her and hopefully she’ll go on to better things.

Bridget Marquardt is shown on 2/9/09 at Russell Simmon’s Grammy party, credit: WENN. Photos of Nick Carpenter from MySpace.