Hugh Hefner's widow lifts lid on creepy Playboy 'rules' from orgies to boob jobs
Hugh Hefner's Playboy Bunnies appeared to live the high life - but the reality of working and living with the world's most famous Lothario was far from glamorous.
Six years after the infamous magazine publisher died from sepsis at the age of 91, his widow, Crystal Hefner, has lifted the lid on life inside the Playboy Mansion with Hef. In her new book, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself, Crystal reveals the 'controlling and restrictive' power her husband had over his 'bunnies'.
Crystal was 21 years old when she submitted a photo to attend the Halloween bash at the Hollywood mansion and bonded with Hef over their shared interest in psychology. Soon after, she was asked to move in and debuted in Playboy a year later as the magazine's December 2009 Playmate.
There was a 60-year age gap when Crystal and Hef married in 2012 and she became the wife of a multi-millionaire husband, with expensive cars, designer clothes and a lifestyle that many Beverly Hills wives envied. But behind the gates, she felt imprisoned in their five-year loveless marriage and had to abide by his strict 'unspoken rules', from sex orgies to plastic surgery.
The couple had a 60-year age gap when they married in 2012 (WireImage)
Crystal reveals all about their marriage in her new book (GC Images)Crystal tells in her book how she endured a string of "unspoken rules" after moving into the mansion. She said that the "No.1 most important" law was always adoring Hefner.
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A second was a requirement for plastic surgery, which she claimed made the women in the house "competitive". Along with getting breast implants, Crystal had a nose job and liposuction. She says in her memoir: "It was unspoken but also very clear that there was no other option if I wanted to stay."
Crystal also rubbishes claims the mansion was akin to a palace. "Over time, I saw that this place doesn't really get cleaned that well, and there's mould," she writes. "It just felt rundown and gross after a while."
The house – which was bought by billionaire Daren Metropoulos for £80million – was in such a state of neglect that during routine blood tests in 2016, medical professionals told Crystal that her symptoms resembled those of toxic mould exposure.
Crystal reveals: "I not only had Lyme disease but also breast implant illness, and my blood work and symptoms also suggested toxic mould exposure. This whole time, the mansion had been breaking me down, one way or another. The house itself was literally making me sick. The funniest thing to me – darkly funny – was the way that Hef had always insisted that the mansion was better than the outside world, right down to the air."
She added about the 29-room house: "This was a beautiful English Tudor home – and my family is from England – on five acres in the middle of Los Angeles. But over time, I saw that this place doesn't really get cleaned that well. Everything was mouldy and dusty, and it was just hoarder central in the mansion."
The Playboy Mansion wasn't as glamorous as it seemed (AFP via Getty Images)She said it wasn't just her or Hefner's home that was neglected – even the animals were. Two lovebirds caged in his bathroom were, she says, treated so badly that they kept dying and having to be replaced. Eventually, somebody realised the poor animals were dying of thirst because the metal ball in their water dispenser was stuck.
Despite Hefner possessing a zoo licence which allowed him to keep monkeys, peacocks, toucans and other exotic creatures, Crystal told how "all those animals appeared so despondent and melancholic".
The model also reveals that she used to "find girls" for sex orgies with Hef during their marriage and husband liked to be with "at least five girls" at the same time when they got intimate. But, despite being hailed as the man who sparked America's sexual revolution, his wife reveals that he was "bad at sex".
She describes how, despite its image as a wild, unbridled passion playhouse, the mansion was the backdrop to a programmed sex farce. There was no kissing, romance or intimacy. "This was a well-oiled and well-practised sequence of events. One that went the same exact way every time," she writes. "Picking some girls from the party and bringing them up. Changing into the uniform for the job: silk pyjamas. The dimming of the lights. The music. The porn. Passing the pot. And then the sex."
Even on their first night together, Crystal describes love-making with the millionaire as "odd and robotic". She writes: "It was like Hef was just going through the motions of something that had once been fun and sexy. Or maybe it was never fun and sexy."
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She says he never once looked at her when it was her turn with him, instead simply being greeted with a bored stare upward from him at the strategically placed mirror overhead. "There was nothing sexy about it," she writes. "It was about power and control and leverage. It was a performance. I was auditioning for a part."
Crystal felt pressured to get plastic surgery and claims it was 'competitive' (TWITTER/PLANET PHOTOS)Crystal claims Hef was an opiate addict who first got hooked on painkillers when he was "legitimately" prescribed them to treat back pain. She says unscrupulous doctors would happily hand him monthly refills and help him build a back-up stash.
She tells how as Hef grew older, he would try to keep up his partying ways – with the publisher prepared to "give up a limb before he gave up" erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.
Crystal's revelations have sparked anger among Hefner's friends, with some accusing her of lying. Former mansion resident Jennifer Saginor, the daughter of Hef's personal physician and best friend, Dr Mark Saginor, accused her of taking a victim stance.
"Take off your bunny ears. Stop promoting a brand and image that you are claiming to be a victim of. It is inconsistent," she blasted. "She chose to be there and chose to go back. She is playing the victim card, and this takes away from actual victims of sexual abuse. I was there for four decades, and she was there for seven years.
"Crystal knew what she was getting into. She got paid for her services. She promoted the brand and is continuing to promote the brand. After she's made millions of dollars, she has come out saying she was held against her will."
Model Kimberley Conrad, Hefner's wife from 1989 to 2010, also defended the Playboy mogul. Following the release of Crystal's book, she slammed those who "speak their version of their idea of events in hopes of riding a wave of headline relevance" and accused Crystal of "making a quick buck".
Kimberley added: "I'm speaking out now for the first time about Hef because I feel compelled to speak on behalf of someone I love, who is no longer here to speak for himself.”
- Crystal Hefner's book, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself, is out now.
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