Hugh Hefner's 'girlfriend' had affair with staff member, claims ex butler

12 August 2023 , 18:33

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Hugh Hefner's former butler Bryant Horowitz has spoken about having worked for the Playboy founder (Image: Instagram)

Hugh Hefner's former butler has claimed that one of the late magazine publisher's 'girlfriends' had an affair with a member of staff at the Playboy Mansion some years ago.

Bryant Horowitz is said to have worked for the late Playboy magazine founder from 1997 until 2016, just a year prior to the latter's death. He worked as a butler, which he said had included setting up events, handling calls and other errands.

He spoke about his experience in a conversation with Holly Madison, 43, and Bridget Marquardt, 49 - who are two of Hugh's former 'girlfriends'. The trio reminisced about the past on the latest episode of the Girls Next Level podcast.

Bryant Horowitz (right) was once a butler for the late Hugh Hefner (left) at the Playboy Mansion (Bryant Horowitz/Facebook)

Bryant suggested that butlers weren't allowed to "fraternise" with Hugh's 'girlfriends' and party guests. He said: "It was a pretty stern don't fraternise with the girls rule. [...] That was the big rule [that] you don't fraternise [...] with the guests."

Later on the podcast, hosts Bridget and Holly said they had heard some rumours about staff members. The latter said: "I heard there was a girlfriend [...] having an affair with one of the butlers and they had sex on the tiger-print couch."

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Bryant responded: "Yes, that is true." He didn't provide any names, with him instead commenting: "I did not partake in that and I don't name names, but there has been instances of that going on. Those people did not last 18 years."

Bridget subsequently added that she had heard a rumour that "somebody had like something going on with one of the security guards." The former butler claimed this was correct, with him telling the co-hosts: "That's true."

He recently spoke about his experience working for the late magazine publisher on a podcast (Getty Images)

He spoke to Holly Madison (left) and Bridget Marquardt (right) on their Girls Next Level podcast (WireImage)

Elsewhere in the episode, Bryant said that whilst he'd been "friendly" to guests at the Playboy Mansion, he'd remained as "professional as possible" whilst an employee. He however recalled having once dated a former party guest.

Bryant told Bridget and Holly during the latest episode of their podcast that he had dated an actor who had once been to a party at the property in California. He however did not name the person in question during the discussion.

He commented: "There was one actress there that wanted to date me, and we did for a couple of months [...] but not a Playmate." Bryant added: "I was there for 18 years. If anything happened I wouldn't have been there that long."

Joel Leaver