Crystal Hefner says she was never 'in love' with infamous Playboy founder Hugh Hefner
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Crystal Hefner has opened up about her time at the Playboy mansion as she promotes her upcoming memoir, titled ‘Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself’.
The widow of Hugh Hefner disclosed to PEOPLE that though she loved the infamous Playboy founder, she was never “in love” with him.
Crystal Hefner said she paid price to live in Playboy mansion
The 37-year-old shared, “I realized I was dealing with a really big power imbalance.”
“It seemed like a world of success and fantasy, but everyone's having to sleep with an 80-year-old. There's a price. Everything has a price,” she noted.
Crystal was the third wife of the late magazine publisher, whom he married in 2012.
The model went on to describe the starting days she spent at the Playboy mansion after being invited by Hugh in 2008.
She said, “At the time I thought I was on top. I thought, wow, if I just like everything that he likes and do all the things that he wants me to do, then I'm the favorite.”
“And I was, but I just lost myself in the process,” she asserted.
Hugh Hefner was very particular about girls’ grooming
Crystal also revealed his deceased husband’s rule for his girls.
She reportedly said, “Our nail polish couldn’t be anything but some neutral color, no French manicure.”
The Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 2009 continued that Hugh used to tell her “Don’t have a belly button ring because that’s trashy.”
She also shared that Hugh “would tell me ‘Wear the flag.’ That’s the Playboy logo and those shirts were uncomfortable and cheap.”
Besides, Crystal’s late husband was particular about her hair color too.
She told PEOPLE, “I’d have to go bleach it and it would burn my scalp and I’d have blisters. But for some reason I thought this was all normal and that’s what it meant to be seen as beautiful in Hef’s eyes.”
‘It was all an illusion’
During the interview, Crystal even opened up about the popular Playboy Mansion, which looked appealing from the outside but was difficult to live in.
She stated, “This place doesn't really get cleaned that well and there's mold, and it just felt just kind of run down and gross after a while. Too, too many parties. It was worn out.”
She added, “I feel like I was constantly crying for everything and everybody there. All those animals were so depressed and sad-looking. It was all an illusion. I don't even know if I was happy, to be honest.”
