Crystal Hefner got scalp blisters after Hugh’s hair dye demand — and more strict rules revealed
nypost.com“Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself” on Jan. 23, where she gets candid about her past life as the infamous magazine publisher’s wife.Her tell-all is full of tall tales about being the late Playboy founder’s partner, as well as the tough rules his girlfriends had to follow.Ahead of the book’s release, the 37-year-old spoke to People and gave a glimpse of the no-nos she was scolded for by Hefner.The CEO — who died in 2017 at the age of 91 — would often point out to her when her natural brown hair would become dark at the roots.This signaled to Crystal that it was time for her to go back to the salon to turn it back to blonde.“So I’d have to go bleach it and it would burn my scalp and I’d have blisters,” she told the outlet. “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,” she continued.The former Playmate added how restrictive the lifestyle was for herself and other Playboy bunnies in the infamous mansion.Crystal explained that Hefner would give each of his “girlfriends” an allowance that he handed to them in neat, crisp bills.Even her nails couldn’t be anything but perfect, noting she had to have a “neutral color, no French manicure.”Crystal moved into Hefner’s residence in October 2008 when she was 21.
They’d go on to marry in 2012. Another one of his former lovers, Izabella St. James, appeared on the 2022 10-part docuseries on A&E titled “Secrets of Playboy.”St.
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