Crystal Hefner says life with Hugh Hefner was no ‘fantasy’: ‘Having to sleep with an 80-year-old, there’s a price’
nypost.comthe death of Hugh Hefner, his widow Crystal Hefner is coming clean.The model, 37, was married to the Playboy founder from 2012 until his death at 91 in 2017.Crystal’s new memoir, “Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself,” will be out Jan.
23 and ahead of its release, she pulled back the curtain on her life as a Playmate.She got candid with People before the tell-all’s publication and admitted that she was never actually “in love” with her late husband.The then-21-year-old was invited to stay at the Playboy Mansion in October 2008 and she entered into a relationship with Hefner months later.She even appeared on the E!
reality series about the Playmates,“The Girls Next Door.”“At the time I thought I was on top,” she said. “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.” Hefner proposed to her on Christmas Eve 2010, and she felt conflicted over the idea of marriage.Crystal explained that she initially accepted the proposal and later broke off the engagement just five days before their initial wedding in June 2011.She told the outlet how she ran back to her relationship with Dr.
Phil’s son, Jordan McGraw, for a brief period before returning to Hefner.She and the sex publisher finally reconciled and tied the knot Dec.
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