‘Penthouse’ founder’s son reveals if Bob Guccione and Hugh Hefner had ‘animosity’
men’s magazine “Penthouse” in 1965.The periodical of raunchy record was considered direct competition to Hugh Hefner’s “Playboy” magazine.Guccione, who died in 2010, and his exploits were documented in the recent A&E “Secrets of Penthouse” and his son, Nicholas Guccione, got candid with Fox News about his dad’s friendship with Hefner ahead of the show.Nicholas revealed that his father and the late publisher “were on the same team.”“There was no animosity whatsoever,” he went on. “We wanted to showcase the beauty of the female form through beautiful photography.