Hugh Hefner’s wife Crystal describes her marriage to Playboy founder as ‘Stockholm Syndrome’

Hugh Hefner’s widow Crystal Hefner has mentioned the Playboy founder died “proper on time” earlier than the #MeToo motion started, as she divulged various particulars about their marriage.

Crystal, 37, was a Playboy Bunny dwelling in Hugh’s well-known mansion. They dated for 5 years, and have been married for one more 5 years till his demise.

In her forthcoming memoir, Solely Say Good Issues, Crystal writes about Hugh’s remaining years earlier than he died on 27 September 2017 – a month earlier than the #MeToo motion was launched.

“You’ll be able to’t fault his timing,” she informed The Daily Mail in a brand new interview. “He dipped out proper on time. Hef’s lifespan of 91 years, it ended on the cusp of #MeToo. Coincidence? I believe not.”

Whereas the phrase “me too” was first coined in 2006 by activist Tarana Burke, the hashtag went viral after actor Alyssa Milano inspired others who had been sexually harassed or assaulted to use it in responses to a tweet she posted on the time.

Milano’s tweet obtained 12m responses inside 24 hours and gave ladies a platform to communicate up about experiences of sexual violence, as nicely as gender inequality.

Crystal’s memoir accommodates particulars of the principles Hefner set for her, together with what color she may paint her nails and her curfew.

The pair met when she was 21 and he was 81. In accordance to the newspaper, Hefner solely allowed Crystal to put on “pink, pale and sheer” nail polish, and would “gently faucet her on the top” to remind her to dye her hair blonde when her roots started displaying.

She claimed that she was given a 6pm curfew in order that she can be at residence to share his dinner of “rooster soup with cream cheese and crackers” and was anticipated to take part in group intercourse, which she described as “embarrassing”.

“I don’t know the most individuals there’d been in our bed room at one time however – loads,” she recalled. “Fairly dangerous. We have been like, ‘Oh, now it’s your flip’. No person actually needed to be there however I believe in Hef’s thoughts, he nonetheless thought he was in his forties, and people nights, the folks, the mansion, solidified that concept. He felt, ‘I’ve nonetheless obtained it’.”

Crystal additionally claimed that Hefner took a lot Viagra that he went deaf in a single ear, which is a recognised aspect impact of the erectile dysfunction drug.

Reflecting on how younger she was when she met Hefner, Crystal mentioned: “The opposite day I discovered an image of me with him on the very starting. It’s simply so unhappy. [I look] like a child. I look again and I really feel sorry for that woman.

“There was going to be this Wizard of Oz second the place the fantasy fades, you draw again the curtain and see the fact of it. However he who has the cash makes the principles, proper?”

Crystal described her marriage to Hefner as having “Stockholm syndrome”. “There was part of me that all the time thought if this was actual love, there wouldn’t be different ladies within the bed room,” she mentioned. “I reconciled myself to it by making an attempt to consider that Hef liked me as greatest he knew how.

Final 12 months, a docuseries titled Secrets and techniques of Playboy levelled a number of allegations of rape and sexual assault in opposition to Hefner from former Playboy Bunnies (additionally recognized as Playmates).

It featured Hefner’s former “predominant girlfriend” Holly Madison, as nicely as head of promotions Miki Garcia, former Playmate Sondra Theodore, and recruiter PJ Masten, who shared their accounts of their time within the Mansion.

The allegations that emerged within the documentary included that Hefner stored a “mountain of revenge porn” to cease ladies from leaving the mansion; a “cult-like” ambiance created by Hefner, who “actually did consider he owned these ladies”; and that Hefner allegedly raped former Playmate Susie Krabacher.

The PLYBY Group, the corporate behind the journal and its associated properties, issued a press release distancing itself from Hefner.

It mentioned: “We would like to attain out to you in gentle of the forthcoming A&E docuseries that we perceive will recount allegations of abhorrent actions by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and others.

“As you already know, the Hefner household is not related to Playboy, and at present’s Playboy is just not Hugh Hefner’s Playboy.”

Following the documentary’s launch, lots of of former Playboy workers and Playmates reportedly signed an open letter defending Hefner, describing him as a “particular person of upstanding character, distinctive kindness, and dedication to free thought”.