Chrystal Hefner Talks “Traumatic” And Emotionally Abusive” Marriage to Hugh Hefner

In a new book, Hugh Hefner’s third wife, Crystal Hefner, finally opened up about her harrowing marriage to the Playboy mogul and all the shocking things that went down behind the Playboy Mansion’s walls.

When Crystal married the then-86-year-old Hugh Hefner in 2012, it wasn’t that she didn’t love him. It was more that she was convinced he didn’t truly love her. Becoming a wife to the senior at just 26, Crystal said in a revealing E! News interview that she cared and loved the mogul but felt as though he mistreated her.

In Crystal’s recently released book, “Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself,” the 37-year-old opened up about how abusive her relationship with Hugh Hefner was. The magazine publisher was apparently controlling and cruel and would often make harsh comments about her weight. He would tell her what to wear and, in the worst moments of all, had a ritual where he would pop a little blue pill during Playboy Mansion movie nights. This was Hugh’s way of telling Crystal that he wanted her to “perform” for him, whenever he wanted.

Crystal told E! that the entirety of their five-year marriage was extremely traumatic, saying, “It was emotionally abusive. It was very restrictive. I didn’t realize how bad it was until I was away from it for a while.” The marriage ended in 2017 when Hefner died at the age of 91.