Crystal Hefner Says Late Husband Hugh Hefner Wanted Her to Remain ‘Skinny’ with ‘Big Fake Boobs’

Mar. 15, 2025

Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris in 2010.Photo:Denise Truscello/WireImage

Denise Truscello/WireImage

Crystal Hefneris speaking candidly about the unrealistic expectationsHugh Hefnerhad for her during their relationship.

“That’s part of it,” she added.

Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris arrive at the Kandyland V Benefit and Hot Tub Time Machine Blu ray DVD Launch.Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage

Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage

Crystal went on to give examples of thePlayboyfounder and editor-in-chief’s behavior. (She was married to him from 2012 until he died in 2017 at the age of 91.)

The model said that when her naturally brown roots would grow out, he would tap her on the head and remind her to refresh her hair color.

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Hugh’s words, Crystal said, would make her feel like, “I’m falling.”

“So, I quickly learned, okay, things aren’t really what they seem here,” she added.

Thereal estate agentalso told Hall, 53, in the clip that she changed her personality to mirror her husband’s.

“I made myself small and just mirrored Hef, and just ended up liking what he liked,” she explained.

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Last month, in anexclusive interview with PEOPLEpromoting her book about life with Hugh, titledOnly Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself,Crystal admitted that she loved her husband, but was never “in love” with him.

“I realized I was dealing with a really big power imbalance,” she said. “It seemed like a world of success and fantasy, but everyone’s having to sleep with an 80-year-old. There’s a price. Everything has a price.”

source: people.com