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Hugh Hefner’s son calls former stepmother Crystal a ‘master manipulator’
Marston Hefner, the son of the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, issued scorching criticism of his father’s widow, Crystal Hefner, on a podcast this week.
May 14, 2024, published at 7:50 PM ET
Marston Hefnerrecently’s son Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, unleashed a scorching criticism of his father’s widow, Crystal Hefner, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Appears as a guest on Monday’s episode of the Girls at the next level podcast accused Marston Crystal of being a “master manipulator” and exerting control over his father’s affairs, including his will and social gatherings at the Playboy Mansion.
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Marston is the second youngest of Hugh’s children and the son of his second wife.
“When Crystal came in, tribes started to form,” he told his ex-playmates Holly Madison And Bridget Marquardt“and so there were people who were on Crystal’s team.”
“She loved checking the guest list,” said Marston, Hugh’s son with his second wife Kimberley Conrad, continued. “She liked to bring girls in and out of the guest list depending on how, whatever the whims were at the time… She liked being in that position where you had to go through her or ask her for things had to ask.”
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Marston accused Crystal of manipulating his father’s will and cast doubt on the claims made in her memoir.
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Marston went on to say that when his father’s health deteriorated and he was “put on a dose of f—— medication,” claiming that Crystal “didn’t want people to see that he couldn’t walk, wasn’t able to walk’. to talk.”
“He was really sick and that’s why she got all these NDAs,” Marston claimed. He also accused Crystal of manipulation when it came to the assets left behind by his father, who died in September 2017 at the age of 91 from cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.
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Hugh passed away on September 27, 2017 at the age of 91.
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“The year he died, he changed the will and gave me, another person and Crystal more money,” Marston said, adding, “I looked at it when I got the inheritance, and I thought, ‘Why?’ When he wasn’t there, when he didn’t know what was up or down half the time.”
“And so I sent an email saying, ‘I don’t think he’s competent anymore, guys, can we agree on this?’” Marston recalled, “And no one really wanted to address what I saw as the elephant in the room.”
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Crystal became Hugh’s third wife in 2012.
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Marston’s rebuke continued as he expressed skepticism about Crystal’s recent memoir, Only say good things: survive Playboy and find myself. He investigated her claims that she felt trapped and unloved in their relationship, casting doubt on her intentions and questioning her pursuit of fame and financial gain.
“If you’re not interested in fame, why are you buying Instagram followers?” he said.
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Marston also alleged that Crystal encouraged Hugh to make lavish purchases beyond his means, including a property that put a strain on his finances.
Crystal was 26 when she married Hefner, then 86, in 2012 and became his third wife.
