Crystal Hefner Never Signed An NDA While Married to Playboy’s Hugh Hefner

Former Playboy Playmate and widow of Hugh Hefner, Crystal Hefner, joins the show for a daytime exclusive. She tells us about her bombshell memoir, “Only Say Good Things,” and exposes the harsh realities of her marriage to the adult entertainment tycoon. Plus, Crystal also gets candid about her next chapter and healing after trauma. #TamFam, this is a sit-down that you don’t want to miss!
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[@NatashaRaisorGlam]

I modeled in LA and went to the mansion. They always got women that were not from LA. Because they needed people who did not have family near by. Some of the girls were supporting their families. Drugs flowed like water. A lot of other women preyed on other women. That’s what bothers me the most. Because women did not warn the younger girls. They aided in the grooming process.

[@christinalovett3472]

Wow. 😞

[@monicaramirez51015]

Of course this perverted sick man got AWAY with soooooo much and nobody EVER said anything 😮until NOW!!!!

[@PaPaWizdom]

How does a huge brand known for working with naked women "groom" women who voluntarily go to the mansion?

[@77RedBone]

I'm just curious.....what did they expect to happen at the Playboy Mansion???

[@thee_theoivory]

THIS! Where is the accountability?

[@drubert1981]

you clearly have a minimal understanding of the grooming process.

[@BearingMySeoul]

That's why they get the young girls. They don't think!!!

[@TaytoJack94]

It’s called manipulation and grooming

[@lorrilewis2178]

Watch the documentary "Secrets of Playboy" - they would have expected all the sex, but not to be treated so horribly as if they weren't human. They were nearly always young women from unsophisticated backgrounds, which made them easier to manipulate and treat badly.

[@351528]

In her book, Down The Rabbit Hole, Holly Madison tells a similar story of manipulation by Hugh Hefner during her time at the mansion. Now Kendra and Crystal are talking. I wish all 3 women health and healing.

[@bindilove3899]

What’s fascinating to me is how any of these Playboy bunnies thought it would be anything else than what it was. 🤷‍♀️

[@aliveangela7216]

What's fascinating to me is how many people comment with this spirit of victim blaming. Stop casting stones. She literally owns the fact that she kinda knew what she was gettin herself into but she was young and impressionable and her self worth was very low at the time and as she said "she felt she had nothing left to lose"

[@rlast4698]

​@@aliveangela7216 well said

[@everythingbeautifulalways6118]

Money kept the secrets... nothing else.. definitely not love.

[@loveandpeace3545]

I do not judge any of those women who were playboy bunnies. Everyone has a different story. I thank God I have a good healthy dose of self-esteem. I pray for her and women like her.

[@danilaroche1156]

Yes. She needs prayer. Can you imagine the soul ties?

[@snuff2023]

Im a woman. I dont feel that bad for these women. They manipulated to try to put themselves in a better position. I realize some ppl stay in a bad situation for various reasons, but she left and was with dr phils son. She didnt "need" to go backfor money or fear of abuse.

[@rlast4698]

Yeesh. Coldhearted

[@christinme6695]

I agree, both Hearts were wicked. The intentions of both people were also Wicked. Everyone wanted a piece of the cake and was willing to get there by any means necessary. I think that she was a bit naive along with other women, but she also possibly wanted something out of it, even if that was true love I think she was lost as many of us are. There is salvation in Jesus Christ Alone

[@shirleyjhaney1041]

I think the word transactional is really useful for anyone to keep in mind because there are many transactions women or men make that are not explicitly spelled out yet happen and it’s useful to think about what is or might be really happening versus what the official truth is. I don’t like daytime tv much but I appreciate the interviewer introducing that word.

[@lpgilber]

I remember Kendra denying any of the issues that Madison and Bridget were saying. But I guess now, she is realizing the trauma resulting from her time there.

[@amyar129-w2]

I remember the same. Glad she's finally facing it now though, she was 18, basically a kid when she moved there.

[@spirit5228]

She attacked Holly for speaking out. Kendra has now suddenly remembered the truths?😢

[@lpgilber]

@@spirit5228 Yup, I remember Kendra had such a bad attitude towards the others.

[@naldjn]

She inherited $5m and a 4 bedroom house in LA. If he was that bad then refuse the inheritance

[@RaptureReady-Nethinim]

This is modern day sex trafficking...it's sad, but unless you have Jesus you will be a slave to sin!

[@heatherulm8587]

Love this interview❤ Tamron did a wonderful job interviewing , and Crystal is so strong and inspiring.

[@loveandpeace3545]

I wonder if there were underage girls in that mansion and at the playboy clubs. If that was the case then that would fall under sex trafficking. But back in those days children were not protected like they are today.

[@aussienic8428]

The sad thing is that these women felt they had nothing else to offer aside from their looks and their bodies. Very sad.

[@carolaguilera6911]

That’s why there writing books to bank on it.

[@keisha5184]

these women knew what they wanted and didn't understand what it came with. lets all be quite frank. y'all aint fooling no one.

[@anniesizemore3344]

Those girls need to stop acting like victims. They might have been young, but I doubt they were so innocent. Kendra was able to save money for a condo that she bought on one of the episodes of Girls Next Door. Holly appeared like a recruiter to bring girls in as girlfriends. On one of the episodes of Girls Next Door, I remember Holly talking about how she put the current girlfriend group together She said she brought in Kendra and Bridget. I'd have to watch the episodes again, but I'm sure I saw and heard Holly talk about this on a few episodes. Holly was also portrayed as wanting to marry Hugh Heffner and have a baby with him. He was sort of portrayed as not wanting that. All those girls used him as much as he used them. Now their trying to extend their time in the spotlight. When you live in someone else's house, you generally have to follow their rules.

[@rlast4698]

Yeesh. Twisting story much

[@cicitran5695]

"I loved him...but not in love with him..." whenever someone said that, it's means FAKE....it's means nothing is real in that Mansion....😂👻👽🖖🖖

[@variousJnames]

Exactly. She "loved" what doors he could open for her. Loved what he could do for her career. It didn't matter to her what depths she'd have to sink to or what she had to do to get there.

[@winternightsky6945]

It's real victims who didn't have a safe choice to say no to doing certain things. Their cases get pushed back/delayed and their stories never publicly told because people like to listen to others make excuses why they willingly did what they did. Society makes it easy for certain people not to be held accountable for their own actions when they were younger adults, such as willingly going to a place that's known for sex, drugs, parties, celebrities and etc. You are not accountable for the actions of others but you are accountable for your own actions. I guess they thought it was going to be bible study at the mansion. We all have probably been introduced to things we wouldn't normally do(drugs, alcohol, sex, crime, fake ids, sneaking in clubs) but it didn't mean we had to do it. Many had parents, tv, movies, society warn against doing those things but we did it anyways and had to deal with the consequences for our actions.

[@godsentjesustosetusallfree9859]

100%

[@JuliaShalomJordan]

I was a Playboy model in the 2000’s and at first you are treated like royalty…I was young, poor and estranged from my family…did not have the love or affirmation of my Father. A prime target. An insecure, willing vessel…which is a union made in hell. I’m just glad to see Crystal owning her voice; hope she finds the prince of peace who gave me joy and purpose.🙏🏻🥹

[@newflower8974]

🙏🏽

[@joyceedwards6112]

When you are young and vulnerable you can make many choices. As a beautiful woman the best party in town seems the best choice. They knew what it meant. Party, no rent, media, no job, it seems like a great experience. They knew what Hef was about. Nobody is talking about what great parties they had and how fun the free traveling on a private plane was.

[@jansmith3158]

Its common for a woman in a abusive relationship to go back to her abuser. In fact it takes 6-9 times of leaving before the victim will finall escapes the abusive relationship. Im glad she is speaking out. Hef was an evil manipulative cunning man who used all these women for fame, fortune, sex, and power of these women. The bulk of domestic abuse is emotional, mental, financial, verbal (not yelling but, manipulation). Hef manipulated all these women to make them feel insecure so that he had power over them from leaving. Domestic abuse victims dont leave their abusers because they ARE BRAIN WASHED and under their abusers mind control. this is what people do not realize. Glad she has her voice and freedom now. That woman "Mary" knew what was going on in the house and did nothing to expose Hef.

[@MzBombshell06]

Blah blah blah. It was transactional and she knew it and agreed to it. Please let this man rip!

[@rlast4698]

It's their story to tell

[@nicolemari9140]

Girl bye u knew what you signed up for

[@lorrilewis2178]

Watch the documentary "Secrets of Playboy" and you will see how many things happened over the decades that no one would sign up for in they'd known in advance.

[@piscesdiva50]

She got her a come up!!!! She didn't have to stay..

[@Sbannmarie]

I want to say kudos but what comes up is “ding dong!”. 🛎️

[@christinalovett3472]

I could be wrong (and I hope that I am), but she still seems very traumatized to me. ☹

[@danilaroche1156]

She does. You can see it in her eyes. Absolutely.

[@m.cunningham9817]

It' Hugh Hefner, what y'all expected. The man was known to be a playaa! Get real.

[@hollyholy641]

Those who have secrets, keep secrets. That’s why he didn’t need them to have NDAs. How do you think them girls got into that mansion cuz they sure af don’t say come on in with the door wide open. A real hero would speak out while he was still alive, not upon his death after the checks quit coming.💯

[@feralhomunculus]

"Things weren't really what they seemed"? Really? What exactly wasn't like it seemed at the Playboy Mansion? Did she think it was a children's theme park? Did she think Hef was a feminist romantic? I mean the truth seemed glaringly obvious to me, and pretty much every other adult human on the planet, but okay. She had _no idea_ who Hugh Hefner was. Hef never claimed to be anything other than what he was.

[@juevesscrew]

Pamela Anderson in the "view" answer exactly what happen to all of them ..... at the end of the conversation It was always the adult woman choice. Pamela is an activist. Just makes a good point 👍

[@maryshellsmith6627]

Kendra said she had trauma after the other women exposed everything that went on, after the documentary, because she didn’t want to be the only one who didn’t experience trauma. She was young and had a great time at the mansion. She LOVED Heff. Their relationship after she moved out seemed like a granddaughter/ grandfather relationship, and absolutely not one of ex-girlfriend/ex-boyfriend. Kendra was in it to see what would come out of it. She knew the whole thing was just a farce, for lack of a better word. She never took her role as Hef’s “girlfriend” seriously. Not in the least. After she moved out of the mansion, she treated him like a grandfather, and so did Hank.

[@Ixidor13]

She didn’t “Love” him. , he “used” her. Etc etc. I see Mrs HEFNER.

[@newflower8974]

Prayers for healing for Crystal & all the survivors ❤️‍🩹🙏🏽

[@roxanne5766]

She is still using his last name. Crystal Smith or Jones doesn't get the same attention

[@DFM3333]

❤ Hugh Hefner published a giant in the literary industry ❤😊

[@LoganGraceHope]

The promise of a career or love from a powerful man can seem intoxicating to a young woman who has nobody and is one paycheck from being homeless. I don't judge ANY of these woman. This is a major theme of the human condition that has existed since the beginning of time. EVERY person alive today has at least one female ancestor that survived by clinging to a man for survival.

[@perrywashington5627]

What kept the secrets there.... Aaaayyyyyyyyeeeeee must be the money!!!!+

[@rowdyways4228]

Why didn’t anyone say anything when he was alive?

[@dalehoward3704]

I'm glad these women are being honest nowadays.

[@normancollins7141]

Life at the Mansion seemed to have had many characteristics of Cultism ....

[@grant1088]

A lot of young women fall in the trapp of a older man Hefner was powerful a young girl would not stand a chance in his world a bet alot them were runaway's maybe her book can do some good everybody has a story and it's her story to tell . 7:37

[@kimburns6597]

Im sorry but none of these people were held against their will. They saw what was going on and chose to stay Everyone knew he liked multiple women. They went there then going to b*tch about it . Crystal left she knew what she was walking back into and she chose to go back.

[@joegotz1971]

A lot of these women had no family and were very insecure. And most had no education beyond high school.

[@variousJnames]

​@@joegotz1971No excuse

[@johndwyer5246]

Someone asked what crystal hefner do now for a living? Answer ,talk shit about her husband....I love this gal she's so ,,,immune to personal responsibility ...she's amazing, and that electric fence and guard dogs and those machine gun towers around the playboy mansion....she's so brave....

[@user-sz1oq5cm5v]

Okay. So. This girl had no problem "making millions" by buying property outside the playboy mansion. At the time that she did this, she would need to physically meet with banks, and realtors to purchase property. So she had no problem leaving the mansion to secretly buy property and have meetings with the banks and realtors, but she couldn't leave the mansion or heaf? She also said she only got 1000 dollars a week? ONLY 1000 usd dollars? First of all, that's almost 4000 USD dollars a month to spend. And this is during the 2010s. And also, not sure how she was only getting this amount and able to buy multiple properties in California? So did she use the 4000 a month to save up to buy properties over a certain amount of time? Or was she actually getting way more in order to convince the banks to give her a mortgage? The math isn't mathing. Maybe some young dumb girls will belive this story, but anyone born in the 90s understands what it actually takes to buy property back then. You stayed with a man who expected stuff from you while you secretly used numerous amounts of cash to buy property. She's mad because when he died he didn't leave her the multiple billion dollar business. Girl is just mad she's haunted by the memories of fucking a old man to secure her future. Should have stayed quiet and lived off her "few millions"

[@cali_love5977]

She stopped dying her hair, but the photo in a wedding dress she’s platinum blonde. Maybe she thought she was taking some control back, but she still sounds very controlled in the way she speaks.

[@alicegauteng2358]

He left her $10 million and a house (not the PB mansion)

[@JN-pf8jl]

Reminds me of Michelle Pfeiffer

[@ResonatedLife]

We' want ppl thåts REAL even whëñ thëY fall...✨💟💌💌💟✨

[@krystal2373]

Why put smutt on this man's name after he passes away. They had motives just like Hugh Heffner.

[@jagirl674]

He put that on his own name with the choices he made though

[@variousJnames]

All of these women KNOW EXACTLY what they're getting into though. There's not one soul who hasn't watched Lifetime😂 watched the news about grooming and trafficking or read the headlines since it's been happening for decades. What on earth did they expect?!

[@TheElFamilyofstars]

Congratulations Freedom feels good

[@tdee2847]

Well she is so depressing to look at and to listen to😮

[@margaritasanchez-cortez4520]

Kendras trauma came from a messed up marriage

[@adriana-jn8ru]

Kendra should apologize to Holly.

[@777gift]

stop playing the victim and make money out of it. You ALL deserve one and another. He uses you and you use him, so what?

[@vanessapodkomorski942]

Holly started the honesty and she was nasty to her.

[@queenparis6490]

Love HER STORY AND SHE BEAUTIFUL❤❤🙏🙏

[@SleepyArcticBirds-ft4lb]

Messed up!

[@abbiebrown2733]

Thank you for being Honest crystal

[@dhappy1234]

Typical!!!!!!

[@salyol7]

He was not the great man that many of us thought.There was a lot of bad things going on in that mansion from a documentary I saw last year some staff spoke and playboy bunnies.

[@jackimccall4483]

creepo

[@miss.teetee1166]

Who thought he was a great man? There was nothing from the outside that said this was a good man

[@salyol7]

@@miss.teetee1166 come on chick he was once very popular many famous people were around him he was the talk but once we found out how bad it was in his mansion than he went downhill

[@variousJnames]

Who thought he was great? 😂 Oh the money and fame hungry whores who laid with him?

[@stizo3066]

This interview is uncomfortable

[@lindaclark9925]

The devil comes to steal kill and and destroy:, says the bible....not 'empower women-....

[@selenebaptiste4277]

So no one is taking responsibility? You all made this decision on your own. I don't wanna hear anything about he was grooming them. Stop using this as an excuse to complain. Its all bullshit 😡

[@clarahaywood9961]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤❤❤

[@mitzicrowder2186]

Congratulations ❤

[@BN2K]

She should have inherited his millions for everything she had to go through

[@paulaliberty2082]

"You can take the girl out of the whorehouse but you can't take the whorehouse out of the girl" YOUR BODY YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM DOES NOT LIE. I wish all those gals the very best & you too❤

[@elianaortiz8931]

Cut the crap you just loved the money and the not working at all come in now they have to know that they are not the only girls so for her to say that oh he had some many girl she didn’t care as long as the money was coming in they were blind

[@tracyhowell235]

Codependency

[@CanadaLee76]

Bs

[@shirleyreyes7130]

Why did you stay😮 I'm sorry but you stayed and now talking so disrespectful and what about his son isnt he still young idk and idc so im not sure why im here

[@dhappy1234]

Why is Tamara giving this woman air time the storyline is not a good storyline if the person your talking about can't respond or tell their side of the story because he's DEAD!!!!!!! girl bye and give his family back their name ...he didn't ask to for her sign anything because everyone knew wht the playboy manion was about just like the play boy clubs under age girls that's where Bill Crosby met some of his so called victims..this is sooo disgusting to listen to her run her mouth about a dead man if he were any joe off the streets she would not be talking about this 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 only for money she's so full of it !!!!!

[@HigherHer_B]

…… what do you get for defending him? Everyone was dead wrong in the situation

[@BearingMySeoul]

Throwing Bill Cosby in this conversation is out of pocket. Unlike R.Kelly, he did not go to jail for having sex with underage teens. He went to jail for DRUGGING AND RAPING adult women. Hugh Heffner is being criticized for dating barely legal women, encouraging them to join orgies, and controlling their lives. It's ugly but not illegal. He's dead. Who cares what anyone says?

[@variousJnames]

​@@HigherHer_BNot defending him. She's not a victim though

[@HigherHer_B]

@@variousJnames so?

[@roccoz2231]

@4:47 -- Crystal's exasperated sigh is one of the fakest and most insincere things I've ever seen. Clearly something she and her publicist rehearsed. Did she really think she would have had a thriving acting career if not for Hef?