Crystal Hefner, 37, says Hugh Hefner’s 6pm curfew at the Playboy mansion ‘felt controlling’ as she was ‘home before dark most days’ while living there for a decade

Crystal Hefner recalled feeling ‘restricted’ while living with Hugh Hefner in the Playboy mansion.

The 37-year-old model opened up about some of the challenges of her marriage to the Playboy founder while chatting with his son, Marston Hefner, during her Friday’s episode of her new podcast, Beneath The Surface With Crystal Hefner.

‘I feel like I was very restricted,’ she recalled of her decade at the famed Hefner residence. ‘I think a lot of it was very hard for me, because by the time your dad got older, he didn’t want me out past 6:00 p.m., so I was home before dark most days’.

Crystal spent five years as one of Hugh’s girlfriends and five years as his wife before he passed away at the Playboy Mansion at the age of 91 in 2017.

‘It was hard and it did feel a little bit controlling, and I feel like it did take me a while to understand him, specifically his personality,’ she added.

Crystal Hefner recalled feeling ‘restricted’ while living with Hugh Hefner in the Playboy mansion during her Beneath The Surface With Crystal Hefner podcast on Friday

Crystal spent five years as one of Hugh’s girlfriends and five years as his wife before he passed away at the Playboy Mansion at the age of 91 in 2017; seen in 2013

The author of the upcoming memoir Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself said she ultimately came to an understanding of the icon’s lifestyle and grew to appreciate it.

She also opened up about what made her fall for Hugh in the first place, attributing it to his ‘magnetism’, and even detailed their meet cute.

The former Playboy Playmate met Hugh at a party at the Playboy Mansion in 2007 when she was just 21 and the legendary Lothario was 81.

‘It was exciting. I lived in San Diego. I had never seen a celebrity in my life, and I got invited to go to a party and I submitted my photos and I honestly didn’t think I was pretty enough to go,’ she told Marston.

‘I was like, they’ll never pick me, but they did, and I went up [to the Playboy mansion] and I remember a swarm of people came from the house to an empty cabana.

‘[My friend] was like, ‘That’s Hugh Hefner.’ I saw everyone flocking to him and it was just sparkly and twinkly and he was very nice.’

She added, ‘He was very magnetic and that’s how I felt. I felt like I was in this magnetic pull.’

In the memoir, which will be released on January 5, the E!’s Girls Next Door alum opens up about how she struggled with her self-worth before marrying the Playboy founder and how after they married, ‘she grew increasingly restless to understand who she truly was away from Playboy’s toxic culture,’ according to the book’s press release.

‘It was hard and it did feel a little bit controlling, and I feel like it did take me a while to understand him, specifically his personality,’ she added; seen in 2013

The former Playboy Playmate met Hugh at a party at the Playboy Mansion in 2007 when she was just 21 and the legendary Lothario was 81.

Crystal’s memoir will give readers ‘a vulnerable and clear-eyed look at how her experience with Hefner catalyzed a transformative journey from valuing external validation over all else to finally recognizing her worth.’

While she was with Hefner, he dictated exactly what shade of nail polish she should wear (pink, pale and sheer, never matte) and gently tapped her on the head when her roots were showing.

‘This candid and ultimately empowering memoir provides not only a fascinating look behind the scenes at a powerful cultural icon and brand, but also offers an equally powerful and counterintuitive voice and hard-won lessons about who and what determines our value,’ the book’s description read.

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