00:00Why did you marry Hugh Hefner?
00:02I think that's a great question because, you know, it's something I think about every day.
00:07If I could go back, like I absolutely wouldn't have.
00:10I came from a broken home.
00:12I didn't have a father.
00:15And, you know, I know now that Hef chose people he could easily manipulate.
00:19Like that was it.
00:21And Hef allegedly had a high IQ.
00:24And I always thought, like, why didn't he want somebody that was at his level intellectually?
00:30And it's because those people are harder to control.
00:34So he chose the women that came from broken homes and broken backgrounds.
00:41Even Hef's secretary Mary told me that.
00:43Like Hef chooses the broken ones.
00:45He collects the ones with the broken wings.
00:47And it's sad because he should have been getting us all a therapist instead of a one-way ticket to
00:59his bedroom.
01:03And among, you know, the topics that you have discussed, especially in recent weeks, you talked about, you know, notable
01:11figures who would visit the mansion.
01:14One being John Lovitz.
01:16And I don't know if you saw the post that went up this morning, but he was asked about, you
01:21know, your comments last night at Craig's.
01:25And he said it's a compliment to be considered number one in anything.
01:30I wanted to get your reaction to how John Lovitz is.
01:35I think John Lovitz is part of the problem.
01:39I think many men who came up to that mansion who were very sexist and misogynistic are all part of
01:46the problem.
01:48If I could dismantle that toxic masculinity and patriarchy just a little bit, like I will feel happy.
01:57It's very sad.
01:58John Lovitz had mentioned to me that Hef had bought something for me or paid for something.
02:04And I have no reason to speak because of that.
02:07Like, that's really sad that just because someone buys you something, it guarantees silence.
02:14Like, it's – I think his thinking is very outdated.
02:19There were really horrific, horrible men that came through the mansion.
02:26I have video evidence of these people sexually assaulting my friends.
02:32It was tough.
02:34You know, Hef surrounded himself by like-minded men.
02:37And it was very sad.
02:41And I think what's very, very important and that we really need people to know
02:45that is that coercive control in a relationship is so real and it can throw you.
02:52We also need people to know, like, how powerful this man was when he was alive,
02:57that the media wanted this man in their pocket.
03:02And so they didn't really put out anything negative about Hef.
03:07And he was misogynistic.
03:11He was narcissistic.
03:13He was a pornographer that hurt the world.
03:18And I think, you know, I'm not afraid anymore.
03:21And there are people that were hurt.
03:23There were people with me living there that were hurt.
03:26And I just think it's not okay and it's a bad example to set for humanity moving forward.
03:33Can you recall any that were, you know, some of the good guys, I guess, as you could say?
03:39Some of the good guys were mostly the women.
03:42A lot of the women that came by were good, good celebrities.
03:48You know, the original Catwoman, she came by.
03:51She was wonderful.
03:52You know, I remember Mark Hamill and his wife would come up there for a party every once in a
03:57while
03:58from, you know, from Star Wars.
03:59And they were lovely.
04:00And they didn't come up that often.
04:02And it was just, yeah, it was people like that.
04:04And I feel like I'm going to get into more names of people that were up there, bad and good.
04:13But for now, I feel like the media has, yeah, I feel like I need to kind of address what's
04:21been talked about recently first.
04:25And, yeah, I saw a comment this morning where it was very known.
04:31Like, they called the Playboy Mansion Jack Nicholson's drive-thru.
04:34It was something that Hef talked about while he was alive.
04:37And they called it Jack Nicholson's drive-thru because he could drive up, there'd be women there, there'd be food
04:43there, and he would just collect what he needed and left.
04:47And that's what, you know, we all know that that man is also notorious for being a regular, very regular
04:57at the mansion.
04:58We know Cosby is regular.
04:59Bill Cosby hosted the Playboy Jazz Festival for many, many years.
05:04And I remember one day, we show up to the Playboy Jazz Festival, and usually we have to take the
05:10picture with Bill Cosby, and it's awkward, and he was always gross.
05:14And then one year, it's George Lopez.
05:17And I'm like, oh, that's weird.
05:18Like, why isn't it Bill Cosby?
05:20And it's like they knew what was about to go down and swapped it at the last minute.
05:25And George Lopez was always very, very, very nice.
05:28He never came to the mansion.
05:30Like, what do I do with that information?
05:31But now, Gloria Allred is my attorney, and she represents some of those victims, too.
05:39And it was just bad overall.
05:40You know, you go down the hallway of Hef had this celebrity gallery upstairs, and it had all of these.
05:47He was obsessed with celebrities.
05:48There were things, like, there was the photos in the gallery of, like, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and he has, like, a
05:55girl sitting on each bicep.
05:57I know there's, like, when people refer to you, there's, like, it's, like, still 50-50, Crystal Harris, Crystal Hefner.
06:06Is your name legally back to Harris?
06:10Yeah.
06:11So I am Crystal Harris.
06:15And, you know, I wrestled back and forth because I'm like, okay, like, I kind of earned this name.
06:20And if I could use this name to do good for the world or for women.
06:25But then I thought, I don't want to be tied to this man, like, in any way.
06:27Like, I don't even like that last name.
06:29And I graduate with my master's degree in psychology on November 6th.
06:36And then I am going into a doctorate program.
06:39So I am working on my PhD.
06:43So the last thing I want is a doctorate to be associated with the Hefner name.
06:47I am going after Crystal Harris.
06:50And so I was happy and proud to kick that last name off.
06:56And I know it had become my identity for so long because even when we got married, I wasn't planning
07:02on changing my name.
07:03Immediately the office and Mary and everybody were, like, asking me for all my IDs and stuff.
07:08And I remember a friend got married shortly after.
07:10And she said, oh, how do I change my last name?
07:11I'm like, I don't even know what was done for me.
07:14But I try to own it for a while, but I know more.
07:19Like, I don't want to be associated with that name or anywhere near that name.
