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Why Crystal Hefner Is Changing Her Last Name

Six years after Hugh Hefner's death, his widow Crystal Hefner exclusively shared with E! News her plans to revert to her maiden name and change her moniker back to Crystal Harris. Find out why.

January 27, 2024

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Crystal Hefner Admits She Never Was in Love With Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner's widow Crystal Hefner looked back at her "traumatic" marriage to the Playboy founder, telling E! News it was "hard to be in love with someone who wants multiple people in the bedroom."

January 26, 2024

Crystal Hefner Describes Her "Traumatic" Marriage to Hugh Hefner

Crystal Hefner, Hugh Hefner's third wife, opens up to E! News about her “emotionally abusive” marriage, and traumatic experiences at the Playboy Mansion.

January 25, 2024

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Crystal Hefner Details "Traumatic" and "Emotionally Abusive" Marriage to Hugh Hefner

Crystal Hefner, Hugh Hefner's third wife, tells E! News that therapy helped her unpack what she experienced behind the walls of the Playboy Mansion—and why writing a book about it was so freeing.

January 25, 2024

Holly Madison Admits 'Girls Next Door' Scenes Are "Triggering" to Rewatch

Holly Madison teases season 2 of 'The Playboy Murders' on ID. Plus, the star opens up about going public with her autism diagnosis, motherhood and more.

January 20, 2024

Kendra Wilkinson Thought She Was Going to Die Amid Depression Battle

Kendra Wilkinson got candid about her struggles with mental health, the moment that became her lowest point, and the steps she took to overcome it.

January 17, 2024

Holly Madison Speaks Out About Autism Diagnosis

Holly Madison is sharing that she's recently been diagnosed with autism and opens up about how it's deeply affected her life and relationships.

December 9, 2023

Hugh Hefner’s Son Defends His OnlyFans Career

Marston Hefner, the son of the late Hugh Hefner and Kimberley Conrad, slammed family members for being unsupportive of his OnlyFans career.

August 24, 2023

Hugh Hefner's Wife Crystal Hefner Is Ready to Tell "Hard Stories" From Life in Playboy Mansion

Crystal Hefner, wife of Hugh Hefner, is getting ready to release a memoir about her life with the late Playboy magazine mogul at the Playboy Mansion.

August 4, 2023

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Why Holly Madison Almost Turned Down Hosting The Playboy Murders

Though Holly Madison was initially wary about exploring crime stories tied to the infamous mansion on ID's The Playboy Murders, the former bunny tells E! News what made her willing to revisit her

January 23, 2023

Hugh Hefner's Widow Crystal Gives Update on How She's Healing From "Past Traumas"

Hugh Hefner’s widow, Crystal Hefner, shared the next step of her “healing journey” in a new Instagram post.

February 8, 2022

Crystal Hefner Weighs In on Explosive Allegations Against Husband Hugh

Crystal Hefner wrote that her late husband, Hugh Hefner, kept "thousands" of photos of various women. She said she "destroyed every single one" of the disposable camera photos.

January 26, 2022

Secrets of Playboy Bombshells: Sex Rings, Kidnappings and FBI Investigations

Holly Madison, Sondra Theodore, Miki Garcia and more individuals who were close to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner speak about their alleged experiences at the famed mansion.

January 22, 2022

Playboy Responds After Holly Madison Alleges She Was "Gaslit" in "Cult-Like" Mansion

Playboy issued a statement to E! News after Holly Madison made allegations about her isolating experience in the Playboy Mansion. The company began, "Today's Playboy is not Hugh Hefner's Playboy."

January 21, 2022

Holly Madison Details Her "Cult-Like" Experience at Playboy Mansion

In a sneak peek for A&E's Secrets of Playboy, Holly Madison pulls back the curtain on life in the mansion, claiming she and other bunnies were "gaslit" and "isolated" from the outside world.

January 20, 2022

A Look Back at Crystal Hefner's Journey from Playboy Playmate to Embracing Her "Authentic" Self

Crystal Hefner recently opened up about her Playboy era, saying that toward the end of her marriage she was sick physically and mentally. Now, she's sharing her her true self.

January 15, 2022

Hugh Hefner's Wife Crystal Unveils the "Real" Her After Removing "Everything Fake" From Her Body

Hugh Hefner's third wife, Crystal, shared that she was "suffering internally" while posting NSFW pics for others and is ready to live for herself. "Modesty is what empowers me these days," she wrote.

January 11, 2022

Untangling Holly Madison and Hugh Hefner's Untraditional, Complicated Relationship

Over the years, Holly Madison has shed more and more light on her complicated romance with Hugh Hefner and where she stands with her Girls Next Door co-stars. Here's what she's said...

December 23, 2021

Holly Madison Says Hugh Hefner Was "Literally Pushed on Top of Me" During Their First Date

"I wasn't prepared for what would eventually happen," Holly Madison recalled about her first date night with Hugh Hefner, and the "fear" she experienced after they allegedly had sex.

December 15, 2021

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Why Crystal Hefner Says Hugh Hefner's Exes Speak Negatively About Their Playboy Experience

During an exclusive interview with E! News' Daily Pop, Crystal Hefner honored Hugh Hefner on the fourth anniversary of his death, while defending him from the critics.

September 28, 2021

Holly Madison Says She Made a "Dangerous Choice" By Joining Hugh Hefner's Playboy World

In the first trailer for A&E's unscripted series Secrets of Playboy, Holly Madison referred to being part of the late Hugh Hefner's Playboy circle as a "dangerous choice."

August 18, 2021