Crystal Hefner on therapy and mansion
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Crystal Hefner admitted she promised Hugh Hefner she'd only speak well of him after he was gone, but five years of therapy post-mansion made her realize how messed up that place left her. She's opening up about the control, the rules, and the emotional toll now,while still keeping the last name and the millions he left her
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I made a promise to have later in his life that I would only say good things about him when he was gone. He put me on the board of his foundation and once I left the mansion, I went into therapy for about five years and I realized that the place messed me up more than I thought it did. So I think, you know, it's time to tell the truth and tell people really what went on there. What was the lifestyle like? Was it glamorous? Was it champagne? Was it parties? Did you get everything that you wanted out of it? There were a lot of beautiful parties, but I realised early on that most of it's for show and there wasn't much freedom. I ended up feeling very trapped there. Things changed pretty fast. The thing is, sorry, it's so interesting because you was an adult at the time. Some people might say, why didn't you just leave? Yeah, I think back at that. And when I was 21, I felt like such an adult, but I wasn't. And now I'm 37 and thinking about myself at 21, like I was such a baby. I was so impressionable. And it's hard. Your brain doesn't really form fully for judgment until your late 20s. Do you think you got institutionalized quite early? Like you just, yeah, because like Alison said, you could have left. But in fact, you did leave when you went back. So do you think you were institutionalized by the whole thing or you just didn't know any different? Yeah, I think in the beginning Hef would tell me things like dye your roots or wear the right color where the flag which is the Playboy logo and He told me I was gaining weight and so I just thought oh I'm slipping I need to be the best I can be for him and for this place and At first I was like I'm gonna be the best I can be but thinking about it now like that was that was miserable and I was controlled
