Hugh Hefner’s widow Crystal has claimed the late Playboy tycoon was secretly addicted to painkillers and Viagra with an ‘earthquake supply of prescription drugs’ in his infamous mansion.
The former playmate, 37, who wed the magazine publisher when she was 26 and he was 86 in 2012, said his pill popping was so severe staff were worried he would die of an overdose.
Hugh passed away aged 91 in 2017 as a result of heart failure and Septicemia after contracting a deadly strain of e-coli, leaving a reported $43 Million fortune.
Writing in her new memoir Only Say Good Things, Crystal revealed Hugh first became hooked on painkillers after being prescribed them for back pain.
Saying he then went on to find doctors to help fuel his addiction with monthly refills, before staff felt the need to step in when he began to become less coherent.
Hugh Hefner’s widow Crystal, 37, has claimed the late Playboy tycoon was secretly addicted to painkillers and Viagra with an ‘earthquake supply of prescription drugs’ in his infamous mansion
The former playmate who wed the magazine publisher when she was 26 and he was 81 in 2012, said his pill popping was so severe staff were worried he would die of an overdose (pictured together in 2014)
Writing: ‘With so many celebrities dying of overdoses from doctors who gave them endless supplies, people around [Hugh] got more careful, and the opiates had to be given to him like he used to give us allowance—in controlled doses’.
She also claimed Hugh’s hearing was ‘shot’ as a result of his excessive use of erectile disfunction medication.
Writing that the octogenarian would have rather ‘given up a limb’ before giving up Viagra as he attempted to retain his hard-partying lifestyle.
Viagra and similar impotence drugs have been linked to hundreds of cases of sudden hearing loss around the world.
Elsewhere in the book she recalled how her future husband gave her marijuana on the first night they met, when she was 21, before the pair partook in an orgy.
Crystal claimed not liking the taste resulted in her only pretending to inhale, later learning ‘passing the pot’ was Hugh’s ritual with all new women he slept with.
have contacted Hugh Hefner’s estate for comment.
Five days prior to their initial wedding Crystal called off their engagement only for the couple to later rekindle their romance.
She also claimed Hugh’s hearing was ‘shot’ as a result of his excessive use of erectile disfunction medication (pictured together in 2011)
Writing that the octogenarian would have rather ‘given up a limb’ before giving up Viagra as he attempted to retain his hard-partying lifestyle
Elsewhere in the book she recalled how her future husband gave her marijuana on the first night they met, when she was 21, before the pair partook in an orgy (pictured 2011)
The Playboy impresario was previously married to childhood sweetheart Mildred ‘Millie’ Williams, after tying the knot in 1949.
In his E! True Hollywood Story it was unveiled that Millie allowed the businessman to have extra-marital affairs.
According to the show, this was a result of the guilt she felt for herself being unfaithful whilst he was in the army between 1944 to 1946.
The welcomed two children into the world during their marriage, Christie and David, before they eventually called it quits in 1959.
Hugh married his second wife, Kimberley Conrad in 1989. During their marriage the couple had two boys, Marston and Cooper.
The pair went their separate ways in 1998 but did not officially sign their divorce papers until 2010.
It comes after Kendra Wilkinson revealed she was ‘dying of depression’ after struggling with ‘unresolved trauma’ from living in the Playboy mansion.
It comes after Kendra Wilkinson revealed she was ‘dying of depression’ after struggling with ‘unresolved trauma’ from living in the Playboy mansion
She first rose to fame about two decades ago at age 18 starring on Girls Next Door as one of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends (pictured in 2006)
Hugh’s former girlfriend, 38, recalled being hospitalized just four months ago after suffering from a panic attack.
‘I was hitting the end of my life, and I went into psychosis,’ she told People, ‘I felt like I wasn’t strong enough to live anymore.’
‘I was in a state of panic,’ she said. ‘I didn’t know what was going on in my head and my body or why I was crying. I had hit rock bottom.’
The reality TV personality revealed that she is now working with a therapist to unpack her trauma, some of which she said was caused by living in the Playboy mansion many years earlier.
Since her discharge, she said she is feeling better after being placed on antipsychotic medication and attending outpatient therapy three times a week.
Reflecting on that time is difficult for her, she said, explaining that she often questions her decisions at that time and finds herself questioning why she was with Hefner — who was 60 years her senior.
‘I was on drugs at age 15 and I had a lot of issues,’ she said about her childhood before she had moved into the Playboy mansion.
‘It’s not easy to look back at my twenties,’ she told the outlet. ‘I’ve had to face my demons.’
About that lifestyle, she admitted: ‘Playboy really messed my whole life up.’
How many wives did Hugh Hefner have?
The famed media mogul had three wives throughout his life.
Before Playboy was launched in 1953, Hugh was already besotted with his childhood sweetheart, Mildred ‘Millie’ Williams.
Although the lovebirds were an item whilst he was in the army in 1944 to 1946, Hugh discovered on his return to the US that Millie had been unfaithful.
Despite the infidelity, the couple went on to tie the in 1949.
In Hugh Hefner’s E! True Hollywood Story it was unveiled that Millie allowed the businessman to have extra-marital affairs.
According to the show, this was a result of the guilt she felt for being unfaithful whilst he was in the army.
After divorcing his childhood sweetheart, the media mogul went on to wed Kimberley Conrad in 1989 (pictured: Kimberly, Hugh and their two sons Marston and Cooper in 1998)
The Playboy founder married his final wife Crystal Hefner, 26, at the age of 86 on New Year’s Eve in 2012 (pictured in 2015)
The welcomed two children into the world during their marriage, Christie and David, before they eventually called it quits in 1959.
Hugh married his second wife, Kimberley Conrad in 1989. During their marriage the couple had two boys, Marston and Cooper.
The pair went their separate ways in 1998 but did not officially sign their divorce papers in 2010.
Hugh’s final wife was, Crystal Hefner, whom he popped the question to in 2010.
Only five days prior to their initial wedding Crystal called off their engagement.
Hugh Hefner Crystal married on New Year’s Eve in 2012, aged 86 and 26 respectively.