There seems to be no love lost between Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s son and his former wife.
Marston Hefner made an appearance on the Girls Next Level podcast on Monday in which he aired his problems with Crystal Hefner.
Marston Hefner Called Crystal Hefner a ‘Master Manipulator’
Marston did not hold back, calling Crystal a “master manipulator.”
He went on to tell Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt what changed when Crystal entered his late dad’s life.
He said, “When Crystal came in, there started to be, like, tribes.”
He also brought up the bombshell book Crystal wrote about her life in the Playboy mansion.
The memoir, titled Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself, was released this year, and Marston has now claimed to have read it.
He recalled on the podcast that Crystal wrote that she felt “invisible” at the mansion, but that she noticed a difference when Marston’s dad was around.
Marston said, “She noticed that like when she was around my father people treated her differently and they started to listen.”
Crystal’s Obsession With ‘Control and Power’
He went on to suggest that people got a little “scared” of Crystal.
Marston explained his belief that this treatment went to Crystal’s head, saying, “I think that feeling of ‘I matter’ is addicting.”
He continued, “I think she basically liked climbing, being in that position where you knew you had to go through her or you had to ask her for things she controlled.”
Clearly, Marston felt that Crystal abused the authority that her relationship with his dad afforded her.
He talked about what he believed to be Crystal’s obsession with “control and power.”
The 34-year-old photographer said that Crystal’s power grew to the point where she was in charge of who was allowed to attend events.
This led to Marston allegedly seeing guests who had been regulars at the mansion for “10 years” or more suddenly no longer invited to attend.
He explained Crystal’s behavior was due to the fact that “she liked controlling the guest list.”
He added, “She liked taking girls off and on the guest list pending on whatever the whims were at the time.”
Marston’s Comment About Crystal: ‘Really Dark Energy’
Later in the podcast he talked about an encounter he had with Crystal one night at the mansion.
And what he said was pretty unflattering.
He said that he felt a “really dark energy” when he walked into the room where Crystal sat with her mom and her friend.
He said, “It didn’t feel fun. It felt kind of like cackling crows being nasty, and I just never went back after that night.”
Crystal made several claims about her former husband in her memoir.
One in particular that Marston wanted to deny was her claim that she had not been left anything in Hugh’s will.
Hugh Hefner’s Son’s Damning Allegations
In fact, Marston had some pretty damning allegations of his own to make about the former Playmate.
He claimed that Crystal actually used Hugh’s fragile mental state in his final years against him.
And she ensured that she was left more money than Hugh had originally planned to give her.
Marston’s claims that Crystal had exploited his father were supported by his hists.
Holly Madison’s Attack on Former Playboy Playmate, Crystal
Holly seemed to agree with him when she said, “It’s just very strange to me because the person I knew wouldn’t have picked Crystal to be the president of his foundation.”
Holly had previously launched her own attack on Crystal and her book.
She claimed in an episode of the Ladygang podcast in April that Crystal had clearly copied her writing style.
She explained, “Anybody who’s read my book that came out eight years ago and then read her book, tell me the narrative voice doesn’t sound exactly the same.”
She then expressed that it “drives her up the wall” to see Crystal imitating her in her memoir.
The book Crystal released this year made some disturbing claims about her marriage to Hugh.
She wrote that after getting married to the Playboy founder at the age of 26, she started to become convinced that he didn’t really love her.
In an interview with E! promoting the book, Crystal stressed, “I loved Hef, I cared for him.”
However, she went on to add, “But in some ways that he treated me, I just felt, OK, this guy can’t really be in love with me.”
Crystal Said Her Marriage to Hugh Was ‘Very Traumatic’
This was expanded upon in her book, in which Crystal claimed how Hugh was controlling and, at times, downright cruel.
She claimed that he would make harsh jokes about her weight and tell her what to wear.
She told E! that their nearly five year marriage was “very traumatic.”
Crystal continued, “It was emotionally abusive. It was very restrictive. I didn’t realize how bad it was until I was away from it for a while.”
She hoped that one day she would be able to “finally feel free and happy,” but in truth she said she only ever felt trapped.
She now felt that the fact that she didn’t leave Hugh despite wanting to “all comes down to self-worth and self-love.”
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Which was something she said she “didn’t have much of” at that time.
Hugh had been married twice before Crystal, the second time to Marston’s mother, another former Playmate, Kimberley Conrad.
Marston Opened Up About Living at the Playboy Mansion
Marston has previously opened up about his early years living at the Playboy Mansion.
The now 33-year-old Marston talked to Page Six about growing up with Playboy magazines “strewn around the house”.
Despite this, he also said that he was taught very strict rules about how he should judge explicit material like Playboy.
He said that as progressive as he was, he was “still taught to stigmatize whatever” those materials showed.
But Marston then said that these days he just doesn’t “care to do that”.
And regardless of what his parents taught him as a kid, he now lives a very open lifestyle.
Why Marston Hefner Started an Only Fans Page
Out magazine reported that Marston started an OF page this year.
He told Page Six that he created the page as a “long term avenue for further financial security”.
He also talked about saving up his earnings from the page to realize his dream.
Which reportedly was to be able to own a “Pokemon Trophy card”.
The highly sought after item has been known to cost up to “six figures”, according to Out.
As well as his photos and videos, Marston also released a video series called Growing Up Hefner.
In the series, he recounts stories about growing up in the Mansion.
In his interview with Page Six, Marston admitted that his wife, Anna Lambropoulos, would rather he didn’t post content on the site.
Marston’s Openness to an Open Relationship
However, Marston added, “what’s more important to her is me pursuing my dreams or my interests” and “taking risks”.
He went on to discuss how open he would be to doing anything to make her just as happy.
He even said, “if she wanted to do an open relationship, we’ll talk about it”.
As well as earning money from his online content, Out magazine reported that Marston also wrote a book called High School Romance, which was published in 2022.
It’s unknown if Crystal has read her former stepson’s book.
But we now know that her own book has caused quite a shock for Marston and Crystal’s fellow Playmates.
