Crystal Hefner claims she suffered toxic mould exposure from the Playboy Mansion: 'The house was making me sick'
Crystal Hefner has spoken candidly about her time in the Playboy Mansion in her new memoir, Only Say Good Things. Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself.
The former wife of the late Hugh Hefner said that she believes that living in the $(AU)150million compound affected her both mentally and physically.
In an excerpt shared with People, Hefner, 37, claims she was exposed to "toxic mould exposure" in the LA mansion, which she said "felt rundown and gross after a while".
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Crystal Hefner reveals she suffered toxic mould exposure from the Playboy mansion. Instagram
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"The whole time the mansion was breaking me down, one way or another," she reportedly writes in the book.
"Now it was breaking down my health. The house was literally making me sick."
She added: "Everything was mouldy and dusty and it was just hoarder central in the mansion."
"The whole time the mansion was breaking me down, one way or another," she reportedly writes in the book. Getty Images for Playboy
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Crystal said that Hefner allowed her to get things cleaned up in the pad.
She was diagnosed with Lyme disease and breast implant illness in 2016.
Two years ago, Crystal revealed she had removed "everything fake" from her body and deleted her old photos.
She had undergone a breast enlargement but had her implants removed in 2016.
In 2021, Crystal revealed she almost died while undergoing a fat transfer surgery in October.
She was diagnosed with Lyme disease and breast implant illness in 2016. Instagram
Crystal said that Hefner allowed her to get things cleaned up in the pad. Getty Images for Playboy
"I lost half the blood in my body and ended up in the hospital needing a blood transfusion. I've been slowly eating my way back to health since then and I am now finally feeling ok," she said.
Crystal become Hefner's third wife when the pair married in 2012.
But it wasn't all smooth sailing.
They were engaged in 2010 but Crystal, née Harris, surprised many when she broke off their engagement just days before their scheduled wedding in 2011.
"Hef's lifestyle isn't the most normal lifestyle," she told Ryan Seacrest after the breakup.
"This isn't the lifestyle for me, multiple girls around all the time, the Playboy lifestyle. I don't know. I just wanted to be true to myself."
Harris soon had a change of heart and the couple reunited and eventually married in 2012. After a rocky road to the altar, the couple were married on New Year's Eve 2012 — he was 86 at the time and she was 26.
Hefner was married to Crystal when he died on September 27, 2017.
He had sold the Playboy Mansion one year before his death for US$100 million (approx. $128 million), but apparently didn't pocket any money from the sale as he did not own the property.
When they married in 2012, the mogul reportedly set Harris up for life, buying her a lavish US$5 million (approx. $6.5 million) property in Beverly Hills and placing it in her name. She was also reportedly left an additional US$5 million to spend as she wished.
Following Hugh's death, Crystal was romantically linked with spaceship engineer Nathan Levi, but they split in 2021.
