The ‘messy’ secrets of Hugh Hefner’s bedroom – including THOSE Chandler panties
A KNICKER chandelier, shelves full of junk and a bed full of magazines: Hugh Hefner’s bedroom was a sight to behold.
The Playboy boss, who died in 2017, shared his boudoir with his third wife Crystal, a woman sixty years his junior, with whom he married in 2012.
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In video footage recorded before Hugh’s death, the widow gave fans an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at his ‘messy’ room.
Crystal, 38, was in the Playboy business for 10 years, half of which she spent as the boss’s wife before he died at 91.
The room they shared contained a special wardrobe for Hugh’s iconic tuxedo jackets, as well as a rod specifically for his pajama sets.
The main room, with a bed in the middle, two televisions on opposite walls and shelves full of trinkets, was full of intrigue.
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The “cluttered” master bedroom – which was spread over two floors – had a chandelier draped in a pair of knickers hanging directly above the bed.
Crystal called it “the iconic panty chandelier.”
“The counter space is completely filled because Hef gets so many gifts,” she said at the time.
“He’s a publisher, so he has all his magazines here whenever he wants.”
Crystal got to put her own stamp on the room by filling it with Disney paraphernalia.
“I love Disney so much,” she said. “And if you look around, I have Disney stuff all over the walls.”
There were Disney figurines, posters, stuffed animals and entire drawers dedicated to her Mickey Mouse jewelry collection.
The Gothic Tudor mansion was built in 1927 and then sold to Playboy Enterprises in 1971 for $1.05 million.
It is located in the super chic Holmby Hills in Los Angeles, California.
It has 29 rooms, six of which were bedrooms when Hugh and his bunnies lived there.
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Little Known Playboy Mansion Facts
Girlfriends versus playmates
Rumor has it that Hugh Hefner would have two to a dozen “girlfriends” with him at a time. These friends are not to be confused with Playmates. Each friend had her own room, but one ‘special lady’ was referred to as friend number one and stayed with Hef in his room. Each friend received a weekly bonus of $1,000 (£760).
Hef’s wild side
The Playboy mansion was home to a private zoo. It was one of the few private homes that actually had a zoo permit. Hefner was a fan of birds. Among his collection – many of which roamed the grounds – were peacocks, macaws, flamingos, toucans and ducks.
The Elvis legend
There was a secret room in the mansion called ‘The Elvis Room’. Legend has it that the king himself, Elvis Presley, had a small slumber party in the room with up to eight eager bunnies.
In her memoirs Only say good thingsCrystal revealed that she and her elderly husband would take part in ’embarrassing’ group sex.
“It was embarrassing,” she remembers.
‘I don’t know how many people have ever been in our bedroom, but a lot.
“Nobody really wanted to be there, but I think in Hef’s mind he still thought he was in his 40s, and those nights, the people, the mansion, reinforced that idea.
“He felt, ‘I still have it’.”
The Playboy boss dictated a number of things about his wife’s appearance – from the exact shade of nail polish she should wear to when her roots should be touched up.
According to Crystal, pink, pale and clear nails were his choice for her claws, and matte was never an option – and to nudge his wife into getting her roots redone, he simply tapped her on the head.
