Hugh Hefner‘s widow, Crystal Hefnerhave thoughts about Jon Lovitz‘s joke about his alleged Playboy Mansion past.
“I think Jon Lovitz is part of the problem,” Crystal, 40, said. Page Six On Wednesday, October 28th. “I think a lot of men who came to that mansion [and] They were very sexist and misogynist, it was all part of the problem. If I can eliminate even a little bit of that toxic masculinity and patriarchy, I will feel happy. So sad.”
A day earlier, Crystal had revealed that Lovitz, 69, was “the Playboy Mansion’s No. 1 client.” Saturday Night Live the alum joked about paparazzi catching up with her in Los Angeles.
“Anytime someone says I’m No. 1, it’s a compliment,” Lovitz joked on Tuesday, October 27.
On Wednesday, Crystal recalled Lovitz publicly criticizing her in July after she said on Instagram that she regretted marrying her late husband in 2012. (Hugh died at the Playboy Mansion in 2017, five years after they married. He was 91.)
“Do you regret the house he bought for you to live in after his death?” Lovitz commented on Crystal’s post. “So, keeping the money after selling it?… So, do you regret what he did for you?”
crystal added Page Six “Jon Lovitz told me that Hef had bought something for me or paid for something so I had no reason to talk. I think his thinking is very outdated. It’s really sad that when someone buys you something they guarantee silence,” she said on Wednesday.
Crystal and Lovitz’s back-and-forth began over the summer and reignited during an episode on Tuesday. Lisa Guerrero Released. On the show, Crystal recalled her followers defending her against Lovitz’s comments about her marriage to Hugh. (Crystal was the Playboy founder’s third wife; previously Millie Williams from 1949 to 1959 and Kimberly Conrad From 1989 to 2010.)
Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images Hugh Hefner’s second wife, Kimberley Conrad, is speaking out against Crystal Hefner, claiming she’s trying to “make a quick buck” by bad-mouthing the late Playboy founder. “We have to be careful of those who try to destroy things because they no longer benefit from it,” said Conrad, who has been married to Hugh since 1989. […]
“I was completely attacked in my comments because women said, ‘When someone buys something for you, your own husband, does that mean they can attack you or hurt you?’” Crystal said. “‘Jon Lovitz, you were the #1 customer at the Playboy Mansion. You were one of the biggest perverts there. Sit down!’ I said.”
Crystal recalled that Lovitz was “always” at the Playboy Mansion, adding: “And all the women who walked through the door, their eyes would go from front to back. He would lurk at parties, too. And I remember him all the time, at every party.”