- Hugh Hefner’s widow, Crystal, is changing her last name back to Harris, no longer wanting to be associated with the Hefner name.
- Crystal revealed in a podcast interview that she wasn’t involved in the decision to change her name to Hefner after her marriage to Hugh in 2012.
- Crystal’s decision comes after writing a memoir about her experiences with Hugh and the Playboy Mansion, expressing her desire to move on from the Hefner chapter of her life.
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Hugh Hefner’s widow, Crystal, has decided to change her last name back to Harris. In a recent podcast interview with Rachel Uchitel on “Miss Understood,” Crystal revealed that she no longer wants to be associated with the Hefner name. She explained that after her marriage to Hugh in 2012, his secretary swiftly changed her last name to Hefner without her involvement.
Crystal, who was married to Hugh until his death in 2017, admitted that she hadn’t thought much about her name until she started writing her memoir, “Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself.” In the book, she opens up about her experiences with Hefner and the Playboy Mansion, taking some shots at him and his company along the way.
Now that her story is out and the book is published, Crystal is ready to move on from the Hefner chapter of her life. She expressed her desire to legally change her name back to Harris, effectively closing the book on her marriage to Hugh.