Hugh Hefner’s 31-year-old widow Crystal Harris said that taking too much Viagra made her husband lose his hearing during a 2011 radio interview.
Harris was being interviewed on Howard Stern’s show weeks after breaking off her first engagement to the Playboy magnate when she made the claim.
At the time, she had unexpectedly broken up with Hefner, who was then aged 85, in June 2011 – five days before their wedding ceremony.
Harris appeared on the New York shock jock’s show and was asked about her sex life with Hefner.
The then-26-year-old said: ‘He tries not to take Viagra any more because it makes him lose his hearing.’
Hugh Hefner’s 31-year-old widow Crystal Harris said that Viagra made her husband ‘lose his hearing’ during a 2011 radio interview. They are pictured together above on their wedding day in 2012
Harris made the claim while on the Howard Stern show when she was asked about her sex life with Hefner. The then-26-year-old said: ‘He tries not to take Viagra (file above) any more because it makes him lose his hearing.’
This interview is also when she made the claim, that she later took back, that Hefner lasted ‘about two seconds’ in bed.
She said: ‘Hef doesn’t really take off his clothes.
‘I have never seen him naked… I am not turned on by Hef. Sorry.’
Harris, who was December 2009’s Playmate of the Month, issued a public apology to Hefner not long after and the pair reconciled.
They were married in December 2012 – with her becoming his third and final wife.
But Harris isn’t the only one to make the claim that the Playboy mogul was deaf.
This interview is also when she made the claim, that she later took back, that Hefner (together above in 2011) lasted ‘about two seconds’ in bed. She said: ‘Hef doesn’t really take off his clothes’
His former twin lovers, Karissa and Kristina Shannon (together above in 2008), said one month before Harris’ 2011 interview that Hefner could only hear out of one ear. Karissa said: ‘He said he would rather have sex than have his hearing’
His former twin lovers, Karissa and Kristina Shannon, said one month before Harris’ 2011 interview that Hefner could only hear out of one ear.
Karissa said: ‘He said he would rather have sex than have his hearing.
‘He has hearing aids now and even then he can only hear out of one ear.
‘You have to lean down and talk into his good ear for him to understand you.
‘We could sit right next to him and he wouldn’t have a clue what we said.’
Hefner died on Tuesday of natural causes inside his Los Angeles home.
Hefner died on Tuesday of natural causes inside his Los Angeles home. He is survived by his wife (pictured together in 2011), his daughter Christie; and his sons, David, Marston and Cooper
He is survived by his wife, his daughter Christie; and his sons, David, Marston and Cooper.
His estimated $43 million fortune will be divided among his four children, the University of Southern California and a list of charities.
Back in 2013, Hefner tweeted that he wanted to be with Harris, who is not in his will, until he dies.
He tweeted: ‘The dramatic age difference between difference & Crystal & me really doesn’t matter. Whatever time I have left, we want to spend together.’