Jenny McCarthy has revealed another side to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner amid repeated accusations of abuse from his former girlfriends, comparing her time spent at his mansion to a ‘Catholic school’ while insisting she never witnessed any ‘orgies or big parties’.
Many women who previously dated and worked with the magazine editor detailed shocking encounters with him and made numerous explosive accusations about him as part of a new A&E docuseries called Secrets of Playboy earlier this year.
Throughout the 10-part show, which premiered in January, the women claimed they witnessed Hefner performing bestiality, having sex with minors, and even raping women during their time in the ‘cult-like’ Playboy mansion.
Now, former Playboy bunny McCarthy, 49, has spoken out about her own experiences – and according to the actress and model, she never witnessed anything bad in the house.
Jenny McCarthy spoke out about Playboy founder Hugh Hefner (seen in 2001) amid allegations of abuse from his former girlfriends, while comparing his mansion to a ‘Catholic school’
Many women who previously dated the magazine editor (seen in 2005) made explosive accusations about him as part of a new A&E docuseries called Secrets of Playboy
Now, former Playboy bunny McCarthy (seen in 2005), 49, has spoken out about her own experiences – and according to the model, she never witnessed anything bad in the house
McCarthy – who first modeled for Playboy in 1993 and moved into the mansion soon after, and has posed for the magazine many times since – recalled the house being run like a ‘strict dormitory.’
‘We weren’t even allowed near Hef or around the house. It was almost like Catholic school, to be honest,’ she said on Zack Peter’s #NoFilter podcast recently.
She explained that when she lived in the mansion, Hefner was married to Playmate Kimberley Conrad, which was his main focus.
‘I’m so grateful that when I was there, Hef was married,’ she said. ‘I think I went in there in a window of time that was kind of safe.
‘There were no orgies or big parties going on. But hearing some of these girls’ stories was really rough. Hearing their stories, my heart broke for a lot of these women.’
In the doc, Holly Madison, who dated Hefner in the early 2000s, claimed that he ‘isolated her from the outside world,’ explaining that she and the other girls were only allowed to leave the Los Angeles pad for special reasons and were told not to invite friends over.
McCarthy – who first modeled for Playboy in 1993 and has posed for the magazine many times since – recalled the house being run like a ‘strict dormitory.’ She is seen with Hugh in 2003
She explained that when she lived in the mansion, Hefner was married to former Playmate Kimberley Conrad, which was his main focus. Hefner is seen with Conrad in 1997
‘I’m so grateful that when I was there, Hef was married,’ McCarthy said. ‘I think I went in there in a window of time that was kind of safe.’ She is seen in 2007 at a Playboy event
McCarthy (seen with Hefner in 2003) added that while her experience was positive, hearing the other girls’ stories was ‘really tough’ and ‘heartbreaking’
‘We were all kind of gaslit and expected to think of Hef as, like, this really good guy. You started to feel like, “Oh, he’s not what they say in the media,”‘ she said in the show.
Another one of his exes, Sondra Theodore, said that she once walked in on the Playboy CEO engaging in sex acts with their pet dog.
‘I walked in once and he was… to my dog, to our dog,’ she claimed. ‘I was like, “What are you doing?” He says, “Well, dogs have needs.” And I said, “Stop that!”
Theodore also accused Hefner of forcing her to be a ‘drug mule’ – claiming that the late mogul made her go on ‘countless’ trips to buy cocaine.
She said that buying the illicit drugs for him became so common that it felt like he was sending her out to pick up some ‘milk.’
She explained that she met Hefner she was only 19 and he was 50, and that throughout their five-year relationship, he continuously slept with other women.
‘He had this way of making everything go away and questioning yourself … He said, “Do you think that they can just stay in my house and not sleep with me?”‘ she explained.
In the doc, Holly Madison (seen with Henfer in 2003), claimed Hefner ‘isolated her from the outside world’ and that she and the other girls were only allowed to leave for special reasons
Another one of his exes, Sondra Theodore, said that she once walked in on the Playboy CEO engaging in sex acts with their pet dog. They are pictured together with their pet dog in 1977
Theodore also accused Hefner of forcing her to be a ‘drug mule’ – claiming that the late mogul made her go on ‘countless’ trips to buy cocaine. She is seen in the show
‘Would you have dinner guests and expect that of them? No. It was just so cold and callous and not the man that I’ve fallen in love with. I didn’t know who this man was.’
Former Playmate Susie Krabacher claimed in the show that she was raped by Hefner in 1983, after she said he gave her a pill which would ‘calm her nerves.’
She recalled waking up while he was having sex with her. She stated, ‘I thought that I was having a nightmare … but this old man with his mouth gaping open was a real thing, was a real person. It was Hefner.’
His former valet Stefan Tetenbaum claimed in the series that he witnessed Hefner raping a woman, while model Audrey Huskey also alleged that she was raped by him in 1994.
While chatting to Peter on his podcast, McCarthy revealed that A&E actually asked her to host the show, but she decided not to be a part of it.
Former Playmate Susie Krabacher (left) and model Audrey Huskey (right) both claimed they were raped by Hefner during their time in the Playboy mansion
While chatting to Peter on his podcast, McCarthy revealed that A&E actually asked her to host the show, but she decided not to be a part of it because she ‘didn’t have the same experiences’
As for why her story may differ from the other ladies, she concluded, ‘Yeah, we were in the same house, but we all didn’t experience the same s**t.’ She is seen at a Playboy event in 2001
‘They asked me to host that show. They wanted me to really be involved and be an executive producer and be in it,’ she dished, explaining that she turned them down because she ‘didn’t have the same experiences.’
‘I wasn’t going to sign up for a paycheck and be salacious when I didn’t experience those things.’
As for why her story may differ from the other ladies, she concluded, ‘I have three sisters and when I’m publicly telling my stories of childhood, [one] will call me and say, “What house were you living in?”
‘Because … everyone has a different story and outline of their life. That’s the analogy I would use with Playmates. Yeah, we were in the same house. We all didn’t experience the same s**t.’
Hefner died from sepsis brought on by an E. coli infection at age 91 on September 27, 2017.
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