Hugh Hefner's son 'did not feel welcome' growing up in the Playboy Mansion

24 October 2023 , 15:25

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Hugh's son Marston has been discussing life in the Playboy Mansion

Hugh Hefner's son has opened up about life growing up in the Playboy Mansion.

Marston Hefner joined former Playmates Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt for a chat about what it was like to live in one of the most iconic adult industry properties surrounded by his father's glamorous girlfriends. He admitted how he found the staff treated him badly at the residence when he reached a certain age as he chatted to the girls.

He explained: "The staff were really mean to me at a certain point. They were really f***ed up to me. It was kind of like, I was the son who was living off my father's success is my guess of what it was. Jealously, or they thought I was entitled. They felt like I really didn't belong."

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Marston had a close bond with his dad Hugh (WireImage)

Marston discussed life as young boy in the Mansion (marston101/Instagram)

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Marston, 33, added that while he was a young boy he was treated well but as he developed into a teenager and young adult things changed noting "at that age, I did not feel welcome." Holly and Bridget then highlighted how they also had negative experiences with some staff members.

Holly recalled: "This guy hated me and said I was the biggest stuck up b**** and I obviously have an agenda." The chat then moved to the topic of food as they discussed how Hugh would eat lamb chops for dinner every night and would get upset if they weren't there.

Marston said: "He needed it, and would get angry if it wasn't there. If what he expected wasn't there. If the lambchops weren't there, he would get upset. That part of my father really makes me wonder. What is it that he needed that routine." Holly then speculated that perhaps he had OCD or autism as she shared: "I thought about maybe being on the spectrum or maybe OCD, or even just the way at a young age, his life exploded, maybe there's just certain things you hang onto that like, 'Wow, I have all this going on around me. Maybe I just need these touchstone things.'"

Holly and Bridget with Hugh (WireImage)

Bridget agreed adding: "I feel like it was a way to stay in control too, and that was very important to him." The controlling aspect of Hugh's character led to him setting curfews for his girlfriends and telling them who they could or couldn't talk to in the Mansion.

Marston said: "Maybe just doing these little things made him feel like, 'I'm safe. My life is good. I have what I need." He then recalled how some of his favourite memories from life in the Mansion came from when he would play chess with his dad on Tuesdays for family night.

He said: "It was a moment in our lives where he took like, a really special focus on me, and he was just really loving, really supportive. He would play chess with me every Tuesday for family night, and at some point I beat him. I think I beat him legitimately and he was so happy."

Marston continued: "The joy that he had instead of being like, 'You shouldn't of.' He was just really proud of me, and I think that moment of time was my favourite."

Ayeesha Walsh