Shortly after Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris ended their engagement in June, the Playboy mogul said Harris let him keep Charlie, their shared Cavalier King Charles spaniel.
The Puppy "Charlie"
Charlie, the Cavalier King Charles spaniel dog
But now, Hefner, 85, says he and his former fiancée, 25, are still going back and forth about who gets permanent ownership of the pooch.
Hefner told PEOPLE on Thursday at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
"We both love the puppy. I told her if she wants to keep the ring and the Bentley, then maybe I can keep the puppy. I [hope] we will work it out."
Playboy July 2011 Cover
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The Ring
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The Bentley
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The Wedding Invitation
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The Wedding Cancellation
The Wedding Ring Auction
An unnamed source claims that
"Crystal couldn’t bear to look at the ring anymore because it brought back bad memories”
So naturally, the logical step is to put that bad memory up for a very public auction. While prior reports claimed Hefner paid $90,000 for the ring, Christie’s only set an estimate of $20,000-$30,000 on the ring. The lot description on the Christie’s reads:
A diamond ring. Set with a circular-cut diamond, weighing approximately 3.39 carats, to the circular-cut diamond hoop, mounted in platinum.
A diamond isn’t always forever, sometimes it’s only for 6 months, especially for Hugh Hefner’s ex-fiancee Crystal Harris.
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The Big Cry
Crystal Harris has revealed she called off her wedding to Hugh Hefner because she couldn't cope with the Playboy mogul's lifestyle.
The 25-year-old blonde, who was due to marry the 85-year-old at his mansion on Saturday, feels 'relieved' the ceremony has been called off but regrets 'disappointing everybody.'
In a tearful interview with America's Entertainment Tonight, she said: 'I wasn't the only woman in Hef's life. I didn't feel comfortable in my heart knowing that and getting married to him, because a marriage is between two people.
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Crystal told Entertainment Tonight.
'That's not what our relationship was.'
Hefner has long been famous for having multiple girlfriends and it seems he had no plans to change his ways.
She also blames 'stress' of having to deal with legal experts for her shock decision.
She said.
"We had to deal with lawyers, I never had a lawyer for anything. I'm going to pre-nup lawyers and lawyers to do a show - we had a two-hour special on Lifetime underway - lawyer meeting contracts, all kinds of stuff.. it was crazy."
Pre-nups and nasty lawyers have a tendency to do that to some gold digger chicks.
"The View" Interview
COMMENTARY: The Pope warned the world during his traditional serman on the eve of Christmas about, "too much glitter during Christmas," which is why this article had to be my very first post-Christmas blog post. It's so apropos.
What a life of pure ecstacy and glitter. The Pope must've been thinking of Hef and the Playboy Mansion girls when he said there was just too much glitter during Christmas (i.e. the over-commercialization of Christmas) and that the problems of the poor, sick and down trowden are swept under the rug.
When the 85-year old Playboy mogurl Hugh Hefner became engaged with Crystal Harris, the 25-year old Playmate and live-in at the Playboy Mansion, I got visions of little "Hef" baby boy or girl running throughout the Playboy mansion, but it was not to be. Instead, the world was shocked to receive this Tweet from Hef:
"The wedding is off. Crystal has had a change of heart."
Crystal later reponded with this post on her website.
"After much deep reflection and thought I have decided to end my engagement with Hef. I have the utmost respect for Hef and wish him the best going forward. I hope the media will give each of us the privacy we deserve during this time."
Hef invited over 300 people to the wedding using Papeterie custom-made invitations (see above), which called for a pink Romona Keveza gown and Torrance Bakery strawberry cake.
If Hef and Crystal had beeen married, this would've been Hef's third marriage, and her first. Hef filed for divorce in 2009 from his second wife, former playmate Kimberly Conrad. He was previously married to Mildred Williams, whom he divorced in 1959.
Harris's manager Michael Blakey tells PEOPLE.
"I heard the sad news today this morning. The split was a mutual decision and the two remain good friends."
The Final Talley
So just how much did Hugh's relationship and engagement to Crystal Harris cost him? Here's a rough estimate:
- Playboy Mansion room and board from January 2009 to October 2011 ($10,000/mo) - 22 months x $10,000 = $220,000.
- Weekly Playmate Allowance ($1,000 per week) - 96 weeks x $1.000 = $96,000.
- Playboy Playmate fee - $1,000,000
- Playboy travel and entertainment for things like dinners, trips, parties, etc. ($2,000 per month) - 22 months x $2,000 = $44,000.
- Engagement ring - $90,000
- Bentley Continental GT automobile - $170,000
- Gifts and other goodies - $50,000
- Wedding costs and reception - $150,000
- Attorney's fees - $25,000
- TOTAL: $1.750,000
I was very conservative with the cost estimates, and I left out the costs of music and singing lessons, recording, etc. that Hef paid to help out Crystal pursue her music career, so Hef probably paid out about $2 million just for Crystal when it's all said and done.
Here's the video of Crystal Harris' debut album "Club Queen." Was it money well spent?
On the positive side of the ledger, the July 2011 "Runaway Bride" issue sold 450,000 issues at the newstand at $4.95 per issue for total newstand sales of $2.250 million. After deducting printing and distribution costs, Hef netted about half or $1.250 million, so he only lost about $750,000 on Crystal Harris. The publicity he got was worth at least that, and probably more, so when it's all said and done, the engagement was a win-win for Hef and Crystal. Crystal got her music career launched and Hef sold more Playboy mags.
I did find the following video of Crystal at a pool party at the MGM Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, dancing and drinking champagne with another very beautiful and curavacous Bunny friend. Notice that they are leafing through a magazine, probably the Playboy "Runaway Bride" July 2011 issue.
Anyway, Heff is a whole lot happier now, with his two new girlfriends, and attendant harem. What a life.
Courtesy of an article dated December 26, 2011 appearing in CNN
This is great 85 yr old man marries 25 yr old girl...it doesn't matter if its Hef or not explain that at Christmas dinner with the folks and family " Aww honey thats great you brought someone from the Senior home" LOL
Posted by: SEO Backlinks X | 12/31/2012 at 06:15 PM
Andy, Hef is no dummy, he recovered very quickly after the engagement and wedding were cancelled by Crystal. Yes, I agree. Crystal should've returned the ring, but I have a feeling that Hef didn't want it back. He paid $90K, but if you look at Christie's bid ticket, its valued at $20-$30K. You can bet somebody bought that ring for more. This only goes to show you that the One Percenters are enjoying themselves and throw money around like drunken sailors. I don't feel bad for Hef. He's 85. He's writing his memories. He will kickover to the Playboy Mansion in the clouds anytime soon. It will be one hell of a funeral. Let him have his fun. Thank you for your comments. Hope you will continue to visit my blog regularly. Tommy
Posted by: Tommy | 04/25/2012 at 08:30 AM
Wow that sounds horrible to turn around and sell the wedding ring directly after cancelling the wedding. She could atleast have given it back to hugh so he could give it to one of his other girlfriends ;)
Posted by: andy | 04/24/2012 at 05:52 PM
Can't stand the sight of the ring so putting it up for auction is the logical choice. Just your typical gold digger right there.
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Posted by: hotornot | 01/26/2012 at 01:20 AM
Jerry from OCE,
thanks for your comments. Crystal didn't expect a prenup from Hef. Hef's no dummy. He knew she's a golddigger. Been there, done that. When you are a billionaire, you always get a prenup. He said he did it for her. With conditions, of course. She made out to the tune of $2 million. Nice girls at OCE.
Posted by: Tommy | 12/29/2011 at 05:45 AM
Yeah right, she just couldn't stand the sight of the engagement ring, it just brought back bad memories.
What a total fakey flakey!
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