VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-22
“I think I was absolutely brainwashed, but there was nothing out there that validated me,”
Crystal Hefner · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22
Crystal Hefner reflected on feeling brainwashed during her marriage to Hugh Hefner on a podcast.
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