Crystal Hefner has doubled down on her claim that Jon Lovitz was a constant presence at the Playboy Mansion, calling the actor “one of the biggest pervs” in Hollywood during a podcast interview this week.
The 38-year-old widow of Hugh Hefner made the remarks Tuesday on the “Lisa Guerrero Unleashed” podcast, expanding on accusations she first leveled over the summer after Lovitz publicly challenged her regrets about her marriage. Crystal, who wed the Playboy founder in 2012 when she was 26 and he was 86, described Lovitz, 69, as a regular fixture at mansion parties whose behavior left a lasting impression.
“He would be up there all the time,” she said of the “Saturday Night Live” alum. “His eyes would go front to back [looking at] all the women that walked through the door at the party.”
She branded him a “lurker” and recalled that his dog “peed all over the place,” insisting, “I remember him. Every time, every party.”
The renewed attack follows a July Instagram exchange that ignited the feud. Lovitz had left a scathing comment on Crystal’s video in which she described her “regrets” about marrying Hugh, who died in 2017 at age 91.
“Do you regret the house he bought for you to live in, after his death? And keeping the money, after you sold it? And all the times your mother was at the mansion?” Lovitz asked in the comment.
“And do you regret all he did for you?” the Emmy nominee continued. “And do you regret leaving him and then coming back to marry him?”
Asked about those comments at the time, Crystal said that Lovitz had been the “biggest customer,” She added, “People often reduce my marriage to assumptions about financial benefit, but that overlooks the reality of what I experienced.”
Clarifying that she did not have “ill will” toward Lovitz, she said it was still “disappointing to see someone who spent time enjoying that environment criticize a woman for speaking honestly about her own life.”
On Tuesday’s podcast, Crystal noted that Lovitz was “completely attacked” in her comments section over his remarks. “People were like, ‘Oh, just because someone buys you something, your own husband, then it means they can assault you or hurt you?'” she said.
The model has been increasingly vocal about her negative experiences since releasing her 2024 memoir, “Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself.” In the book and subsequent interviews, she has claimed she was “brainwashed” during her marriage to Hugh.
During the same podcast episode, Crystal alleged that Hugh raped her and described a “disgusting” habit of attempting to get twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon “to engage with each other sexually.”
Podcast host Lisa Guerrero, a former Playboy model herself, also shared her own mansion memories during the conversation. She recalled Golden Globe-nominated actor Ed Begley Jr. Being “there all the time” along with other “stars from the ’90s and ’80s.”
Crystal married marine biologist James Ward in April and has continued to speak publicly about her time in the Playboy world. Her accusations against Lovitz mark a rare instance of a Hollywood figure being named directly in connection with the mansion’s culture, rather than the more commonly discussed role of Hugh himself.
Lovitz’s representative did not respond to a request for comment on Crystal’s latest remarks.
The feud between Crystal and Lovitz began when she posted her regrets about her marriage on Instagram, prompting his pointed questions about her financial benefits from the union. Her response — branding him the mansion’s top customer — shifted the conversation from her own choices to his alleged behavior there.
Crystal’s broader campaign of speaking out has included multiple allegations against Hugh, from emotional manipulation to sexual assault, as she has sought to reframe public understanding of her nearly five-year marriage and the environment that surrounded it.
She continues to promote her memoir and discuss her experiences across media platforms.