Hugh Hefner's widow finally 'valued' in new love after 'emotionally abusive' marriage to Playboy boss

Crystal Hefner has opened up astir her caller romance with Hawaiian escapade concern proprietor James Ward, saying she feels "seen and heard" aft moving connected from her "emotionally abusive" matrimony to Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner

Crystal Hefner has candidly shared her travel to uncovering happiness and feeling "seen and heard" aft leaving down what she described arsenic an "emotionally abusive" matrimony with the late Hugh Hefner. Now 38, the ex-Playboy exemplary is basking successful the glow of a blossoming romance with Hawaiian escapade concern proprietor James Ward. Crystal couldn't assistance but rave astir her beau, saying: "With James, my feelings are valued, validated."

Her caller commencement successful emotion follows the passing of Hugh successful 2017. Crystal, who was wed to the Playboy mogul for fractional a decennary until his death, aboriginal confessed that she had "never been successful love" with him and adjacent labelled him "emotionally abusive" portion promoting her tell-all book, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself.

As the Playboy mansion undergoes a monolithic makeover pursuing years of neglect, Crystal's idiosyncratic beingness is besides getting a revamp.

Hugh Hefner's intimate beingness has been described arsenic 'odd and robotic', with claims helium was 'less sex-savvy than teenagers', reports the Mirror US.

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In her existent section with James, Crystal feels genuinely acknowledged. She elaborated: "I'm nurturing the existent me, my adventurous spirit, my interior child." In a heartfelt interrogation withPeople Magazine, Crystal divulged however transformative her caller emotion has been. She stated: "I consciousness similar I've go the idiosyncratic I ever needed erstwhile I was increasing up. I consciousness accepted and much myself than ever before."

Crystal and James sparked romance rumours successful April aft being introduced by pals. Opening up to the Daily Mail, the erstwhile Playmate shared, "I person met idiosyncratic who is wonderful, kind, caring, normal. It's everything. It is simply a beauteous relationship."

James, the proprietor of SeeThrough Sea successful Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, offers thrilling escapade and photography tours. Crystal's blossoming emotion beingness follows her candid revelations astir her precocious hubby portion promoting her memoir successful January.

Speaking to E! News, she reflected connected her past marriage, saying, "In immoderate ways that helium treated me, I conscionable felt, OK, this feline can't truly beryllium successful emotion with me," and described the narration arsenic "emotionally abusive" and "It was emotionally abusive. It was precise restrictive. I didn't realise however atrocious it was until I was distant from it for a while."

She confessed that it took immoderate clip distant to realise the grade of the issue.

She besides highlighted a "really large powerfulness imbalance" and however she felt she had "lost" herself during their union. In a startling admittance during her publication interviews, Crystal claimed she had ne'er genuinely been "in love" with Hugh.