# Hugh Hefner jilted **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483 "2011-06-14T20:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/21 "2011-06-15T00:06:21Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Who says? Time to change that antiquated rule. Now you know why they call them _old wives’ tales_.😉 > [@astro](#): > > [She left him crying in the chapel](http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2005_The_Girls_Next_Door__I_ll_Take_Manhattan/005GNDITM_Hugh_M_Hefner_009.jpg). No, that’s just his “I pissed myself again” look. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/22 "2011-06-15T00:14:46Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > How sad. How’s he going to find another woman at his age? How’s he going to find another woman _her_ age! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/23 "2011-06-15T00:15:31Z")
> [@lukeinva](#): > > How’s he going to find another woman _her_ age! 😛 By ringing a bell and saying “Next!” ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/24 "2011-06-15T01:03:19Z")
I’m somewhat interested in jewelry, and back when the engagement was announced, one of the jewelry-nerd websites I follow noted that the diamond was a 3.5 carat VVS2 E color diamond, worth $60,000 at least. (He probably paid a considerable premium for it, since he bought it from a jeweler and not at auction - he might have shelled out $70-80k for it.) Wonder if she gets to keep the ring? I bet there’ll be a lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/25 "2011-06-15T01:14:58Z")
I’m having a psychic vision even as we speak. We will see her with that ring somewhere in a city in a desert. She will go into a shop run by several wheezing men and say “I’ve had this engagement ring for a while, but I decided somebody else would probably enjoy it more than me so I shouldn’t be selfish. And getting that eviction notice just clinched it!” An appraiser will say it’s worth between $45,000 and $60,000. She’ll tell a bald man named Rick she wants $90,000 “because $45,000 and $60,000 is $105,000, you’ll make $15,000”. He’ll offer her $20,000 and they’ll make a deal for $35,000. One called Chum will say how much he loved Hugh Hefner’s song “Hip to Be Square” to which a Big Hoss will say “That’s Huey Lewis” to which Chum will say “I thought he’s the pie-in-the-face guy with all the crippled kids”. Cutaway to an Old Man telling how “In my day if an old man wanted him a young piece of tail he didn’t get engaged, he just paid her $3 and a Hershey’s Bar and she was happy, he was happy”. Then there will be a poll on What item in the Pawn Shop has caused the most deaths? A. An 18th century blunderbuss B. A Bowie Knife that once belonged to Miss Barbara Stanwyck C. A Vial of Pure Heroin from the Jim Hendrix Estate D. A Box of Flavor Ade Lime found at Jonestown The answer will be B. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/26 "2011-06-15T03:12:37Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Who says? Time to change that antiquated rule. Let’s make a new one. He who is rich gets the pussy. While we’re at it, we need a new term because “May-December” doesn’t cut it. I’ll go with “Mayan-Gregorian.” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/27 "2011-06-15T03:48:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Absent that, isn’t the usual divorce arrangement for everything to be split 50-50? Not necessarily, at least in my state. There is a rebuttable presumption that _marital property_ should be divided 50/50, but _marital property_ means property acquired during the marriage, or separate property that has been comingled with marital property. In the event of a divorce, I suspect that the bulk of his assets would be held to be his separate property assuming he didn’t comingle. She’d likely get a nice payday in a divorce, but not half of everything he’s got. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/28 "2011-06-15T03:52:44Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I know 19 is above the age of consent, the age of consent to have sex with an 81 year old should be bumped to at least 35. > > An old rule of thumb is that the youngest woman a man should date is half-his age plus 7, which for Hugh would be 49-50. Lea Thompson, Meg Ryan, Heather Locklear and Bonnie Hunt are all in this category- not sure which ones are single, but I think they’d look way less disgusting with them. (Julia Louis Dreyfus is also in this category but she already has an ancient gazillionaire [her father] who’ll make her rich when he dies, plus she’s rich already.) > > I’m getting a good vibe off a Hefner-Thompson alliance. I need to strike now while the iron is soft if I want to make my matchmaker fees. Thompson is married (and she’s been married over twenty years so it looks pretty stable). Ryan, Locklear, and Hunt are all currently single. I’d recommend Hunt - she’s apparently not seeing anyone and, as a bonus, she was a nurse before getting into show business so she’ll bring usual skills into the marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/29 "2011-06-15T04:19:14Z")
Will no one think of the billionaires? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/30 "2011-06-15T11:29:22Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > In the event of a divorce, I suspect that the bulk of his assets would be held to be his separate property assuming he didn’t comingle. From what I hear, comingling is his usual bedtime routine. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/31 "2011-06-15T13:08:43Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > An appraiser will say it’s worth between $45,000 and $60,000. She’ll tell a bald man named Rick she wants $90,000 “because $45,000 and $60,000 is $105,000, you’ll make $15,000”. He’ll offer her $20,000 and they’ll make a deal for $35,000. One called Chum will say how much he loved Hugh Hefner’s song “Hip to Be Square” to which a Big Hoss will say “That’s Huey Lewis” to which Chum will say “I thought he’s the pie-in-the-face guy with all the crippled kids”. Cutaway to an Old Man telling how “In my day if an old man wanted him a young piece of tail he didn’t get engaged, he just paid her $3 and a Hershey’s Bar and she was happy, he was happy”. _::: quiet applause :::_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/32 "2011-06-15T15:03:23Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Time to change that antiquated rule. Let’s make a new one. He who is rich gets the pussy. _Naaaah_. That’s the oldest, original rule. 'Course, it still works, so… I think the real reason she split is she suddenly had a moment of clarity, and couldn’t see herself waking up next to the Crypt Keeper every moring. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/33 "2011-06-15T15:13:04Z")
Hef was suppose to marry a 25 year old? I remember 40 years ago when he was doing Barbi Benton, she initially told him “I’ve never dated anyone older than 24”. His reply was “Neither have I”. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/34 "2011-06-15T15:45:38Z")
> [@Tranquilis](#): > > He’s become a trainwreck - a parody of what he once represented. As someone who once read parts of “The Playboy Philosophy” in the mid-60’s, I think he’s always been a parody of what he represented. . ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/35 "2011-06-15T15:53:11Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > As someone who once read parts of “The Playboy Philosophy” in the mid-60’s, I think he’s always been a parody of what he represented. > > . Fair point. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/36 "2011-06-15T16:01:05Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Who says? Time to change that antiquated rule. Let’s make a new one. He who is rich gets the pussy. A[sub]f[/sub] = ( A[sub]m[/sub] / 2 + 7 ) - 4ln W where: A[sub]f[/sub] = acceptable age of female A[sub]m[/sub] = age of male W = net worth in millions This provides a nice logarithmic decrease bonus in the acceptable age based on how much money you have. A 50-year old with no money may date a 32-year old, but a 50-year old with $10 million may date 23-year old. Hef’s net worth is estimated at $43 million, so by the updated formula he could acceptably date 35-year old. So, mathematics proves it: even with a more accurate formula, Hef is still a skeeve. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/37 "2011-06-15T16:13:48Z")
Lots of interesting stuff going on related to the breakup: Crystal Harris had a new song dropping on iTunes the day they split. Hefner retweeted a comment by another poster, something along the lines of “Coincidence? I think not.” Hefner also tweeted that since the wedding wasn’t going to take place, he had scheduled a movie - “_Runaway Bride_” for the Saturday Mansion Movie. “Seems appropriate,” he said. The _New York Post_ is reporting that Cristal Harris has been shopping around plans to leave Hefner at the altar in front of all their guests on their wedding day and asking $500,000 for an exclusive interview afterward. Her publicist’s response? “Not true, _to my knowledge_.” [italics mine] [Cite](http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/hef_honey_plotted_altar_dump_cO7aX2aMwkvjYUlCyIFAQK) There have also been rumors of an affair with Dr. Phil’s son, Jordan McGraw. And finally, there’s this cute video released earlier in the day of the breakup demonstrating [The Crystal Harris Age Gap Cheat Sheet](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f301234b78/the-playboy-app-with-crystal-harris) iPhone app, an app designed to assist young women in knowing what their much older boyfriend is talking about when he makes references to events that took place before they were born. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/38 "2011-06-15T16:22:24Z")
Ouch! Shopping around a “Jilted him AT the altar” deal? I can see where, maybe, such a deal could be made with one of the sleazier news outlets - but it wouldn’t be worth $500k. She’s crazy. ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/39 "2011-06-15T16:23:48Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > I’m not sure if I should feel sorry for him, or amused. I wouldn’t shed any tears for the old codger. It’s pretty obvious this was a ploy for attention from the beginning. What would top the attention the engagement got? A last minute jilting! Hefner’s desperation to regrow interest in the Playboy brand is increasing pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483/40 "2011-06-15T16:28:43Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Ouch! Shopping around a “Jilted him AT the altar” deal? I can see where, maybe, such a deal could be made with one of the sleazier news outlets - but it wouldn’t be worth $500k. She’s crazy. Yeah, the article says that while there was definitely interest, she didn’t get offers anywhere near a half million. My guess is that word got back to Hef, sparking the argument they allegedly had right before the breakup. Hefner is denying an argument but I doubt he would want to confirm he was being played like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-hefner-jilted/585483.md?page=3)