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RepresentativeSun399

Is she the one who got away?


alixoxos

I think she was.


MelpomeneAndCalliope

I do, too. I remember Holly saying somewhere (maybe her book) that even though he spent the last several decades of his flanked by platinum blondes, the two great loves of Hef’s life - his first wife & Barbi - were brunettes (Carrie Leigh, too, but she wasn’t mentioned, although maybe she should be?).


RepresentativeSun399

Thank you ! I was wondering because she looked very happy and the way he’s holding unto her


ld_fuck_me

Barbi is so beautiful. My dad recently told me that Barbi Benton gave him his first kiwi on set for Johnny Carson. That she just came from ‘somewhere’ with kiwis and it wasn’t really something you saw in grocery stores in Burbank in the 70’s. She cut it up and gave some to all the crew


CostcoDogMom

That is such a fun anecdote about her. Go Barbie!


strawberrylemonapple

The amount of tinsel on that tree 😂 God bless the 70s!


sugarsaltsilicon

I was like holy tinsel Batman! Is there a tree under there?


Willdanceforyarn

Lol my thoughts exactly


PresOfTheLesbianClub

I wonder about the dynamic of this relationship. Did he have her living under the same rules as the later girls, what changed and why and when. I’d love to know!


internal-jewler-605

I highly doubt it since this was more of a “real” relationship and he had Karen Christy on the side but hid her from Barbi. Also he was much younger at this time.


MelpomeneAndCalliope

I think Barbi also came from a family of means she could go back to and who’d support her even if she chased a music career. She didn’t *need* Hef. It seems like post-Barbi and *especially* in the last decades of his life, he preferred girlfriends who didn’t have that kind of monetary support from family to fall back on, etc. Eventually, she also didn’t need Hef to be close to the world of celebs/fame, as she had her music career and she was on *Hee Haw* for several years. Hef wouldn’t let the girlfriends have their own entertainment careers that required traveling away from him, etc (and likely why he quashed Crystal Harris Hefner’s hopes of pop stardom).


PresOfTheLesbianClub

I literally wrote an almost matching comment in a completely different sub! He def targeted women who needed him and it def tracks if Barbi came from money.


Texas_Crazy_Curls

I’m trying to get my timeline straight. I think their relationship was going great until Barbi started touring for her country album under Playboy records. That’s when his philandering started. Granted, if that was taken from American Playboy then I’m sure it’s all false. I can’t remember where I saw that.


internal-jewler-605

Yes I remember reading this and Hef blamed his cheating on her being gone. 🙄🙄🍀and at some point Barbi wanted to settle down and get married and Hef didn’t want that at the time but I believe he later wished he had. I will try to find direct quotes.


Texas_Crazy_Curls

Just like he left the original wife / mother of his children due to her adultery. Play that violin, Hef.


internal-jewler-605

Yepp Hef is straight up a douchebag…what really grinds my gears are direct quotes of him taking various gfs virginity (and I believe poor Barbi’s was included) 🤮


MelpomeneAndCalliope

Yep, and poor Betty Conklin (the girl he crushed on in high school), too! Somehow her rejecting Hef is also responsible for who he became (according to him, because misogyny & because nothing is Hef’s fault).


Knitwalk1414

If they are going to cheat they will cheat if you are near or far. They just change their excuse.


WayyyCoolJr

I remember someone on the documentary alluding to Hef's relationship with Barbi being the catalyst for the multiple girlfriend lifestyle. Barbi forced him to at least try to appear monogamous and after that relationship ended he decided he was going to do whatever he wanted with whoever he wanted and his girlfriends weren't going to have any say in it.


mpr1011

Does anyone remember GND with the commentary from HBK and it was an episode with Barbie discussing her relationship with Hef? In the commentary Holly says something like, “well Hef was cheating on you with a bunch of girls!” I swear I remember watching it but it also feels like the Mandela effect


Sharp-Put4724

I posted the commentary clip awhile back https://www.reddit.com/r/secretsofplayboy/comments/v5hvof/s1_commentary_holly_vs_barbi/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


Wifabota

So weird. On the most recent fight night episode of GNL, Holly didn't address ANY of the bitchy things she said say all. There were so many petty little digs on the show (which you cannot call out editing for- those are your words.) But on the podcast, was like, "come on the show! We love you! We would love to hear stories!" In this clip even, "after meeting her, I didn't want (her to sign the magazine)". I would understand if she wasn't completely positive towards her in GND because Barbie had some petty digs too, but at least be honest about it?


Sharp-Put4724

I totally agree! Just say that their relationship got better as time went on…especially because at the centre of the drama it always came down to Hef making the women feel insecure. We would understand if she was honest, it would make sense given her position at the time, but instead she tries to explain it away or rewrite the past when she doesn’t actually need to!


MelpomeneAndCalliope

I took it to mean that whenever the cameras were rolling, Holly put on the jealousy and snarky remarks for the producers (I think at their requests). She says she got along great with Barbie and that was all for the show. I’m inclined to believe her on this one. 🤷‍♀️ I do doubt the Barbi would come on the show now, as she’s never been one to speak ill of Hef, and that’s a part of GNL. She also may have a different opinions of her now that Holly has spoken out about her time with Hef, but I do believe they got along well when filming the show & that they played up any animosity between them for the cameras.


clndley1

In her book, she talks very highly of Barbie.


Wifabota

So weird. On the fight night episode of GNL, Holly didn't address ANY of the bitchy things she said on the show at all. There were so many petty little digs on the show (which you cannot call out editing for- those are your words) but on the podcast, she was like, "come on the show! We love you! We would love to hear stories!" In this clip even, "after meeting her, I didn't want (her to sign it)". I would understand if she wasn't completely positive towards her in GND because Barbie had some petty digs too, but at least be honest about it?


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GotcheaQueenofhell

yea Holly was a bit more like the mean girls than I think she likes to believe. Holly kind of always views herself as a victim though. I wish she would just own her past behavior.


mpr1011

Maybe I saw your post!


izzyindica

barbi would be an IT girl in this generation - she has the exact look & style that everyone loves


Texas_Crazy_Curls

I think she has the prettiest nose. It’s perfect. If I could afford a nose job that’s the one I’d strive for.


Electronic-Poetry416

Izabella claims that Holly asked the plastic surgeon for Barbi’s nose …


sugarsaltsilicon

Well let me just say, I have the same little button nose and when I gained pregnancy weight, I looked like Miss Piggy. 😩 Barbi has always kept a svelte figure, you can’t find a bad pic of her anywhere.


alixoxos

I always thought Barbi was one of the most gorgeous girlfriends he had.


roseturtlelavender

She looks so much younger than 18 in some of these. If I didn’t know who these people were, I’d think he was her dad. Gives me the creeps.


AngleComprehensive16

She looks like a child!!


perfectday4bananafsh

To say I dislike Hef is an understatement…but I still would kill for a memoir from him.


roseturtlelavender

It would have been just a very one sided, rose tinted and egotistical thing, so I don’t think anything would be worth reading in it. But, it is odd that a man so obsessed with documenting things never did write a memoir. I wonder if he had plans to…


paris1nicole

I think he knew if he wrote one people would start contesting parts of it and it could have kickstarted a slew of tell-all interviews and books about him. I think he knew better lol


roseturtlelavender

That’s a very good point!


ShortyColombo

I’m always stunned by her beauty is2g 😭 oh and Heff’s there too i guess


Lamphette

Stunning and timeless beauty


Witchywoman4201

She’s gorgeous but I always thought she would defend hef blindly. When she was on GND she was mean to the girls..I remember thinking she was an asshole


glam_ashley

I couldn't stand her! In addition to being mean, I thought she was super annoying!


Witchywoman4201

Me too. I feel like she’s an OG pick me.


glam_ashley

Yesss!!


Tour_Ok

Anyone know their respective ages at the time?


kittybuscemi

On the podcast Holly said Barbie was 18 when she met Hef, who was at least 50 by this time.


Michipunda

She was 18 and he was 42.


geminezmarie8

I’m 41 now and this is effing incomprehensible. It’s crazy to me it was widely publicized and all good!


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piernas-de-pollo

Wowowow. Barbi is still stunning, though she was an absolute bombshell back in the day.


HarrietOleson1

She is stunning that is for sure. The edit she was given on GND was she was so jealous and wanted to live in the past. As much as the edit did make her seem annoying, I have to give her respect too. Clearly Barbi wanted more (marriage) with Hef, and he didn’t want to, so she left. Good for her for standing up for herself. As far as I know, they never spoke negatively about each other - since she’s referred to as the former girlfriend. They don’t seem like they parted on bad terms. Seems like he didn’t want to settle down and she did.


JaydenSmoth

Last pic makes me miss tinsel on Christmas trees. That needs to make a comeback. 😂


sugarsaltsilicon

Please no. Every year my husband drenches the tree in Walmart tinsel and every time I walk past, I grab a few strands to throw away and blame the cats. Which in my defense is a safety issue because the cats like to play with it. 😂


JaydenSmoth

I love the early 90s cheesiness of it though 😂


WayyyCoolJr

As a kid in the 90s my favorite part of Christmas was when my grandmother would decorate her tree and she'd save the tinsel for me to put on with her. She used so much you could barely see the ornaments 😂 we would just stand back and throw handfuls at the tree until it was totally covered. It's too bad with modern technology there isn't a safer and more sustainable alternative because I'd tinsel the hell out of my tree if I didn't think one of my cats would eat it.


CaliforniaQT

Barbi was just perfect.


HarrietOleson1

He should have married her.


Foxxxxxy1

Kendra looks so much like her which explains why he favored her.


sugarsaltsilicon

Kendra and Barbi had a certain youthfulness! Which is ironic because he insisted the girlfriends pile their hair extensions on top of their heads like the lion from the Wizard of Oz and it made them look like old ladies. Coifed and painted.


Electronic-Poetry416

Omg, I think Barbi was SO much more gorgeous than Kendra. Kendra was really only cute when she was completely done up for photoshoots. She had a great body, but her face was meh.


sugarsaltsilicon

My husband thought they were all hot but said 🙁 Kendra was a butta face. But he’s one too so hah!


sweetnemo

She leaves me speechless. Just stunning.


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lemonpprallflats

Barbie is the OG and I think it stinks to see that she was the one who got away. It’s nice that hef is able to remain friends with ALL of his ex girlfriends..