{"id":897797,"date":"2026-10-28T18:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897797\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:06:08","slug":"hugh-hefners-widow-names-oscar-winner-who-used-playboy-mansion-as-a-drive-thru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897797\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Hefner&#8217;s widow names Oscar winner who used Playboy Mansion as a &#8216;drive-thru&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Hefner\u2019s widow, Crystal Hefner, claims Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson treated the Playboy Mansion like his personal \u201cdrive-thru.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Playmate, 40, alleged Nicholson was such a frequent visitor to the infamous Los Angeles estate that the women who lived there gave it a cheeky nickname.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey used to call it Jack Nicholson\u2019s drive-thru at one point because he would drive up, grab some food or whatever else he could get there and leave,\u201d she said during an episode of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HuqD7kdURJc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cAfter the Mansion\u201d show.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nicholson\u2019s daughter, Lorraine, previously opened up about her experiences at the Playboy Mansion, where she spent much of her childhood playing with Hefner\u2019s sons Marston and Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>Crystal Hefner claimed Jack Nicholson was a frequent Playboy Mansion guest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey used to call it Jack Nicholson\u2019s drive-thru at one point,\u201d she said. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople assume that my father took me to the Mansion, but they assume wrong,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/lorraine-nicholson-childhood-at-playboy-mansion?srsltid=AYCX9vJc675PQV1chGTC-xgfHknVE0Q8cQxmFvEe-eEtFKD5swoO7fzE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote in a 2024 essay for Vanity Fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, I can venture with confidence that I spent more time there than my father ever did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lorraine explained it was actually her nanny, who had previously worked as Hefner\u2019s social secretary, who brought her to the sprawling property.<\/p>\n<p>A rep for Nicholson didn\u2019t respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Crystal, 40, who married the Playboy founder in 2012, also claimed her late husband was obsessed with rubbing elbows with Hollywood\u2019s biggest stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing that mattered most to Hef was fame,\u201d she shared. \u201cAny celebrity was treated extremely well whenever they visited. He would have Bill Maher for chats, hang with Berry Gordy of Motown and then you\u2019d see plenty of other people there. Buzz Aldrin, the original Catwoman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crystal said Hugh Hefner loved celebrities visiting the mansion. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The couple was married until the Playboy founder\u2019s death in 2017. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Crystal\u2019s latest revelations come on the heels of her <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/10\/27\/celebrity-news\/hugh-hefners-widow-crystal-accuses-late-playboy-founder-of-rape-incest-as-she-details-horrific-sex-acts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disturbing allegations of sexual abuse against her late husband<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During a Tuesday appearance on the \u201cLisa Guerrero Unleashed\u201d podcast, Crystal suggested she had been raped by Hefner during their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do believe that I did whatever he wanted me to do. And if that involved sex, then I just did what he wanted me to do,\u201d she said when asked whether she believed she had been raped.<\/p>\n<p>She also alleged Hugh forced her and other women to use dirty sex toys and pressured twin sisters to engage in sexual activity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is incest. That is disgusting,\u201d Crystal said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want them to have to do something like that with each other. So that was very, very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>She has recently accused her late husband of terrible sexual abuse. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>She claimed the mogul forced her to use dirty sex toys. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She and the \u201cGirls Next Door\u201d star remained married until he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2017\/10\/03\/hugh-hefner-died-of-cardiac-arrest-while-battling-e-coli\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died from cardiac arrest<\/a> and respiratory failure at the age of 91 in September 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In her 2024 memoir, <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"1538765683\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FOnly-Say-Good-Things-Surviving%2Fdp%2F1538765683%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F10%2F28%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fhugh-hefners-widow-names-oscar-winner-who-used-playboy-mansion-as-a-drive-thru%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cOnly Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself,\u201d <\/a>Crystal alleged Hugh attempted to control her by telling her to lose weight and what to wear.<\/p>\n<p>Since his death, she has been outspoken against him, confessing she was never \u201cin love\u201d with him, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/01\/24\/celebrity-news\/hugh-hefner-was-bad-in-bed-widow-crystal-says-teenage-boys-are-savvy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">belittling his skills in the bedroom<\/a> and exposing the \u201cgross\u201d conditions of his beloved Playboy Mansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugh Hefner\u2019s widow, Crystal Hefner, claims Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson treated the Playboy Mansion like his personal \u201cdrive-thru.\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[91,348631,88,90137,49118,45211,295946],"class_list":["post-897797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrity-news","tag-crystal-hefner","tag-entertainment","tag-hugh-hefner","tag-jack-nicholson","tag-playboy","tag-playboy-mansion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}