š³ HUGH HEFNER'S EX SAYS SHE CAUGHT HIM DOING SOMETHING SO DISTURBING SHE NEVER LEFT HER PET ALONE WITH HIM AGAIN
Updated: Aug 25

Listen...
There are Playboy Mansion stories that make you say, āWell... it WAS the Playboy Mansion.ā
Then there are stories that make you put the phone down, stare into space for a few seconds and wonder why you ever learned how to read.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES.Ā š
Former Playboy model Sondra Theodore, who dated Playboy founder Hugh Hefner from 1976 to 1981, made an absolutely jaw-dropping allegation about Hefner during the A&E documentary series Secrets of Playboy.
According to Theodore, she once walked in on Hefner allegedly engaging in an extremely inappropriate sexual situation involving one of her pets.
YES.
HER PET.
And no, we're not giving you the play-by-play.
Some stories need details.
THIS ONE NEEDS HOLY WATER.Ā š©
š SHE SAID SHE WALKED IN AND SAW IT HERSELF
Theodore didn't claim somebody told her about the alleged incident.
She said she witnessed it herself.
According to her account, she walked in, saw what Hefner was allegedly doing and confronted him.
Now most people caught in an alleged situation THAT bizarre might start apologizing, explaining, running, hiding, changing their name or applying for citizenship on another planet.
But according to Theodore...
HUGH HAD AN EXPLANATION.
And baby...
THE EXPLANATION DID NOT HELP.
š³ āDOGS HAVE NEEDS.ā
According to Theodore's recollection, Hefner's response was essentially:
āDogs have needs.ā
SIR.
FOOD is a need.
WATER is a need.
Going outside is a need.
A walk around the block is a need.
A little squeaky toy from PetSmart?
ABSOLUTELY A NEED.
But whatever Theodore alleged was happening inside that mansion?
THAT WAS NOT ON THE PET CARE CHECKLIST.Ā ššš
Somebody call Dr. Dolittle because apparently there had been a catastrophic breakdown in communication.
šØ SHE SAID SHE NEVER LEFT HER PET ALONE WITH HIM AGAIN
Theodore claimed the incident disturbed her so much that afterward, she wouldn't leave that particular pet alone with Hefner again.
Now just imagine that conversation.
āI'm going to the store.ā
āOkay.ā
āI'm taking the pet.ā
āWhy?ā
YOU KNOW WHY, HUGH.
ššš
All those rooms.
All those parties.
All those famous guests.
All those Playboy Bunnies.
And somebody STILL had to institute a PET SUPERVISION POLICY?!
We have officially gone beyond The Girls Next Door.
This is WHO'S WATCHING THE PET NEXT DOOR?
š° THE PLAYBOY MANSION STORIES HAVE GOTTEN MUCH DARKER
Theodore's allegation was part of a much larger collection of disturbing claims made in Secrets of Playboy. Several former girlfriends and people associated with Playboy described experiences that challenged the glamorous, carefree image Hefner and the Playboy brand presented to the public.
Theodore herself made several serious allegations about her years with Hefner and described a relationship she said became increasingly troubling.
Hefner died in 2017 at age 91, several years before Secrets of PlayboyĀ premiered, so he wasn't alive to respond to this allegation when Theodore made it publicly through the documentary.
And that's important.
The incident remains Sondra Theodore's allegation.Ā It has not been independently established that everything happened exactly as she described it, and the statement attributed to Hefner comes from Theodore's recollection of their exchange.
But did his former longtime girlfriend publicly make this allegation?
YES.
And did she really claim his explanation amounted to ādogs have needsā?
YES. SHE DID.
š© WE HAVE HEARD ENOUGH
We expected stories about Playboy Bunnies.
We expected stories about girlfriends.
We expected stories about celebrities sneaking through the mansion.
We expected wild parties.
We even expected a few stories that couldn't be printed before midnight.
But apparently the Playboy Mansion had a whole other level of secrets nobody asked to unlock.
Close the mansion.
Drain the grotto.
Fold up the silk pajamas.
Put the smoking jacket in storage.
And before anybody locks the front gate...
PLEASE COUNT THE PETS.Ā š
š£ļø WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Do you believe Sondra Theodore's account of what she says she witnessed, or do you think allegations made decades later about someone who is no longer alive to respond should be viewed with extra caution?
š DROP YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE COMMENTS.
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