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Richard Roeper

‘Secrets of Playboy’ recalls the ugly side of Hefner’s empire of beauty

Holly Madison, seen in 2005 as one of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends, says on “Secrets of Playboy” that he “controlled every aspect of our lives.” | Paul Hawthorne / Getty Images

“I worked in six clubs. Every club had a scandal. … There’s a was a lot of collateral damage within the Playboy organization. A lot. And the majority of the collateral damage is towards women.” – PJ Masten, who was a “Bunny Mother” for Playboy Clubs from 1972-1982, in “Secrets of Playboy.”

When Hugh Hefner died in 2017 at the age of 91, there was a decidedly mixed reaction to the legacy of the world-famous, Chicago-born founder of Playboy magazine.

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