Simply hours earlier than the debut of the A&E docuseries, Secrets of Playboy, Cooper Hefner is talking out in assist of his late dad, Hugh Hefner.
Within the A&E sequence, which is able to premiere on Jan. 24, a number of people together with Hugh’s former girlfriends and former members of workers allege negative and coercive experiences throughout their time on the famed Playboy mansion.
On Jan. 24, the 30-year-old—who served because the chief artistic officer at Playboy Enterprises in 2016 and later as chief of worldwide partnerships in 2019—issued a press release in protection of his father on Twitter.
“Some could not approve of the life my Dad selected, however my father was not a liar,” Cooper, whose mother is Hugh’s ex-wife Kimberley Conrad, wrote. “Nevertheless unconventional, he was honest in his strategy and lived actually. He was beneficiant in nature and cared deeply for individuals. These salacious tales are a case examine of remorse turning into revenge.”
Though Cooper didn’t point out the precise program or any individuals by title, his assertion comes simply days after A&E released a teaser of the upcoming special, which, as acknowledged in a press launch beforehand, guarantees to “raise the veil” on the “long-hidden tales” of Playboy.
