HUGH HEFNER HAS PASSED AWAY, HE DIED WEDNESDAY AT HIS HOME IN
THE PLAYBOY MANSION IN THE HOLMBY HILLS, HE
WAS 91.
MARILYN MONROE REALLY LAUNCH THE PUBLICATION OF PLAYBOY.
HE HAD PURCHASED A NUDE PHOTO OF MARILYN MONROE, FOR $500
IT IS NOW INFAMOUS.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION ABOUT HEARING ABOUT THE PASSING?
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON POP TRIGGER AND YOU ARE RIGHT
WHEN YOU SAID IT IS THE END OF AN ERA.
HE WOULD ALWAYS SHOW UP AND STUFF, HE WAS THE CAMEO
KING EVERYTHING FROM EPISODES OF ENTOURAGE TO BEVERLY HILLS COP.
HE WAS SOMEONE WHO DID SO MANY CRAZY THINGS.
>>BY THE WAY, MENTIONING I LOVE LUCY MADE ME REALIZE THEY
WOULD NOT EVEN SHOW LUCY AND DESI IN THE SAME BED TOGETHER.
THAT'S HOW PRUDISH THE COUNTRY WAS AT THAT TIME.
FOR SOMEONE LIKE HUGH HEFNER TO COME ALONG AND DO WHAT HE DID,
IT WAS RISKY.
FOR ME THE MOST MEMORABLE THING WAS WHEN HE
TALKED ABOUT HAVING SEX WITH A MAN TO EXPERIMENT.
HE SAID THAT IN AN INTERVIEW AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO COURAGEOUS.
HE DOESN'T IDENTIFY AS GAY BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SEXUAL
EXPERIMENTATION ñ
MEN DON'T GET THAT SAME TYPE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT.
FOR HIM TO COME OUT AND SAY THAT WAS PRETTY BRAVE.
>> AMIR BROUGHT UP A SHORT STORY THEY RAN WHERE THEY SWITCH THE
PREVALENCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY AND HETERO, AND IT WAS THE
HOMOSEXUALS THAT WERE STIGMATIZED BEING HETEROSEXUALS,
AND THAT GIVE PEOPLE PERSPECTIVE.
AND FOR ALL THE TALK ABOUT THE IDEA THAT HUGH HEFNER LED TO THE
OBJECTIFICATION OF WOMEN IN CULTURE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT IS THINGS TO PLAYBOY WHO IN A TIME
WHEN YOU COULD NOT SAY PREGNANT ON TV MADE IT SO THAT WE ARE
FACED WITH THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
>> HE HAD SUCH AN AMAZING LIFE, HE DID SO MUCH, IT DOESN'T
MEAN ALL OF IT WAS GOOD.
BUT WHEN SOMEONE PASSES I THINK IT IS OKAY TO CELEBRATE
THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND ALSO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT WE ARE
CRITICAL ABOUT.
NO ONE IS HERE SAYING THAT HUGH HEFNER WAS
A SAINT.
>>WHO IS?
>> THERE ARE SOME THAT DON'T GET THAT PRIVILEGE.