![]() ![]() Hefner had tremendous power to stop anyone looking to tell this story,” Tetenbaum said in a statement. “I was not able to publish this book until now because the publishing world could not take a risk with such a giant figure in the media world. The author, who also appeared in the A&E series, says he initially wrote the book nearly 40 years ago, but publishers at the time balked at Hefner’s power. ![]() ![]() According to Tetenbaum, it’s been a long time coming. The memoir, from Around the Way publishing, is now available digitally on Amazon and Kindle. “Working alongside Hefner gave me incredible insight into the daily life and times of such a complex man and the world he created. “My story at the Playboy Mansion West during the peak years 1978-80s was an extraordinary period of Playboy Enterprises’ power and fame,” Tetenbaum told Variety in an exclusive statement. Written by Stefan Tetenbaum, who served as Hefner’s personal butler in the late ’70s and early ’80s, The Dark Secrets of Playboy details Tetenbaum’s experiences at the Playboy mansion, providing a revealing - and potentially damning - glimpse into the Playboy founder’s day to day life. Following the conclusion of A&E’s bombshell docuseries, Secrets of Playboy, the latest chapter in Hugh Hefner’s long-overdue reckoning has just dropped with the publication of his former butler’s tell-all memoir. ![]()
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