# Crystal Harris Urges Jessica Biel to Reconsider Playmates Role

> Hugh Hefner's widow urges Jessica Biel to drop Playmates role after abuse claims.
- Title: Crystal Harris Urges Jessica Biel to Reconsider Playmates Role
- Summary: Hugh Hefner's widow urges Jessica Biel to drop Playmates role after abuse claims. Crystal Harris, Hugh Hefner's former wife, says she experienced sexual…
- Keywords: crystal harris, hugh hefner, jessica biel, playmates, playboy, lorraine nicholson, abuse, Crystal, Harris, Urges, Jessica, Biel
- Source: The Hollywood Reporter — https://hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/crystal-harris-hugh-hefner-jessica-biel-reconsider-wife-role-1236725938
- Author: McKinley Franklin
- Published: 2026-10-09T01:22:20+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: crystal harris, hugh hefner, jessica biel, playmates, playboy, lorraine nicholson, abuse
## Crystal Harris
Crystal Harris, Hugh Hefner's former wife, urges Jessica Biel to reconsider playing his wife in Playmates after abuse claims.

> i experienced sexual, emotional, financial and physical abuse in that relationship
## Jessica Biel
Jessica Biel was cast in Playmates as Hugh Hefner's wife after Harris sent a screenshot of an Instagram message urging reconsideration.
## Abuse Claims
Harris states she experienced sexual, emotional, financial and physical abuse in her marriage to Hefner, urging Biel to avoid romanticizing the Playboy world.

> i experienced sexual, emotional, financial and physical abuse in that relationship
## Key takeaway

Crystal Harris, Hugh Hefner's former wife, says she experienced sexual, emotional, financial and physical abuse in their relationship and urges Jessica Biel to reconsider playing Hefner's wife in the film Playmates.