When I did the links yesterday, I didn’t realize until too late that Hugh Hefner’s spokesperson had CONFIRMED that Hef and his fiance Crystal Harris had called off their wedding. The wedding was set for Saturday… so what happened? What could possibly make a 24-year-old (HAHA!) golddigger suddenly twitchy at the thought of settling down for a few years with Hugh Hefner? Hef was left tweeting: “The wedding is off. Crystal has had a change of heart.” SOB!
Well, as it turns out, Life & Style’s Scene Queens were right!! You people don’t put a lot of stock in Life & Style, but I’ve grown to love that tabloid. Their rep sends us advanced copies of their bigger stories, and that’s exactly what happened this past March. Life & Style’s Scene Queens had the scoop that Crystal Harris, 24 (!), was screwing around on Hef with Dr. Phil’s son, Jordan McGraw – go here to see the story. Now Life & Style is all smug about it. Justifiably, I’d say:
Months after Life & Style broke the news that Crystal Harris had secretly been dating Jordan McGraw, she and fiancé Hugh Hefner have called off their nuptials.
As Life & Style first reported in March, Crystal had been dating her songwriting partner and the son of Dr. Phil behind fiancé Hef’s back. Life & Style first spotted the 24-year-old lovebirds cozying up at the Chateau Marmont in LA on March 14. While Crystal attempted to keep their romance low-profile, Jordan didn’t care to hide his affections and was kissing her shoulder and trying to hold her hand – which was still adorned with her 6-carat engagement ring. The pair met through the Organica Music Group, where Jordan worked with Crystal as a songwriter.
Crystal and Hef, who got engaged in December, were only days away from their June 18 wedding date.
“Crystal informed me of the news this morning and that the decision to call off the wedding was mutual,” Crystal’s manager, Michael Blakey, President of Organica Music Group, tells Life & Style. “The split was amicable and I’m happy to say that Crystal and Hef will remain close friends.”
[From Life & Style]
I might have to give Crystal some begrudging respect, honestly. I think going through with the wedding might have been the easy way, you know? She would be all official, she would get paid, and she would get her cut. But by calling off the wedding, I feel like Crystal might have chosen… “love”. Does she “love” Jordan?
Of course I could totally be wrong. According to Radar’s source, “Hef is in shock. Crystal bailed and left the mansion at 11pm Sunday night. She has a boyfriend. She is seeing Dr. Phil’s son, Jordan. She thinks she is going to be living with all of Dr. Phil’s millions.” Ah, that makes more sense than my “love” theory. Crystal thinks Dr. Phil’s money will be flowing like wine, and Hef might have kept her on a budget. Carry on, Crystal. Crazy golddigger.
Last theory, via this morning’s Page Six – Hef dumped Crystal after he discovered that Crystal planned to dump him at the altar for a $500,000 media deal. This story is pretty good:
Hugh Hefner’s wedding to Crystal Harris was called off after she secretly planned to ditch the Playboy mogul at the altar in return for a $500,000 media deal, Page Six has exclusively learned. Harris, 25, was shopping for a big-bucks deal to tell all after she ditched hapless Hef, 85, in front of 300 guests at their wedding at the Playboy Mansion on Saturday, to be filmed for a Lifetime TV special. Yesterday it emerged that the pair had called off the wedding following an argument on Sunday, and the blond bride-no-longer-to-be immediately moved out of the mansion.
Harris had reportedly been secretly seeing Dr. Phil McGraw’s son, Jordan, for months behind Hef’s back. Jordan is her songwriting partner, and they were seen cozying up at the Chateau Marmont in March.
A source told us, “Crystal wanted to ditch Hef at the altar. Her plan was to walk up the aisle and say she couldn’t go through with it. The wedding was to be filmed for a reality special, and her refusal to marry him would be a sensation. She was looking for a tie-in deal of around $500,000 for the exclusive ‘I ditched Hef at the altar’ interview. While there was interest, Crystal didn’t get an offer anywhere near half a million.”
The former Playmate started dating Hefner in January 2009, and they got engaged last December. It is not known if the Sunday argument was sparked by Hef finding out about her plan to humiliate him. But Harris’ manager, Michael Blakey, told us reports about her cheating with Jordan were “absolutely incorrect” and “total fiction.”
Of her plan to ditch Hef in return for a lucrative media deal, Blakey said that was “not true, to my knowledge.” He said of their split: “I have no idea what happened. All I know is that it was an amicable breakup.”
The cancellation is unfortunate timing for Playboy: Its July issue hits newsstands Friday, with Crystal on the cover. The coverline, according to sources, is “America’s Princess: Introducing Mrs. Crystal Hefner.”
[From Page Six]
Ha! I didn’t know about the Playboy cover! No fool like an old fool, as my father always says. But sure, I’ll totally believe Page Six’s story. I’ll believe whatever I read about Crystal.
By the way, does Crystal look like Chelsea Handler’s younger, less meth-y sister to anyone else?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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