Hugh Hefner‘s ex-wife Kimberly is defending the Playboy founder in opposition to an onslaught from his widow Crystal … ‘trigger Kim suggests Crystal’s simply bashing Hef to make a buck.

Kimberly — who was married to Hef from 1989 to 2010 and had two youngsters with him — tells TMZ … Crystal, in her thoughts, has no credibility and goes on to say it was truly her who was exploiting Hef whereas he was nonetheless alive, not the opposite means round.

As we have reported … Crystal has a brand new memoir out about her marriage to Hef and their life on the Playboy Mansion, and she or he’s taken a ton of pictures at each … ripping his bed room expertise, calling their relationship poisonous and backward and saying she felt trapped/hypnotized.

However Kimberly’s firing again on behalf of her ex-hubby, saying … “As a couple of individuals converse their model of their concept of occasions in hopes of using a wave of headline relevance, and making a fast buck, we should always all ask ourselves whether or not we wish to reside in an atmosphere the place individuals refuse to take accountability and use phrases loosely like ‘power’ and ‘survive’ to explain selections they made willingly at a sure level in their very own lives.” Oof, speak about harsh!

The best way Kimberly sees it … Crystal wasn’t pressured into marrying Hef or residing on the Playboy Mansion Crystal now despises. Kimberly tells us Crystal made selections that gave her “notoriety, alternative, and cash.”

Now that Crystal appears to have turned on Hef, who has been lifeless since 2017, Kimberly provides … “We must be cautious of those that attempt to destroy issues as a result of they’re now not benefiting from them.”

Keep in mind … Crystal’s additionally instructed us she felt like she misplaced herself in her marriage with Hugh,  and she or he’s stated she needs to drop his well-known final title as a result of it isn’t clear if it is serving to or hurting her nowadays.

Kimberly says it isn’t truthful Hef’s not right here to defend himself … praising him as a “pioneer of free thought and expression” and a “main voice behind a few of the most important social and cultural actions of our time, advocating free of charge speech, integrity, sexual freedoms, and civil rights.”

Backside line for Kimberly … she does not recognize Crystal’s about-face, ending by saying … “If you wish to speak about exploitation, that is precisely what these girls have completed with Hef in his later years and on the finish of his life.”