He also revealed that he brought up his concerns about the photo shoot to a co-executive producer, but was too scared to bring it up with the higher-ups. Basically, four men watched through a TV as two separate men in a club tried to collect women’s phone numbers. It was awful. It was disgusting that Peachez literally said that Kyle wasn’t a real man because he touched another guy and failed to get a woman’s phone number. Disgusting, yeah, but also unsurprising, considering that gay panic was a real thing in the early 2000s. So much so that we had to come up with a name for straight guys who took care of themselves (metrosexuals), lest they get confused (god forbid!) with a gay man. She added, “I remember being so embarrassed when we screened this in front of everybody at the mansion. I was just like, ‘Is this really the guy I’m with? So gross.’” This was just one brief uncomfortable moment in a show made up of uncomfortable moments. And more stories continue to come out about the disgusting things that Hefner has done. But if a participant was deemed “weird” or “out there,” sometimes Stacy and Clinton let them buy, like, a cheetah-print blouse or something and tried to convince them that was being “unique.” Stacy and Clinton were cruel throughout the series (I’m assuming per instructions from the higher-ups), pushed the participants to their breaking points, and then called them difficult. Reality TV at its finest. 🙄 She told Bret that she didn’t want her three children or their friends to see her dancing on TV. Bret seemed very understanding and told her, “be who you are.” When Anna got back to the table, Howard accused her of cheating. She denied it, but he didn’t buy it. Anna became furious and started yelling at Howard for calling her a liar. When she got home, she tripped up the stairs — a small moment that could have easily been edited out — but of course, since the intention of this show was to laugh at Anna, they just had to include it.
