so it is fun. we laugh. we have so much fun together. it s the best. you really don t know i ve said it more than once before. age really is just a number. you really don t know how long you ve got. how long does the average marriage last? piers: you re only as old as the woman you feel, said groucho marks. i didn t say that. piers: is that true, hef? you feel these young ladies keep you feeling young? yes, do i think, without question, a relationship with a younger does keep you alive, yes certainly. piers: no offense to you, but fidelity has never been your strong point. when you say your vows to crystal, are you actually going to mean them? can you imagine being faithful to her? i was married my last marriage which was not successful, i was faithful to her. piers: so you actually are going to be genuinely faithful
oh, yeah. piers: i think you ve got a scoop for me. you re going to reveal the date of the wedding. the date of the wedding ky tell them? sure. it is june 18th. piers: june the 18th. this year, saturday. piers: we ll be there obviously. a huge cnn breaking news event. of course. you re invited. a june bride. piers: june bride. my brother will be my best man. the groomsmen will be my two youngest sons. it s going to be a lot of fun. bridesmaids are my best friend anna is my maid of honor and my two sisters are going to be my bridesmaids. piers: is it going to be a big glitzy hollywood affair? it will be at the mansion but it is going to be more intimate. it will be fun. he got married once in the backyard so i asked if we could do it in the backyard. we have a waterfall, coy pond. piers: how did you propose, hef? well, it was on christmas
it s i mean, again, i don t have anything else to base it off of. so it s i mean i guess it is a little surreal whether you compare it to other people s lives. but i mean he s just dad to me. piers: what kind of dad is he? he s a good dad. he s very good. he s supportive. i look up to him. he s incredible. piers: when you bring girlfriends back, do you get a bit worried when the old man wants to no! i don t think so. no. he s not no. well, is he really. he s a naughty boy. no, not that naughty. yeah, not that naughty. piers: hef, what kind of son is cooper? can t be easy being your son. how has he dealt with the pressures you think? so many kids of famous people deal with it badly. he s a fantastic son. he s going to college. he s a filmmaker. he s awesome. got his own band.
death? do you worry about dying? no. i think about being alive. it s good, right? good. good to be alive, if you re hugh hefner, life is good right now? never been better. of all the pin-ups you ve ever had in the history of playboy, what s been your personal favorite? it all began with marilyn monroe. i think we ve got that one actually. such an iconic image. iconic? would that be your favorite? it would have to be. do you think she was the greatest pin-up of them all, marilyn? i think she has the major sex star of the 20th century. without marilyn, i wouldn t be here. you bought that picture for $500. it became a business that s worth what are you worth now? i stopped counting a while back. can i guess? i don t know.
seriously. you re rich, you ve got your health, you ve got crystal. i m lucky, too. piers: do you feel lucky? if life is a crapshoot, i ve been shooting sevens forever. no, from my own perspective, i m a guy who dreamed impossible dreams and made them come true. from my own perspective, i m the luckiest cat on the planet. piers: we were talking before you came out, crystal, obviously about quite serious things. do you talk about politics much with hef? no. no. we don t talk about politics. just the fun stuff. i mean we have cnn playing all the time at our house and, you know piers: do you watch that? yeah, we watch. we ve been watching your show. piers: do you? yeah. piers: how am i doing? good! pretty good! piers: you look in great shape. i know you re a little bit deaf in one ear. what other sort of war wounds do you have?