When she looks back, though, Theodore can see the situation for what it really was.
As she said, “I was groomed.
It was a slow grooming to get to that point.
And he broke me.”
As she shared, Theodore didn’t know a lot about the world she was about to walk into.
Theodore said that things were pretty straightforward.
As she explained, “We wanted to check out what the party was all about.
As Theodore said, “She immediately went, ‘Oh no, yo don’t go up there.’
Theodore went on to add that she was hooked on Hefner before leaving that night.
In retrospect, Theodore sometimes struggles to believe that the relationship happened.
As she told the news outlet, being with Hefner made her feel exceptional.
The relationship was serious; Theodore says that Hefner lavished her with compliments.
How he would love to have a child with me.
How we were going to live happily ever after.”
She later found out that Hefner wasn’t supportive of her having a career outside of their relationship.
Her parents had been concerned from the start.
As she put it, “They’re really concerned, but within time it’ll blow over.
It’ll become just a memory” (viaNewspapers.com).
Theodore also recounted to Fox News that in the end, her parents were justified in their concern.
He kept me secluded and pretty much under his thumb.”
As Theodore explained, the machine behind Hugh Hefner and Playboy was strong.
She said, “We were blocked at every turn.
We had people who were interested, and then all of a sudden they weren’t interested.
We were being shut down.”
Theodore said, “I think this is the beginning of a lot of women coming out.
Theodore also told The Mountain News that the experience was healing in a big way.
For one thing, she felt enormously validated by the documentary itself.
She said being taken seriously after so long has helped her immensely.
But on herInstagramaccount, kinda looks Theodore spends some of her time repurposing old furniture and home goods.
I hope they’re proud of me for coming forward.
They’re my salvation.”
Theodore credits the movement with helping the “Playboy” documentary come about in the first place.
She explained, “We would not have been embraced and accepted like we are right now.
If it hadn’t been for them.
They broke the ice.
It made people listen.”
As she put it, “I wanted them to know they weren’t alone.
And it wasn’t their fault.”
