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Patti Stanger Gets Blunt about Celebrity Breakups

Hef and Crystal? That was "a user situation."

By Lauren Metz


When it comes to heartache, Patti Stanger has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. Um, Jesse James and Crystal Harris, you may want to stop reading now.

Discussing recent breakups in Hollywood, our matchmaking powerhouse tells The New York Daily News she thinks that Jesse James is a "disgusting Nazi sympathizer." And Hugh Hefner's split from his Playmate love Crystal Harris just days before their scheduled 'I do's? Well, that soured relationship was "a user situation' anyway, according to Patti.

"Breaking an engagement is never easy but being in a bad relationship is worse," the romance junkie advises. "If you know it's wrong, get out."

At the moment, Patti's own love life is so-so at best, but the spark's still very much alive for her career. The 50-year-old's relationship with Bravo is strong as ever, and she just signed a two-year development deal with the network.

"With Patti's over-the-top personality and savvy business sense, Bravo could not have found a better development partner to execute our vision and who understands our audience," said Eli Lehrer, our VP of Development. "We are confident she will be able to seek out and develop a wide range of new series that will prove to be as successful as The Millionaire Matchmaker."

Clearly the attraction's mutual. "As I say to my clients, 'no sex before monogamy,'" Patti added in the release. "Now that Bravo and I are monogamous, I'm ready to hit the sheets."

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