The fate of the Playboy Mansion rests in the hands of Hugh Hefner’s neighbor

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Sandra Schnellhaus of Sydney, Australia, laughs as she hams it up for a silly photo with a wax figure of Hugh Hefner at Madame Tussaud's in Las Vegas on Thursday, January 20, 2005.
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In this photo released by Playboy, Anna Nicole Smith (left) stands with Hugh Hefner during the Playmate of the Year announcement in May, 1993, at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. Playboy honored Smith with three tributes following her untimely death: a 10-page pictorial in the magazine's May issue, an hourlong retrospective on the Playboy Channel and an online memorial on Playboy.com.
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Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner, his girlfriend, actress Barbi Benton (center), and Playmates arrive at Le Bourget airport in Paris, France, on Hefner's customized private jet, the "Big Bunny," on August 30, 1970.
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Hugh Hefner is surrounded by a dozen Playboy Bunnies at the original Chicago Playboy Club in 1960.
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Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris were married December 31, 2012.
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Playboy Editor-in-Chief and Chief Creative Officer Hugh Hefner poses for a photo at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 5, 2007. He holds one of the magazine's tributes to Anna Nicole Smith, who appeared on four Playboy covers and was the 1993 Playmate of the Year. Smith was found dead in a Florida hotel room on February 8, 2007.
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Hugh Hefner's neighbor has the last say in what happens to the Playboy Mansion, which he purchased in August 2016.
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Hugh Hefner poses with actresses Vivian Blaine (left) and Rita Hayworth in front of a replica of the famous Hollywood sign during a star-studded fundraising party to save the iconic sign at the Playboy Mansion on Thursday, June 30, 1978, in Los Angeles. Hefner donated $900,000 to help buy the land surrounding the sign, and it was rescued.
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Proud father Hugh Hefner gets a kiss from daughter Christie Hefner at their "Special 25th Annual Awards Winners" ceremony in Manhattan on January 10, 1979. Christie established the Awards in 1979, in conjunction with Playboy Magazine's 25th anniversary, to honor those who have protected the First Amendment.
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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner poses outside of his screening room between posters for one of Hefner's favorite movies, "Casablanca," at the Playboy Mansion in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles on Friday, April 7, 2006.
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Playboy Chairman & CEO Christie Hefner and her father, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, hold the gavel that closes trading on the New York Stock Exchange after they rang the closing bell on Wednesday December 3, 2003. Playboy, which listed on the exchange Dec. 20, 1997, was celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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Playmates, Bunnies and guests mingle at a party hosted by Hugh Hefner and Christie Hefner welcoming the news media into town to cover the Democratic National Convention at the Playboy Mansion Saturday, Aug. 12, 2000, in Los Angeles' fashionable Holmby Hills district.
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At the age of 87, Hugh Hefner bought a plot next to Marilyn Monroe (seen close up, at upper right, with lipstick kisses on her vault) at the Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. He will reportedly be buried next to the screen goddess - and first-ever Playboy cover girl - after he died of natural causes on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at the age of 91.
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The legendary Playboy Mansion is lit up in colors as guests attend the Annual Midsummer Night's Dream Party hosted by Hugh Hefner on August 16, 2014, in Holmby Hills, California.
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This December, 1953, photo shows Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner holding the first issue of Playboy, which featured actress Marilyn Monroe on the cover and inside as the mag's spectacular, first-ever centerfold. Hefner was a huge fan of the star and later purchased a burial plot right next to hers at the Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Publisher Hugh Hefner welcomes Chicago Mayor Harold Washington (center) and actor Sidney Poitier (right) to the Playboy West Mansion in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 20, 1983.
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Youngest son Cooper Hefner, dad Hugh Hefner and his wife, Crystal, attend Playboy Mansion's Annual Halloween Bash at the Playboy Mansion on October 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Cooper took over his dad's role as Chief Creative Officer at Playboy.
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Hugh Hefner, the CEO of Playboy Enterprises, speaks with journalists at his opulent mansion in Los Angeles, California, on August 23, 2006.
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Playboy empire magnate Hugh Hefner poses with two of the Playboy Jet Bunnies on a large 6 ft. by 8 ft. fur-covered elliptical bed after his new $ 5.5 million custom DC9 jet arrived at Hollywood-Burbank airport February 17, 1970. The bed was located in Hefner's private quarters in the rear section of the "Big Bunny." The plane also featured a bar, onboard showers and cinema and disco areas, and guests could dine on roast beef and lobster.
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Heiress Paris Hilton cozies up with Hugh Hefner at his 80th birthday party on April 8, 2006, at the Playboy Mansion. He was born on April 9, 1926. Hilton, a March 2005 Playboy cover girl, tweeted after his passing, "Love you Hef #Legend #RIPHEF."
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Jenny McCarthy, the 1994 Playmate of the Year, celebrates with Hugh Hefner and his family at the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) Convention in Las Vegas on April 28, 1994.
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Hugh Hefner speaks with daughter Christie, who presented him with the award for induction into the Hall of Fame, as Hefner's wife Kimberly (second left) and their two children, Cooper and Marston, look on at the New York Waldorf Astoria Hotel on April 29, 1998.
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Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner accepts the Alpha Male award as presenters Jeremy Piven (center) and Snoop Dogg look on during the Spike TV "Guys Choice" awards in Culver City, Calif., on Friday, May 30, 2008.
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Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner poses with "bunny-girl" hostess Bonnie J. Halpin at Hefner's nightclub in Chicago on June 20, 1961.
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Publisher Hugh Hefner sips champagne with Ashanti (left) and Pamela Anderson at Playboy magazine's 50th anniversary celebration at the Lexington Ave. armory on December 5, 2003.
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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is surrounded by ten beautiful women who are all competing for the chance to be a Playboy centerfold in the Fox television network special, "Girl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold," which is scheduled to be broadcast on May 10, 2002. Pictured clockwise from top are Danielle Day, Jennifer Nahra, Wendy Culp, Jill Scott, Sara Schwartz, Alexis Taylor Contopulos, Katie Hadorn, Christina Santiago, Lauren Anderson and Shallan Meiers.
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Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner works at the Playboy offices in Chicago, Ill., in the 1960s. From an idea born on Hefner's Chicago kitchen table, Playboy became a huge business empire and one of the world's most recognizable brands.
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Hugh Hefner greets New York City firefighters from Engine 33/Ladder 9 in Greenwich Village at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on December 17, 2001. Shown (left to right) are Matt Hornung, Ralph Perricelli, Dan "Pappy" Rowan, Hefner, Sal Princiotta, Gerard Dolan and Drew Robb. The firefighters rode their bicycles across the country in memory of their colleagues killed on September 11, 2001.
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Playboy founder and editor in chief Hugh Hefner, in a very characteristic, often-envied pose, receives kisses from Playboy Playmates during the 52nd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 14, 1999.
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Hugh Hefner, the silk-robed Lothario who founded Playboy magazine and built a business empire around the debauchery of his lavish lifestyle, died on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. He was 91. He's seen here posing proudly at his famous Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on November 4, 2010.
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Hugh Hefner, the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine, wears a shirt printed with Playboy magazine covers as he poses on the Esmeralda yacht during the 54th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 12, 2001.

PUBLISHED: September 28, 2017 at 1:22 p.m. | UPDATED: April 7, 2018 at 3:30 p.m.

Hugh Hefner’s home may soon be fully stocked with Twinkies.

The future of the Playboy Mansion is in the hands of the home’s current owner – Hugh Hefner’s neighbor, Daren Metropoulos.

The 33-year-old owner of Hostess Brands bought the home in August 2016 for $100 million, the LA Times reports. He said in a statement released at the time that he’d agreed to allow Hefner and his wife, Crystal Harris, to live in the home until the Playboy founder’s death.

Metropoulos’ plans for the infamous estate remain unclear, though NBC News reported that he previously said he was excited to adjoin his property with the newly purchased neighboring one, which he called “the crown jewel of Holmby Hills.”

“I look forward to eventually rejoining the two estates and enjoying this beautiful property as my private residence for years to come,” he said.

“I feel fortunate and privileged to now own a one-of-a-kind piece of history and art.”

CNN reported that Metropoulos’ 5 acre property and the 7.3 acres on which the Playboy mansion sits were originally developed as one massive plot of land in the 1920s.

Hefner’s home – which features a zoo, a grotto, a massive pool and tennis courts – has become synonymous with sexiness, but Metropoulos is believed to have more “pure” intentions for the property, The New York Times reported in 2016.

“I assure you, his interest in the Playboy Mansion is very pure,” Bill Toler, Hostess’ Chief Executive, told the paper. “He’s not the new Hugh Hefner. That’s just silly.”

Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris were married December 31, 2012.

As for Crystal Harris, Hefner’s wife of more than five years, she’ll have to find a new residence – on her own dime, according to multiple reports.

As reported in 2013 by Us Weekly, Harris and Hefner reportedly signed an “ironclad” pre-nuptial agreement ahead of their big day.

The outlet reported at the time that the Playmate hadn’t been added to the Playboy founder’s will, which promised his estimated $43 million fortune to “his children, the University of Southern California film school and a variety of charities,” a source said.

It has not been confirmed whether Harris was added to Hefner’s will after signing the initial pre-nup, or whether the beneficiaries of the will had been revised since 2013.