"Church is great, but I found my church here. Hugh Hefner has been nothing but a gentleman"
About this Quote
The subtext is transactional but also accusatory. "Church is great" nods to the expected script, a quick genuflection toward respectability that keeps her from sounding purely antagonistic. Then she pivots: "but I found my church here". The move is rhetorical jujitsu. She reframes "church" not as doctrine but as sanctuary, community, and protection. In the context of Hahn’s public story - pulled into a sex scandal involving televangelist Jim Bakker, then relentlessly judged, doubted, and commodified by both religious media and mainstream outlets - the Playboy brand becomes a deliberately perverse refuge: the supposedly sinful institution offers her what the righteous one didn’t.
"Hugh Hefner has been nothing but a gentleman" is the payoff. Calling Hefner a gentleman isn’t naive; it’s comparative. She’s indicting the men who wrapped themselves in piety while exploiting her, and she’s doing it with a single, disarming word that carries old-school codes of restraint, manners, and consent. The quote works because it flips the moral scoreboard: the place America labels dirty becomes the site of basic decency, while the place that sells purity looks predatory.
Quote Details
| Topic | Romantic |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hahn, Jessica. (2026, January 16). Church is great, but I found my church here. Hugh Hefner has been nothing but a gentleman. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/church-is-great-but-i-found-my-church-here-hugh-133197/
Chicago Style
Hahn, Jessica. "Church is great, but I found my church here. Hugh Hefner has been nothing but a gentleman." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/church-is-great-but-i-found-my-church-here-hugh-133197/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Church is great, but I found my church here. Hugh Hefner has been nothing but a gentleman." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/church-is-great-but-i-found-my-church-here-hugh-133197/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.










