This Aussie Playboy Calls Himself "The Candyman" and Walks Women on Leashes

Australia's larger-than-life playboy uses his Instagram to pose pictures of women, luxury, and booze.

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Travers Beynon, known as Australia's Hugh Hefner, calls himself "The Candyman" and he leads a life of decadence, women, sports cars, and booze, according to the New York Daily News.

On Instagram, Beynon frequently posts photos from his multimillion-dollar "Candy Shop Mansion," where women who've auditioned to be his "angels" pose for photos, sometimes as furniture. There's this photo where women serve as chairs and tables for a game of chess. (How civilized!) The caption: "Success is using the same stones thrown at you to build your Empire."

He has also posted photos of walking his wife Taesha on a leash, and with people eating food off her.

Taesha's grandparents have spoken out about Beynon's "borderline cult," and  expressed concern for their four great-grandchildren. Graham Appleby and his wife Yvonne have said they were not invited to Taesha's wedding, or to see their great-grandchildren. 

Beynon has said that he posts pictures of his mansion to promote his tobacco company (duh, you guys) and create "a Disneyland adults could enjoy," that has all the "hysteria [of] 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.'"

So, thanks for ruining Willy Wonka and Disneyland for the rest of us, Beynon.

[via New York Daily News]

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