Paul Reubens may not have been public about his romantic relationship, but he was ready to take the plunge with Chandi Heffner, at least as a joke. Heffner was the adopted daughter of the late billionaire heiress Doris Duke. Because of her wealthy status, Heffner ran in a circle of big names; Reubens happened to be one of them. Reubens and Heffner had a mutual friend, Jim Nabors, who introduced the two while on the beautiful island of Hawaii. It seemed as though the pair had hit it off because, in 1989, Heffner and Reubens decided to have an impromptu mock marriage. In 1999, ten years after their pretend marriage, Reubens revealed to Vanity Fair, “I still have the temporary marriage license signed by Imelda Marcos.”
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Although it’s unclear how the two ended things, it doesn’t seem to have been on a bad note. Especially because Reubens felt comfortable going to Heffner’s mother, Duke, amidst his legal troubles in 1991, per Female First. Reubens had revealed there were very few people he could lean on during that difficult time, but even after his trouble with the law and his fake marriage to her adopted daughter, Duke was willing to help.
