07 Feb Inside The Candyman’s Candy Shop Mansion… as his wife reveals what she REALLY thinks of his two girlfriends

By CHARLIE MOORE IN THE GOLD COAST FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

PUBLISHED: 10:40 AEDT, 1 April 2018 | UPDATED: 19:39 AEDT, 13 May 2018

A fleet of supercars, a three-metre statue of Poseidon and ceilings inspired by the Sistine Chapel: notorious playboy Travers Beynon’s Candy Shop Mansion is as ostentatious as any home in Australia.

‘I’m obsessed with beauty,’ Beynon says as he strides through his palatial hallway which features a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte opposite purple velvet chairs where his five-year-old Jack Russell named Spartacus nestles in a small ball.

‘My idol Gianni Versace was obsessed with the beauty of women. For me it’s women, art, cars and fashion,’ he continues. ‘I’m a visionary and I’m f***ing crazy – so when you look around, if you want to know who I am, take a look at everything, every small detail, because there’s so much going on and it’s how I express who I am.’

Beynon is not wrong: there certainly is a lot going on in the 15-bedroom, 19-bathroom family home he shares with his wife, two girlfriends and four children which boasts a gold-plated swimming pool, a cinema and a walk-in wardrobe brimming with Gucci, Versace and Louis Vuitton. 

Australia’s answer to Hugh Hefner – famous for his excessive parties and controversial Instagram posts featuring dozens of scantily clad women – made his first million as a model before capitalising on the Gold Coast property boom of the early 2000s and using the proceeds to buy a controlling stake in his parents’ Free Choice tobacco company. He’s now worth multi-millions and makes no attempt to hide it.

The Candyman: Travers Beynon with his wife of eight years Taesha (left), 27, girlfriend of two and a half years Nisha (right), 22, and girlfriend of three months Krystal (centre), 21. Beynon shares his bed with these three women every night but on the weekends up to 30 women – who message him on Instagram – are also invited to join the party. Talking about their sex lives, Taesha says: ‘What we do in here is more extreme than porn’

Flamboyant: Beynon – who calls himself The Candyman and his house The Candy Shop Mansion – poses on the edge of his swimming pool which has a bar, a ‘grotto’, and tiles he designed himself lined with 24-karat gold. He says: ‘My idol Gianni Versace was obsessed with the beauty of women. For me it’s women, art, cars and fashion. I’m a visionary and I’m f***ing crazy – there’s so much going on and it’s how I express who I am’

Lavish: His courtyard contains a classical-inspired water feature, two palm trees and a huge mosaic of Bacchus, god of wine. The tycoon invites 1,000 people into his home each year for a huge party. ‘I’m trying to give people that escape – to come into a world they would never experience and live like it for a day,’ he says

The Angels: Beynon calls his wife and girlfriends ‘angels’. He has given each of them a matching necklace – the key to the mansion – which stands them apart from other girls who sleep with him on the weekends. His wife Taesha (left) says the four-way relationship works because she likes girls. She met Nisha (centre) at a modelling shoot where they ‘hit it off’ and she later introduced her to her husband

Fashion: Next to the bedroom is a huge walk-in wardrobe where he keeps more than 100 pairs of shoes, countless shirts and jackets and a range of Gucci and Versace watches, protected by bulletproof glass. Beynon says his time as a model made him fascinated by fashion and he keeps his interest up now. He says he has never met a girl who packs more clothes than him

The bedroom: Beynon shares the master bedroom with three women every night. There are two bathrooms – one for him and one for the women – and a make-up area where the women each have their own mirror and set of drawers containing all the beauty products under the sun. The ceiling above the bed is mirrored and on the wall is a staggering collage of Salvador Dali works which he put together himself. Discussing his sex life, Beynon says: ‘I make Fifty Shades Of Grey look like a kindergarten. I’m just non-stop, I’m f***ing nuts.’

Extraordinary: The underside of the roof jutting out towards the pool is inspired by the Sistine Chapel itself, Beynon says, adding: ‘I became fascinated by Renaissance art when I was modelling in Italy. These ideas all come from my head and this is how I see the world’. The rest of his mansion is littered with Renaissance and classical-inspired pieces

The boardroom: This is where Beynon runs his business empire in the afternoons and evenings. A large table surrounded by throne-like blue and gold chairs sits opposite his desk supporting a flat screen TV, a golden calculator and golden tissue box alongside a portrait of his wife

Luxurious: Beynon designed the wooden floor himself with glass panels so he can see his cars in the garage below. ‘This won Australian Residential Floor Of The Year,’ he says proudly, pointing to the framed certificate on the wall. The room is where he organises his parties with his assistants. They comb through 7,000 applications from the general public to eventually invite 1,000 revellers to his home every December

The garage: Beynon walks through two automatic glass doors – engraved with the words work harder, play harder – to his garage containing a Ferrari F40, Lamborghini Aventador, Rolls Royce Phantom coupe, a Jeep and a gold-sprayed motorbike for weekend rides. ‘The Rolls is my Bruce Wayne car, the Lambo my Batman,’ Beynon says, explaining that he has two different personalities

Pass the popcorn: The home cinema, kitted out with multiple light settings, rows of red leather chairs that fully recline and a four-metre bed ‘for when it’s just me and the girls’. On the back wall are posters of his eight favorite movies: The Godfather, The Dark Knight Rises, The Wolf of Wall Street, Scarface, Rocky IV, The Great Gatsby, Ironman, and Fifty Shades Of Grey

Womaniser: The Candyman poses at his poolside. Talking about the couple’s joint-decision to introduce other girlfriends into their relationship, his wife Taesha says: ‘I kissed girls when I was younger and have always been curious so we were both keen to try it out and see how it went and it evolved from there’

The courtyard of 46-year-old Beynon’s Gold Coast home, which he bought in 2010 for $3.75million, contains a classical-inspired water feature, two palm trees and a huge mosaic of Bacchus, god of wine.

The words Candy Shop Mansion sit above his gold-plated wooden front doors flanked by two white statues and perfectly trimmed hedges.I make Fifty Shades of Grey look like a kindergarten. I’m f***ing nutsBeynon on his extraordinary sex life 

His garage is accessed through two automatic glass doors – engraved with the words ‘work harder, play harder’ – and contains a Ferrari F40, Lamborghini Aventador, Rolls Royce Phantom coupe, a Jeep and a gold-sprayed motorbike for weekend rides.

All are emblazoned with his custom-drawn logo which reads ‘CM’ for his nickname Candyman and ‘TB’ for Travers Beynon when looked at from a different angle.

‘The Rolls is my Bruce Wayne car, the Lambo my Batman,’ Beynon says, explaining that he has two different personalities. 

‘Its the two sides of a single coin. You have Travers Beynon – the entrepreneur the family man. On the other side you have The Candyman – the entertainer, the playboy.’

As if to prove his point about his softer, family man side, he then takes a lift upstairs which he had installed for when he moves his elderly father into the mansion to take care of him.

Excessive: Beynon has more than 100 pairs of shoes in the walk-in wardrobe which he shares with his wife. He likes to pick out which outfits she wears from day to day. Speaking to Daily Mail Australia from his Candy Shop Mansion, he insisted that he is neither a sexist nor a misogynist but merely a good-time guy making fun of people who take life too seriously

Extravagant: The wardrobe also has countless jackets, belts and handbags. Talking about his two personalities, Beynon says: ‘Its the two sides of a single coin. You have Travers Beynon, the entrepreneur the family man. On the other side you have The Candyman – the entertainer, the playboy.’

Flash: Beynon carries ‘very expensive’ Mont Grappa pen. He says: ‘I sign so many cheques and contracts it’s a very important tool.’ He also has dozens of watches, mostly by Gucci and Versace which he keeps in a bulletproof case

Attention to detail: Beynon says he enjoys choosing girls’ outfits. He says: ‘I have girls here that want to be models – I look after them and dress them and style them and make them feel beautiful.’ He rejects any accusations that he is sexist and says he only tries to have as much fun in life as possible

The pool: Looming over the water is a seven-tonne marble statue of Poseidon. ‘He’s not just the protector of the ocean but also of my pool,’ says Beynon as he points to walls lined with re-creations of Paolo Veronese’s The Wedding at Cana and Michelangelo’s The Creation Of Adam

Ostentatious: Even the boardroom has dozens of Louis Vuitton handbags and stilettos lying around for the women to try on. Beynon says he spends time with his older children in the boardroom when they come home from school and university. There they discuss their lives and and any problems. Beynon’s son, 19, is at university but also works for Free Choice 

He strides into his boardroom from where he runs his business empire in the afternoons and evenings. A large table surrounded by throne-like blue and gold chairs sits opposite his desk supporting a flat screen TV, a golden calculator and golden tissue box. 

Behind the desk is a cabinet full of books on leadership and management. ‘When I came back from modelling in Miami, New York, London, Paris and Milan, I put my head down and learnt everything I could about business,’ Beynon says. ‘I read my first book when I was 26 and now I’ve read every one in this cabinet.’

He designed the wooden floor himself with glass panels so he can see his cars in the garage below. ‘This won Australian Residential Floor Of The Year,’ he says proudly, pointing to the framed certificate on the wall.

Next he heads downstairs and through a new part of the house called the ballroom, which is being renovated to host lavish dinner parties and masquerade-style dances.

He wanders outside to a sprawling garden which overlooks the river. ‘This is where the wild parties happen,’ he says, pointing to the swimming pool with a bar, a ‘grotto’, and tiles he designed himself lined with 24-karat gold. 

Looming over the water is a seven-tonne marble statue of Poseidon. ‘He’s not just the protector of the ocean but also of my pool,’ says Beynon as he points to walls lined with re-creations of Paolo Veronese’s The Wedding At Cana and Michelangelo’s The Creation Of Adam.

A throne fit for a king: Beynon’s two idols are Gianni Versace and Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy and editor-in-chief of the notorious men’s magazine, which began in 1953. Beynon says of his racy Instagram snaps: ‘The photos are tongue in cheek – we’re having a lot of fun and we’re taking the piss out of this world because it’s so sensitive now.’

The entrance: The enormous gates of the Candy Mansion are flanked by two classical-inspired statues set against gold backgrounds. Beynon says he rolls out of his kingsize bed and goes for a 50km bike ride every morning before work

The open-plan kitchen: This is where the Candyman entertains up to 30 women every Friday night. He says ‘we get the tequila it’s pretty wild.’ Beynon works from home in his boardroom where he sometimes has dinner with his two older children from his previous marriage

Family man: Beynon says his girlfriends are like aunties to the kids: ‘We’re a massive family. Every Sunday night we all sit at the family table, it’s a rule of mine – no phones, we get takeaway, they can’t be at their friends’ and we have dinner.’

Playboy: Beynon poses on the edge of his pool. He then points to a pontoon leading out into the river where his speedboat is moored. ‘That’s my new cigarette boat, she has 200 horsepower and absolutely hammers.’

Artist’s impression: This painting on the wall at Beynon’s poolside is inspired by Paolo Veronese’s The Wedding At Cana

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF TRAVERS BEYNON 

4.30am: Rolls out of his king-size bed and goes for a 50km bike ride.

7am: Home for breakfast with his wife Taesha, 27, and their two children Velicia, seven, and Serafina, six.

8am: Goes to his Free Choice head office in the Gold Coast

2pm: Heads to the gym where he lifts weights to keep up his model physique

4pm: Works from home in his boardroom where he sometimes has dinner with his two older children from his previous marriage Valentino, 19, and Luciana, 17

9.30pm: Relaxes with his wife and girlfriends until they head to the bedroom. On weekends he parties with up to 30 women and no men

The underside of the roof jutting out towards the pool is inspired by the Sistine Chapel, he says, adding: ‘I became fascinated by Renaissance art when I was modelling in Italy. These ideas all come from my head and this is how I see the world.’

He then points to a pontoon leading out into the river where his speedboat is moored. ‘That’s my new cigarette boat, she has 200 horsepower and absolutely hammers,’ he says with a smile.

Beynon strolls inside to the main entertainment room adjacent to the pool. There is a mosaic of Versace’s face on the floor – the first thing he had done to the house – and a picture montage of his late mother Sam leans against a fireplace.

‘She passed away in 2015,’ Beynon says. ‘I miss her terribly, she was an incredibly strong woman.’ There are also photos of his teenage son and daughter from a previous marriage to Venezuelan Miss World winner Ninibeth Leal which ended with a messy divorce and a judge granting him sole custody.

He also has two children, six and seven, from his current marriage to Taesha who he met when she was modelling at his party in 2009.

The entertainment room is where guests gather inside during his wild annual parties. ‘I’m trying to give people that escape – to come into a world they would never experience and live like it for a day,’ says Beynon.

‘For the Freaks Unleashed themed bash in December, people came from 15 different countries. I have 7,000 applicants and select 1,000 myself based on their attitude and looks.

‘I’ve got the right venue, the right party, the right ideas but I need the right vibe and the vibe is controlled by the people,’ he adds. 

He then glances at the kitchen where he entertains up to 30 women every Friday night and says: ‘There we get the tequila – it’s pretty wild.’ 

Suave: Beynon poses next to his Rolls Royce Phantom coupe. He says: ‘The first rule of being successful, is put yourself around someone who us successful. These younger girls who are in their 20s are around me and they’re watching me hustle and they’re learning from the way I am, the way I manage people.’

Time for a film: The Candyman poses in his home cinema. He says of his favourite films: ‘They all have meanings for me, for example I relate to the part in Rocky IV where the crowd turn against him he never gives up and they start to cheer for him at the end. That’s what I feel with the hate towards me. Once people get to know me, the won’t feel the same’

‘If you’re going to provoke me, be prepared for a war’: The Candyman hits back at critics who call him sexist and insists: ‘I am a feminist’ 

With countless racy Instagram posts featuring dozens of scantily clad women, sometimes on leashes and sometimes on their knees, Travers Beynon has copped plenty of criticism from feminists who believe he degrades women.

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia from his Candy Shop Mansion, he insisted that he is neither a sexist nor a misogynist but merely a good-time guy making fun of people who take life too seriously.

He said: ‘I’m a feminist. I have girls here who want to be models – I look after them and dress them and style them and make them feel beautiful. But I also employ women who I work with in the boardroom, in the corporate setting, and I would never ask them to come the mansion and wear bikinis. 

‘My wife doesn’t want to be in the boardroom, she wants to be at home with the kids and I support that. 

The post that caused the most outrage was one of him holding his wife Taesha and another girlfriend by the bikini straps as they crawl at his feet

As the criticism flooded in, he responded in the only way he knows how – by fighting fire with fire and posting this photo

‘The photos are tongue in cheek – we’re having a lot of fun and we’re taking the piss out of this world because it’s so sensitive now. When I was a kid I was taught “stick and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me.”

‘Now they’re teaching kids “names hurt” so it make people more sensitive and people are getting so upset by words that more and more are having breakdowns.’ 

The post that caused the most outrage was one of him holding his wife Taesha and another girlfriend by the bikini straps as they crawled at his feet.

As the criticism flooded in, he responded in the only way he knows how – by fighting fire with fire.

‘When people who saw that photo started lying that I used a dog collar and and lead on the girls, I turned around and I stood on my balcony holding 13 girls on leads. I took a photo as a f*** you.’

‘If you’re going to provoke me and you’re going to talk shit about me – be prepared for a war.’ 

Beynon weighed in on the ball tampering scandal that has rocked world cricket with a racy Instagram post featuring his wife (centre) and girlfriends

Beynon said he only aims to ‘have fun’ with the photos and in life generally. 

He reeled off the example of his recent mocking of the Australian cricket cheating scandal.  He posted a photo of himself in cricket whites alongside three almost-naked women, who wore small pieces of yellow tape after the Australian team used it to tamper with the ball against South Africa.

He said: ‘I’m having fun – just like in the cricket photo. What they did was cheat, what a disgrace. So in true English or Australian humour we take the p*** out of them. It’s part of our culture. 

‘Sitting around the family table we take the p*** out of each other – no-one’s sensitive. You have to have fun. The girls were laughing non-stop for five minutes when we did the cricket photo.’

He added: ‘Life is tough, business is tough and everyone needs to lighten up a bit.

‘When someone says I’m sexist it inspires me to come up with something sexist. So if they were smart, they’d leave me alone. Because if they push me, I will bite and I will come back bigger and stronger.’ 

Beynon walks through the kitchen to the home cinema, kitted out with multiple light settings, rows of red leather chairs that fully recline and a four-metre bed ‘for when it’s just me and the girls’. 

On the back wall are posters of his eight favorite movies: The Godfather, The Dark Knight Rises, The Wolf Of Wall Street, Scarface, Rocky IV, The Great Gatsby, Ironman, and Fifty Shades Of Grey.

He says: ‘They all have meanings for me. For example, I relate to the part in Rocky IV where the crowd turn against him but he never gives up and they start to cheer for him at the end. 

‘That’s what I feel with the hate towards me. Once people get to know me, they won’t feel the same – they say I’m a sexist and a misogynist but I’m not, I’m having fun and I don’t care what they say: I’m authentic and I won’t change the way I am.

He continues: ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street represents my wild side – no-one parties like I do. And I love The Great Gatsby because there’s nothing that makes me as happy as when I’m entertaining guests. My parties are out of control – there’s nothing like them on this planet.’

Beynon leaves the cinema room and walks back past his Napoleon portrait and upstairs to the master bedroom, where he shares king-size beds with at least three women every night.

Responding to his critics who call him sexist, Beynon says: ‘The girls in my life know I’m not a sexist. I idolise, I adore women, I respect them at a corporate level and I respect them on a personal level – but I take the piss out of anyone who wants to have a go at them or me’

Hedonist: ‘Life is tough, business is tough, it’s like a pressure cooker,’ Beynon says. ‘Everyone needs to lighten up a bit sometimes ’cause that pressure is going to explode. You have to have a valve that releases all that so how do you do that? By laughing’

Everywhere gold: The Candy Shop Mansion is full to the brim with ostentatious furniture including these red sofas next to a chess board with silver and gold pieces. This room also boasts a chandelier and and two classical-inspired statues

Hallway: Left is the new part of the house called the ballroom, which is being renovated to host lavish dinner parties and masquerade-style dances. Right: Collars and chains that the Candyman uses with his wife and girlfriends

There are two bathrooms – one for him and one for the women – and a make-up area where the women each have their own mirror and set of drawers containing all the beauty products under the sun.

The ceiling above the bed is mirrored and on the wall is a staggering Salvador Dali collage which he put together himself. Leaning against the wall is a sword: ‘I never know when I may have to defend my girls,’ Beynon explains.

‘The craziest nights of my life have been in this bedroom,’ says Beynon. ‘On Fridays we get a stripper pole, smoke machine and bring the DJ up to turn it into a nightclub.’ It’s two sides of a single coin. You have Travers Beynon – the entrepreneur, the family man. On the other side you have The Candyman – the entertainer, the playboy’ Beynon on his two personalities 

Talking about sharing his bed with so many women, he adds: ‘I make Fifty Shades Of Grey look like a kindergarten. I fell asleep in that movie, I took the girls and we were thinking “is it gonna get serious or what?” I’m just non-stop, I’m f***ing nuts.’

Next to the bedroom is a huge walk-in wardrobe where he keeps more than 100 pairs of shoes, countless shirts and jackets and a range of Gucci and Versace watches, protected by bulletproof glass.

Pulling out a pair of golden Louis Vuittons with red souls, he jokes: ‘You don’t wear these if you’re sensitive to hate and abuse.

‘And when the haters have a go at me, my next move is to put these on’, he says, grabbing a pair of Versace silver gladiator-style sandals and placing them triumphantly on the table. 

There are also handbags, dresses and dozens of pairs of high heels for his wife. ‘I buy all the girls their clothes and pick out all their outfits,’ Beynon explains. ‘When we go on holiday I plan their outfits down to the detail of their eye makeup.’

Beynon then walks downstairs and outside into his courtyard. Turning to admire his home, he says: ‘This mansion represents what I’m all about. It’s fun, it’s flamboyant, it’s out there and it’s over the top.’

Travers Beynon is certainly all of those things. 

Plush: In the wardrobe there are also handbags, dresses and dozens of pairs of high heels for his wife. ‘I buy all the girls their clothes and pick out all their outfits,’ Beynon explains. ‘When we go on holiday I plan their outfits down to the detail of their eye makeup.’

Unusual: Beynon strolls inside to the main entertainment room adjacent to the pool. There is a mosaic of Versace’s face on the floor – the first thing he had done to the house – and a picture montage of his late mother Sam leans against a fireplace

‘What we do in here is more extreme than porn’: The Candyman’s wife of eight years reveals how her four-way relationship with him and two girlfriends works inside and outside the bedroom – and says she NEVER feels degraded or objectified   

The Candyman has been married to Taesha, 27, for eight years after they met at one of his lavish parties.

Her disapproving parents disowned her but she now has two children of her own with the husband she shares with up to 30 other women.

Here, in her own words, she tells Daily Mail Australia her story and hits back at her fiercest critics.

I used to do promotional modelling and Trav hired me at one of his parties in 2009. When I first met him I felt instantly there was a spark there but he was avoiding me and ignoring me so I had to work for his affection. 

A couple of months later I was running and he was cycling and we met on the same bike track.

There were a few smiles and then he stopped to talk one time. I was with my mum and I hardly said anything because I was so nervous and just let my mum do the talking. 

He was at one of the nightclubs to promote his mate’s party and we saw each other there. I was up on a balcony and he told me that I had a really fat a*se.

I was like ‘what the hell – this guy that I like is telling me that I’m fat’. I went to speak to him and he said ‘you have a really fat a*se in that dress’ and I thought ‘oh my god’.We have a very experimental sex life – it’s extreme Taesha Beynon on sharing her marital bed with up to 30 women 

We were flirting and I was talking close to his ear and he was telling me that I was spitting in his ear and making me really nervous and making it worse – it was so embarrassing.

But then we started talking about modelling and he said ‘I can help you with your portfolio’ and we exchanged numbers.

Not long after that I went his place and it happened from there – but it took about four to six months of working to try to get him.

When we started dating I didn’t know he was going to have other girlfriends as well as me but it was something that we discussed together – it wasn’t him saying ‘this is what’s going to happen’.

We’d been together for a couple of years when we started to bring in other girls.

The lift or the stairs? Beynon shared these racy Instagram snaps of him and his wives and girlfriends heading to bed. Taesha says: ‘What girl doesn’t like to be handcuffed and thrown on the bed? It’s so plain these days people need to spice it up.’

I kissed girls when I was younger and have always been curious so we were both keen to try it out and see how it went and it evolved from there.

We have a very experimental sex life – it’s extreme. I haven’t watched porn or anything like that but even if you were to watch porn I don’t think it’s anything compared to what we get up to.

Trav makes us feel comfortable to come out of our shells, to experiment with each other and with him. He is crazy but he definitely has a softer side which is what keeps us close. 

Regarding the other girls, I’ve had my time with jealousy and you get past it. Trav and I have a very strong marriage and a very strong relationship – we make enough time to spend one on one together. I feel like I’m always the centre of his life.

To anyone who says Travers degrades women or is disrespectful to women, I say that they don’t know what he’s actually like. I never feel degraded – what we do is fun. Which girl doesn’t like to be handcuffed and thrown on the bed? Sex is so plain these days, people need to spice it up. 

I am doing what I choose with my body and people shouldn’t judge me for that. I used to do bikini waitressing and I hated going to work. I love being here.

Day to day I still do normal things: looking after the children, cleaning the house, cooking, laundry and we try to work out as much as we can.

On Fridays and Saturdays it’s crazy – we have heaps of girls over and I love meeting new girls. Some can be too attention-seeking and others are really fun and cool and we invite those ones back. 

My parents don’t like Travers and I have nothing to do with them now. They loved him at the start but then my dad asked him for $2.8million for one of his building projects and Trav refused. They have hated him since then and said the worst things about him like ‘I wish he were dead’. 

I was a month out of giving birth to my first child and that was it, we stopped talking to the whole family. It was tough but it was the right decision.

I didn’t want anything to do with them, I didn’t want my children to have anything to do with them and I’m so glad I don’t talk to them or see them anymore. I picked Travers instead of them and I haven’t spoken to them since. It’s done now.

Now we have good times all the time, even just waking up next to him and cuddling him, I love times like that.   

I’m hoping to be with Trav for the rest of my life and have more children with him.