June 15th, 2011
01:09 PM ET
It's 'Runaway Bride' instead of a wedding for HefSaturday was supposed to be Hugh Hefner’s third walk down the aisle, but instead the Playboy founder will have to seek solace in a movie night. “The breakup is a heart breaker, but better now than after the marriage,” Hefner tweeted Tuesday, following the announcement that his former fiancée Crystal Harris had a “change of heart.” “Since we're not getting married on Saturday, I've scheduled a movie: 'Runaway Bride.' Seems appropriate.” As former “Girls Next Door” star Bridget Marquardt wrote on Twitter, “He seems to be handling this well. He even had a sense of humor about it!” She stopped by yesterday to check up on him and “give him a hug,” she said, which the 85-year-old appreciated, calling her sign of support “Very dear.” Another one of his exes, Kim Conrad, also came by with her mother to “lend their emotional support…I appreciate it,” Hefner wrote. Marquardt's “Girls Next Door” co-star Kendra Wilkinson – who is now married with a child and her own E! reality show – also has plans to try and lift his spirits, saying that she was coming by with "some jack n coke... oh n a pipe." Holly Madison added to the sentiment saying she wished she could be there to support Hef as well. In the meantime, Hefner is clearing up misconceptions about what happened. Although there were reports that a nasty argument led to the break-up, Hefner clarified via Twitter that those rumors aren’t true. “There were no arguments,” he said. For her part, Harris simply said in a statement Tuesday, “After much deep reflection and thought I have decided to end my engagement with Hef. I have the utmost respect for Hef and wish him the best going forward. I hope the media will give each of us the privacy we deserve during this time." The timely arrival of her single “Club Queen” earlier this week hasn’t escaped notice. Hefner himself wrote, “Crystal’s ‘Club Queen’ became available on iTunes today. Hope it’s a hit,” and also retweeted another Twitter user who noted, “Omg @CrystalHarris left @hughhefner the day her single came out on iTunes. Coincidence? I think not.”
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hard resisting not to comment here. most of us probably should resist. maybe Hefner doesn't believe in true love but i can almost assure that this wasn't it. not many 25 year olds wish to marry their great grandfather. if so he should advise her to see a shrink. or maybe it was all a publicity stunt. what do you think?
Hello people!! This was a business deal!! They both win from this break-up..he gets a new show and will continue to build his empire...and people actually know who she is now!! -N
If the wedding has gone through, is chewing Chef's food for him considered to be fore play?
He's gross. I can't imagine wanting to be with an 85-yr old just to get my name out there. Who still buys Playboy anyway?
They say she changed her mind, but I think it was changing his diaper that did it.
I tweet Hef.
@Mr Ed. Are you still hung?
Feeling good.
Funny Holly Madison called this one right. She said at the beginning she didn't think this was the right woman for Hef. And she was right. Not bad for a dumb blonde... that was a joke.
Who gives a damn, there are certainly more important newsworthy items happening around this country , acess http://www/tosabendo.com
Only sincere lady out there for Hef was Holly. Hef sent her down the creek...so I guess this is payback for Hef not seeing the good from the bad. Who knows..maybe Holly will be back for a sequal?
Maybe she just realized that getting married to an 85 year old man at 25 is disgusting and she's the only one out of that whole group of bimbos finally started utilizing her brain.
First off he's an idiot to think any of these pretty young girls actually want him for him! LOL Like is he retarded? He's the richest man in the world right now, and every girl is money-hungry and want their 15 minutes so poor guy just had to learn the hard way (well this is the 3rd time lol)...he should know because of his money people will obviously use him. I can't believe some of these girls actually can stand being with him everyday and night, it's like being with your grandpa ewwwww.
Who gives a damn, there are certainly more important newsworthy items happening around this country than this BS
All a gimmick. She wanted publicity since day one. Now she's focusing on her music career. Great in. Shame Hef couldn't see straight through her.
I would say the pre-nup was a problem for her.
Interesting a man who has made a career of exploiting woman, get exploited, seems fitting.
Hef you already have the wedding planned...call Holly and tell her you made a mistake. She REALLY loves you.
PS It work for George and Yogi :-0
And if Holly isnt available Im sure Ron Glass or Shaquille Oneill would love to marry you, Hef.
Some of his girlfriends must really fall for him...but I have to believe a good portion are in it for the fame and fortune. Big time sugar daddy. Sorry, couldn't be paid enough to pretend to be in love with someone that much older than me. Let alone sleep with him...even if it was all just for show. No thanks.
Someone breaks up with Hef and beautiful women flock to his mansion to make sure he's okay. It must really suck to be him.
The law will find her and judge her
I am the law
how desperate must those girls be, to act like trollops, letting old me ogle them and god only knows what else, all for the sake of a few dollars. They may as well go and stand on a street corner. They are disgusting. I bet if Hefner was an 85 year old man working in wallmart they would not be lining up to crawl into his bed UGH!
Oh come on now! This wasn't going to work anyway! She ran, He ran, who cares. This marrage was over before it got started. Heff, go sit in your rocker and talk to seniors and pray!
As former “Girls Next Door” star Bridget Marquardt wrote on Twitter, “He seems to be handling this well. He even had a sense of humor about it!”
If i had a bottomless supply of incredible bush to pick from i wouldnt be too worried about it either.
she bolted because he is an old geezer and she didnt want to marry and old wrinkled prune. she found someone younger and richer....thats the fact... a young woman like her would only date an old man for one reason, money.
Too bad she didn't stay long enough to get her own reality show, but she'll be okay.
She is leaving hef because she doesnt like the taste of his butt squirt.
let's not be name calling – this was a very mutual "stratch my back" scenerio. Hef is a closet gay and it is the best kept secret in town!
They r all ho's full of std's!
Too bad, Hef's viagra must have quit working. Besides by the time he took his false teeth out and wig off, who would want to go to bed with him? Glad she came to her senses.
gross..
Yes, Hef ruined it for women. I wish they were filling their pre-Hef roles, barefoot and pregnant, kept in the home like the servants they were in the 50's, and never allowed to express their own feelings or desires. http://bit.ly/ll7zlg
At his age, Hef needs a Filapina caregiver, not a Playboy centerfold.
Oh i would so hit that...the ham and cheese sandwich that is. im sooo hungry right now
She looks way more than 25 ...maybe 30 +++
He looks like the crypt keeper compared to those women, good for her for getting out of that!
@fenace d@mn you are a pig. You talk about me but you come on here and make a statement like that. Nobody wants to see you naked miss piggy and nobody wants to see your fat azz swinging from chandelier
What's up with the nose of the first chick on the right?
I liked the Playmates better back in the day when they all had a wholesome "girl next door" look. These ladies look like they've met up with the surgeon's knife too many times.
she probably asked the surgeon for a nicole kidman nose and got a michael jackson instead
He's been using women to line his pockets for decades. Turn about is fair play.
Excuse me Lisa, but what women has he used.. last time I checked Playboy was voluntary...
pathetic
all these grown women that voluntarily pose and accept the money and the are 'taken advantage' of
you insult women
I think the prenuptial was the culprit.. I mean coming from her standpoint she's a young still juicy 24 year old babe whose going to BLIP the already flaccid and wrinkly dingdong of a an 80'ish guy that still worth something for her right ? Maybe what she's been offered was just a change from a bucket of what he's really worth. Wow Heff is getting more of a cheapskate with his age. HE SHOULD BE REALISTIC THAT MARRYING SOMEONE AS OLD AS HIS GRANDAUGHTER
IS EXPENSIVE AND LOVE HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
I needed a really good laugh today and then I read this article. Now I am LOLing continuously.
She was hoping for $500,000 to dump Hef at the altar while being filmed for yet another trashy reality show. Apparently she wasn't offered anything close to that and dumped him before-hand. It was always about the money and I don't know who is more pathetic, her for being such a money-grubbing, gold-digger, bimbo, or him for actually thinking anyone under the age of 70 would even WANT him touching them. Her 15 seconds are already up and he's got one foot on a banana peel and the other in a grave,
Hef, it is no longer COOL; it is creepy!
After deep reflection says the fiance: Hmm, she realized she didn't want to married to old wrinkled fellow. At least she didn't marry him to divorce later.
Why would a young 25 year want to be married to an 85 year. I don't care how much money he has. Life would be so boring.
Maybe she saw the results of his physical and found out he was going to live longer than she was prepared to fake it.
That and the pre-nup.
Hef is at that age now when even $ wont make him look "cute". All the dold diggers he surrounds himself with are there just for publicity! This Krystal chick was invisible to the public before she hooked up with Hefner.Now she gets even more free press by breaking up with him, & that will work wonders for her singing career!! Hef, maybe you should try a brunette next time & perhaps a mature woman as opposed to these silly girls! I'm available & can still swing from the chandeliers! Just a thought!
does your equipment still work?
are parts of you drooping to the floor?
if yes to the first question and no to the second:
I got some great power tools and nice attachments for my black and decker appliances that I can use for our first date
At least with her going on record as dumping him she cant get a lawyer and sue him for it.
my favorite quote "I hope the media will give each of us the privacy we deserve during this time." Honey that won't be a problem at all. To quote David Spade – "and you are???!??!??!?!"
Exactly what I was thinkinf!!! Just like when that Audrina chick said on DWTS, "everything you ever wanted to know about me" (will be on her new show) I didn't realize I wanted to know anything about her....ahhh reality stars thinking everyone knows who they are.
I heard (I think on The View) that she was getting her own reality tv show. So that quote about the media giving her privacy is a joke,
Hef may have been played, but I bet he enjoyed the hell out of it.
If Hef is looking for a wife, I can always marry him instead. I can always use some more publicity, er, I mean, love.
There is probably hardly a sincere woman at the Playboy mansion. One after the other using Hefner for his fame and money, and he in turn using woman for what he has to offer and probably his own personal whims. Holly Madison is a hypocrite. She says she wants what is best for Hefner, but a playmate wrote a book stating that Holly once tried to copy Hugh Hefner's will. Hardly one of thee women can probably be trusted.
One word describes every one of these women: opportunistic. They will do what ever it takes to get where they could not go on their own. Hef needs to figure this one out. Grow up dude. Now or never. You are being used.
Please, enough with the "they used him" routine. He is 85, and getting with girls young enough to be his great-granddaughters! You think he doesn't know what he's doing? He's the one doing the playing. Of course he is more than willing to pay the pricetag on his lifestyle. And he's been doing that for more than 60 years. Nodoby is doing anything to Hugh Hefner that he doesn't want done to him, so let's not villainize those girls.
can you really believe what the other playmate said she was probable talking about her self and not holly just to right a book and make money you know sandal makes money and if she just a playmate righting a book we have see that book before so she had to put something to make money and if that was true haf would have said it he said everything else about all the woman he had been with just my thoughts on the matter.
There are two people I do not feel sorry for. Arnold Swartzennager and Hugh Hefner. I have no pity for these two baboons and their little wee wees gone amuck.
Gin, the difference between the two is obvious. Hef never tried to hide his lifestyle. In fact, the man has made millions from it. Arnold, on the other hand, is a two faced cheat.
I really enjoy the articles in the magazine. I read them on the toilet with a box of tissues every day.
lmao. Best response ever.
He is toooo old anyhows. My grandpa said this fella was making nekked lady books 200 yeras ago. If he has lived that long how can we be sure he is not saatan? He kinda liiks like him to me.
His work from the 1800s was pretty racy for the time. So much bared ankle...
Hmmm, "LDS" – so you also believe in the fairy tale about gold books buried in upstate New York?
in other words Crystal woke up next to Hef one day recently and realized that the thought of marrying a man old enough to be her grandfather, if not great-grandfather, turned her stomach.
Absolutely. It was totally against any natural behavior to sleep with a person 60 years older than you. Even if they had been intellectually and emotionally compatible....the bodies get in the way...especially his.
Glad she dumped him, he makes money off of women. Good for them take him to the cleaners.
Of all the Girls Next Door, Bridget was my favorite.
I agree, Bridget was the hottest. I would just DROOL when she was on the screen. SO HOT!!!!
I agree too! Bridget was the best and favorite girl, she is amazing.
Yup. Kendra and Holly were always either confused, complaining, or acting like airheads.
at least he has company to cheer him up and whatnot. haha @ Runaway Bride. #slangwhocelebritygossip
The centerold pet of the month pages make excellent fanny wipers.
The girlfriend has a hit song that just came out. It must going good for her to stop that wedding days before it was supposed to happen. She played him.
Im so glad Hef wised up and dumped this gold-digger.
@barnabyjones: Can you not read? SHE dumped HIM.
"She played him." Did you expect anything less?
not enough money there, hence why she dumped him
Or, did HE play HER?
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All I can say is that Kendra's husband must be a weak pu__y to let his wife to go by one of he ex's home to console and get high with him. How much more humiliation can that man take?
@Lucy... She played him? I don't think so... look at the price she had to pay for 2 years. Can't imagine sleeping with an 85 year old. Ugh! Seems to me she played herself.
THANK GOD this nightmare is over! I thought it was the END of Hugh Hefner!
She left right after he hit her with the pre-nup.
Lucy – They are ALL playing him. Can you think of anywhere else on the planet where 25 year olds flock to an 81 year old man? Note that in the article she says that she has a lot of "respect" for him. There is no mention of love.