Crystal Harris

ENGAGED AGAIN: HUGH HEFNER’S FRIENDS ARE WORRIED

Hugh Hefner’s friends were appalled when he allowed his 26 year old runaway bride Crystal Harris move back into the Playboy mansion earlier this year. They felt she had really humiliated him by jilting him before their highly publicized June 2011 wedding, and he was behaving like a fool. Since he announced plans to reschedule the wedding for New Year’s Eve, they want Hef, 86, to have his head examined! Hefner’s pals feel that after Crystal dumped Hugh, she wised up to the fact that her young boyfriends wouldn’t spoil her like Hef did, and ultimately opted for the money. We’re hoping there were a lot of legal documents drawn up to make sure Crystal doesn’t take advantage of her aging husband.

HUGH HEFNER IS FIGHTING FOR CUSTODY OF HIS DOG

We were surprised and rather touched to hear that Hugh Hefner has recovered nicely from being jilted at the altar by his 25 year old bride-to-be Crystal Harris in June, but he’s asking for custody of their Cavalier King Charles spaniel Charlie. Hef, 85, told Crystal she could keep the engagement ring (which she already auctioned off at Christie’s for $47,000) and the Bentley he gave her if she would let Charlie stay at the mansion. The Playboy mogul has grown very fond of the pup. Crystal is thinking it over.

HOLLY MADISON TO JILTED HUGH HEFNER: “I TOLD YOU SO”

Meanwhile, Hugh Hefner’s former longtime girlfriend Holly Madison is in Las Vegas promoting her book “The Showgirl Next Door: Holly Madison’s Las Vegas,” and she drew quite a crowd at the Paris hotel. You’ll recall Holly left Hef after years of togetherness because he reused to marry HER or pursue having a baby together. Holly was shocked when Hef promptly took up with Crystal Harris and they quickly got engaged. She was suspicious of Crystal’s motivations and it turns out Crystal lived up to expectations by dumping Hef days before the wedding.

HUGH HEFNER, 84 AND CRYSTAL HARRIS, 24, ARE ENGAGED. SO WHAT?

It’s funny how people react to the news that Hugh Hefner, 84, just got engaged to his 24 year old Playmate girlfriend Crystal Harris. Some people laugh, some are horrified, and others are outraged. Hello – we’ve seen it all before with Anna Nicole Smith and her 89 year old billionaire in a wheelchair, J Howard Marshall. In fact, this is a fairly common situation when it comes to lonely billionaires and aspiring blondes. Whether Hef will really go on with a wedding remains to be seen, but that ring bought him the attentive company of Crystal Harris for the time being. Hef just wants to have fun and enjoy his money in his declining years. And why shouldn’t he? He worked for it. Crystal Harris knows she will never have to worry about money again. Two happy people. What’s the big deal?