Hugh Hefner finally retiring from legendary Playboy parties

Hugh Hefner may finally be growing up. Whoever thought a man could jump from stunted 25-year-old bachelor to senior citizen without any of the stages that generally come in between? According to Pop Tarts, Hef is finally planning on retiring the bunny ears. The parties, the extra girlfriends – maybe even the grotto. It’s all on its way out. Say it ain’t so.

It looks like Holly Madison is finally getting what she wants — Hugh Hefner all to herself and the winding down of his wild parties populated by girls wearing next to nothing.

Fellow girlfriends Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt were nowhere to be seen at last Thursday’s EA Madden NFL ’09 Game Launch party at West Hollywood’s STK. And the Playboy founder clearly only had eyes for Madison as they canoodled in the back VIP booth, with Holly very much in her element and laughing a lot more than usual (for once she didn’t have to share her man).

… Pop Tarts has been told by numerous inside sources that this is the last time bunnies and big-wigs will hop around the Shakespeare-themed party. After decades and decades of wild nights, we hear Hef is calling it a day and that Playboy Enterprises has decided that this party and the upcoming annual Halloween party will be the last that the magazine mogul personally throws as a means to cut costs.

A rep from the men’s mag kept mum on the murmurs, saying: “Who knows what will happen in a year from now?”

[From Fox News’ Pop Tarts]

The article says that the mansion is still going to be available for private party rentals. Sounds like an excellent place to host a wedding shower to me. It sounds like the decision is mostly a business one, but I’m sure Holly Madison still has visions of little babies crawling around in bunny costumes. Of course they’ll be the kind with footies and a trap door in the back for a quick diaper change. No word on if Hef is really ready to act his age… or even half his age. But it seems like a step, nonetheless.

Here’s Hef and some bunnies at the “Madden NFL 09” VIP Premiere and Celebration of 20th Anniversary of the Madden NFL Franchise at STK/Coco De Ville in West Hollywood on August 7th. Images thanks to PR Photos. Images thanks to WENN.

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  1. Javagirl1 says:

    What an amazing life he’s had.

  2. Michele says:

    Well its about time, he’s only about 90 now. I actually like them both but does anyone realize that he’s still MARRIED to his second wife? And that she lives next door w/ his sons? I am not sure what Holly thinks she’ll achieve here. She might get the baby but not the matrimonial ring.

  3. adam says:

    Is anyone else bothered that a Kellogg’s breakfast fruit pastry is the one reporting this? I’m really confused.

  4. Megan says:

    I thought he was getting jiggy with that new girl, Dasha Somethingorother?

  5. Kaiser says:

    I think he did get a divorce from his second wife, Michele. I saw it on his E! THS.

    But Holly is going to give the poor guy another stroke. Just let Hef be a senior citizen, for the love of god.

  6. Spoonman55 says:

    Say it ain’t so Hef!!!

    What are all us men going to do without you leading the way for us? Let P Diddy take over? He can’t begin to replace or even hold a candle to your sex leading, partying ways-Please!!!

    Maybe Hef will do a statue of his pecker so we can all worship the many thousand of bunnies he’s done throughout his life???

  7. hello says:

    Kaiser –

    They’re still married. Holly brings it up A LOT on the show. I only know that because I like to melt my brain with that stuff.

  8. anastasiabeaverhausen says:

    God, it’s about freaking time. I always knew he HAD to slow down on that shit eventually.

    Although–I wonder if it’s what’s been keeping him fairly vital all this time.

    Hmmm. If he goes downhill physically really fast now, we’ll know.

  9. Izzy says:

    Gonna miss ya Hugh! Your boys are young adults and ready to take over the partying while your daughter runs the biz. Nothing like keeping it in the family.

    Just don’t leave anything to those gold digging bimbos when you go, leave it to your kids.

  10. enchantress says:

    Thanks a lot, Jaybird – thinking of this old satyr naked makes me want to hurl. His nuts must be hanging down around his ankles by now.

  11. Aspen says:

    Poor Bridget. 😛

  12. Kylie says:

    I just read on the PH site thats its not true 🙂 YAY! Keep partying ’till ya die I say!
    I hope Im kicking it like him at his age and not be some miserable old fart in a retirement home!
    Holly looks georgoeus in that pic 🙂

  13. Gigi says:

    His parties are becoming too rowdy? I read that Jason Stratham was evicted from the most recent party for being a pain in the butt.

  14. Rio says:

    Pain in the butt or not, I wouldn’t evict Jason Statham from anything! 😈
    Hope it ain’t true. One of my life goals is to go to a Playboy party…weird as that may seem.

  15. brista says:

    I hope the Playboy mansion and mindset dies with ol’ Heffy here.

  16. Nouvel says:

    Holly is soooooooooo pathetic !! OMG