Hugh Hefner has dumped two of his three “girlfriends”. He “let go” of the 20-year-old Shannon twins, Kristina and Karissa, who have been “with” Hef for about a year. They aren’t going to be thrown out with the trash, though – Hef is allowing them to move into the Playmate House, which I think is a separate residence than the Playboy Mansion…? The Huffington Post has more… Hef announced the whole thing on his Twitter… because Hef tweets (how did I not know this?):

Hugh Hefner, 83, is down 2/3 of his girlfriends.

Late Tuesday Hefner tweeted that, “The Shannon Twins are growing up. They’re moving to the Playmate House with my blessing so they will be free to do other things.”

Kristina and Karissa Shannon, known as ‘The Shannon Twins,’ are 20 and have been dating the aging Playboy mogul for over a year.

They tweeted, “Were looking forward to moving to the Playmate House, But we still love Hef & want to remain close.”

This means he is down to just one live-in girlfriend, December 2009 playmate Crystal Harris.

[From Huffington Post]

E! News actually got an interview with Hef, and he explained the situation in a bit more detail… apparently, he’s getting more serious about the other girlfriend, Crystal Harris, and “the twins” want to travel and get away from checking in with Grandpa every two hours:

Hef explains that while his relationship with girlfriend Crystal Harris has been getting “more serious,” the twins have expressed a lot of interest in doing more Playmate-related promotional work for the company…

“They’ve been hanging out with a lot of the other Playmates and they see these girls traveling across the country to do promotion,” he said. “They would like to be doing that, too.”

In fact, Hefner, 83, said he was the one who initially suggested the move, which will take place within the next couple of weeks. “When they thought about it, they thought it was a good idea,” he said, adding, “They will now be friends, but they won’t be defined as the girlfriends.”

As serious as things may be with 23-year-old Crystal, Hef says we shouldn’t start listening for wedding bells. “I haven’t had a lot of luck with marriage,” he said. “I don’t have a good track record and I don’t want to screw this one up.”

The twins’ departure doesn’t mean the end of Girls Next Door.

Hef says if his hit E! reality series gets picked up for another season, we’ll not only see some of the twins work with the Playmates, but of course, “how my relationships are changing romantically and how that relates to Crystal.”

[From E! News]

Okay, I have a confession: I actually like Hef. And I think even though he’s an old fool for all of these girlfriends and stuff, I like that he’s not throwing them out, that he’s still looking out for them and helping them. Hef treats women better than many, many men. You just have to know what you’re getting into with him. Like, you have to monitor his prescriptions and don’t interrupt his naps.