14 DAY TRIAL // At 83, Hugh Hefner continues to live the life most men can only dream of: constantly surrounded by beautiful women and with his fortune secured at the bank, he remains the epitome of living a luxurious and relatively carefree life. However, there is one little thing that bothers the Hef, and that’s that he can’t tell two of his current girlfriends apart, as he reveals to Fox News.
Hefner has long been known for his trio of glamorous girlfriends that he personally picks out of all Playboy models, as well as for his obstinacy to marry again, saying that a somewhat commitment-free relationship is ideal for modern life. The problem with his current much younger partners is that two of them are twins and he really has no way of telling them apart, as Hef himself admits for the aforementioned publication.
Karissa and Kristina Shannon are the twins in question. They’re 19 and love dressing up in the same clothes to confuse people. In doing so, they also confuse Hefner, who has only one certain way of telling which one is which. “I have one little trick, one has a little mark. [Hef motions to his neck] Other than that, I don’t know.” the aging millionaire says for the news agency.
Of course, the fact that he can’t tell two of his girls apart can also be seen as the clearest indication that reports about Hefner’s failing health are at least half accurate, nay-sayers are whispering. After all, no matter the kind of careless life he leads, he is still 83 years old and age must start taking a toll on him, as earlier reports also had it. Not long ago, for instance, sources were telling the same news agency that Hef was feeling worse and worse with each passing day, both because of the departure of his previous three girls and because he was getting sicker.
“The 83-year-old made a brief appearance at the Annual Kandyland Masquerade Ball at the iconic Mansion on Saturday night, but we’re told by numerous Playboy party regulars that while he appeared in good spirits, Hefner looked far from his normally alert and healthy self. ‘He looked so old, like he had aged 10 years in the last month and was barely moving,’ said an insider, adding that Hef’s new number one Crystal held his hand and assisted him as she ‘slowly shuffled’ along while his other lovers (the 19-year-old Shannon twins) marched ahead of the bunny brigade and reveled in the limelight.” Fox News was writing at the time, citing a fellow party-goer and eyewitness.