Hefner to settle down? 1st February 2007
(Credit: The Age)

Hugh Hefner is thinking of settling down with one woman.

The 80-year-old founder of the Playboy magazine empire has three young blonde girlfriends - Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson - but admitted he may soon have just one.

Hefner said the woman he will probably settle down with will be Madison, a 27-year-old bikini model.

"In terms of what I think lies ahead, it will probably be Holly and me," Hefner told reporters at a press conference at his Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.

Hefner's unique life at the mansion with live-in girlfriends Madison and Marquardt, both 33, and Wilkinson, 21, is detailed in the reality TV show, The Girls Next Door.

Madison has been vocal about her desire to have a child with Hefner and the magazine mogul has not ruled it out.

Hefner has four children from two previous failed marriages.

"I've thought a lot about it," Hefner said, when asked whether he contemplated settling down with just one girl.

"Obviously, over the years and because of the unique nature of my life with the magazine that brought all of these attractive women into my life, settling down has not been a high priority for me."

Two years ago Hefner had six live-in girlfriends, but he reduced his posse to three.

"From my own personal experience, it's easier to deal with three girlfriends than what it was with one wife," Hefner said.

The Girls of the Playboy Mansion airs in Australia on the E! Entertainment pay TV channel.

AAP

Profiles

Hugh Hefner

Playboy

Foxtel