Hey, remember back when Hugh Hefner wouldn’t let his girlfriends travel anywhere for more than a full day if he wasn’t with them? Like, they had to be by his side at all times. He ruled his harem with an iron fist, even if his penis wasn’t exactly as … er … hardcore.

Well, here’s Kendra Wilkinson (and some other Playmate) judging some two-bit bikini contest in the Bahamas on Saturday. And Saturday night? Was the Leather & Lace party at the mansion. The media-friendly Leather & Lace party. Which Kendra did not attend. Also conspicuously missing from Saturday night’s party? Bridget Marquardt.

Only Holly was there, reppin’ Team Golddigger.

Just a year or two ago, Hef never would have let this happen.

The times, they are a-changin’.

Oh and there are boobie close-ups in the thumbnails, because I love my hetero male readers, too.

In response to yesterday’s piece in Page Six about Bridget Marquardt being married, Holly posted this on her MySpace blog.

Page 6 needs to check their “facts”

Today Page 6 said that Bridget is married to a guy from Ohio??????????? Last time I checked, Bridget is divorced (after a 7 year seperation) from a guy from California . . . . . being that this is all a matter of public record, one would think you could check on that pretty easily . . . .

So there you have it.

“The reality is the girls and I are all together … Holly shares my bed on a nightly basis … Are there going to be changes in the relationships? I’m sure there are going to be. I think that in the future, the girls are going to, in time, be dating others and moving out of the mansion, and when that happens we will not be keeping it a secret.”

Hugh Hefner, on the recent rumors of Holly and Kendra dating other men.

You know what?

I believe the old man. And I haven’t run these cheating rumors on this site because I firmly believe they are bullshit.

None of these girls are dumb enough to be fooling around behind Hugh Hefner’s back. And he’s not going to allow it to look like that. If they were broken up, and the girls were seeing other people, Hef would have made an announcement about the break-up rather than allow people to speculate about his girlfriends cheating on him. I think all these rumors are total bullshit.

Hugh Hefner’s main squeeze leaves the Ivy after having lunch with girlfriends.

And normally I don’t go after the things celebs wear on the street, but when you go to the Ivy it’s basically the same thing as walking the red carpet. You KNOW you’re going to be photographed. So she’s fair game here.

Holly’s currently battling rumors that she’s on the verge of leaving Hef for magician Criss Angel.

Ew!

Holly, if you’re gonna leave Hef, give us a story we can work with, baby. Get with George Clooney. Or, better yet, Lindsay Lohan! Criss Angel is as gross as he is boring.

The Playboy magnate turns a whopping 82 years old today.

And he got an early birthday present from Pamela Anderson. When Hef and Holly entered their penthouse at the Palms, they were greeted by Pam, who was butt-ass naked except for a pair of high heels, and holding a cake.

“Pam wasn’t paid to do it, she just wanted to show her love for Hef,” says a source.

Um, okay, but between Girls Next Door and Pam’s upcoming reality TV show, how many video cameras do you think were there to capture this sweet, private moment and use it in promos?

Yeah.

2008 is the year to do it!

It’s baby year!

Never one to buck a trend, Holly Madison says she and Hef are trying for a baby.

“There has been lots of trying — lots of trying!” she told Usmagazine.com at Playboy’s Ninth Annual Super Saturday Night bash in Arizona.

Does she mean by having sex? I can’t imagine Hef has a single usable sperm at this point. I can just picture his little swimmers, wearing bathrobes, smoking pipes and sauntering up Holly’s vaginal canal, pausing every now and again to nap.

Hopefully he froze a bunch of them a long time ago.

“To be perfectly frank, I have unexpectedly fallen in love. It is the relationship with Holly that will probably last forever. The others will last for as long as they want it to last before going on with their careers and lives.”

Hugh Hefner to the AP.

Score one for Holly Madison.

You know she can’t wait until Bridget and Kendra get out of the picture and she gets to have that Hefner baby.