Hefner still using the celebrity news headlines via Twitter

It entirely possible that despite being part of the celebrity news culture since 1950s, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner continue to grab the headlines way into his twilight years ? after announcing his engagement girl 60 years his senior.



The magazine mogul and infamous ladies? man revealed to his army of Twitter followers after Christmas he had proposed to 24-year-old Playmate Crystal Harris on Christmas Eve and that his intended had burst into tears when he popped the question.



Hefner tweeted: ?When I gave Crystal the ring, she burst into tears. This is the happiest Christmas weekend in memory," adding later, ?Yes, the ring I gave Crystal is surely an engagement ring. I didn't mean to create a mystery out of it. A very merry Christmas to any or all." Crystal herself, who appeared as Playboy?s Playmate of the Month in December 2009, later tweeted she had noticed her engagement was trending on Twitter and revealed that her new fianc? had bought her a painting derived from one of of her favourite artists and linked a photo to it for those to see.





Since then, the engagement has continued to be the talk of tinsel town and was even brought up as part of a controversial act by TV funnyman Ricky Gervais while he hosted this year?s Golden Globes. After mentioning the hit AMC zombie series The Walking Dead, Gervais said: ?Talking of the walking dead, congratulations How to get verified on twitter Hugh Hefner, who's getting married at 84 to 24-year-old beauty Crystal Harris. When asked why she was marrying him, she said, 'He lied about his age. I thought he was 94.?



Hefner, though, appears to be have seen the funny side, yet again taking to Twitter for you his comments for the joke. ?The Golden Globes was obviously a blast,? he was quoted saying, ?They made fun of everyone, including Crystal and me." When one of his followers asked if he had been in any way offended through the jibes, he replied: "Age remains just a number ? Jokes about age will start to seem lame as we all begin to live longer, fuller lives."



However, it's not the first time the smoking jacket-wearing lothario has set the celebrity gossip columns alight with his romantic exploits, as not merely has lucrative married twice before, he has also stood a number of visible relationships with stars of his gentleman?s magazine on numerous occasions ? some of which have gone on successful careers the truth is TV. Last year, he divorced his second wife, former Playmate Kimberly Conrad, after working six years married to his first wife Mildred Williams between 1953 and 1959.