LOS ANGELES - Hugh Hefner is down a girlfriend.
Hefner and Holly Madison, one of E!'s "The Girls Next Door," are no longer dating. Hefner said he's been "down in the dumps" about the split.
The 28-year-old model-actress stars in the reality series with Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt as one of the 82-year-old publisher's girlfriends who live with him in the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles.
"If Holly says it's over, I guess it's over," Hefner said by telephone Wednesday. "She's still here in the house. Until a few days ago, we were still sharing the same bed."
He was surprised to hear Madison discussing their breakup, but acknowledged that he knew a split was imminent after he told her they would never wed or have children.
He said Madison learned that six months ago, adding: "The fact that she was depressed after that, I didn't know at all. That was a revelation in the last days and weeks."
In a video posted on TMZ.com Tuesday, Madison said she's no longer with Hefner. She also said she is "still filming stuff together" with Wilkinson and Marquardt.
"The Girls Next Door" premiered on E! in 2001 and is in its fifth season. Hefner said he and the three women are committed to a sixth season, but he plans to seek out new live-in lovers. He said 19-year-old Playmate twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon are living in the mansion, but they're aren't his girlfriends -- yet.
