Hugh Hefner's Wedding Called Off With Five Days To Go

By Mark Memmott

Published June 14, 2011 at 3:51 PM EDT

Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris on April 26, 2010.

"The wedding is off. Crystal has had a change of heart."

And with — the same place where he announced the engagement last December -- Playboyfounder Hugh Hefner, 85, told the world today that he won't be marrying one-time Playmate Crystal Harris on Saturday.

According to the Los Angeles Times' Ministry of Gossip blog, the 25-year-old Harris moved out of the Playboy Mansion over the weekend.

E! News reports that Harris' music manager, Michael Blakey, says "it was amicable." TMZ tells a slightly different story.

It was last Christmas Eve, Hef tweeted at the time, when he and Harris got engaged.

Mark Memmott

Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.

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