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'This year has been a very interesting year for me, I almost got married,' Hugh Hefner, 85, told People magazine when asked about his plans in 2012, explaining that he plans to avoid the marriage route. 'And as Holly (Madison) -- a dear friend and former girlfriend -- said, 'Well, you missed a bullet.' I think that's accurate. I am clearly not meant to be married. Married life isn't for me.'
(Pictured: Hugh Hefner appears in a photograph taken at the Playboy Mansion in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles on Friday, April 7, 2006.)
(AP Photo / Kevork Djansezian)