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" Hugh Hefner has issued an official statement, brushing off controversial claims by his ex-girlfriend Holly Madison as nothing more than &amp;quot;an attempt to stay in the spotlight.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Over the course of my life I&amp;#039;ve had more than my fair share of romantic relationships with wonderful women,&amp;quot; Hugh told Us Weekly. &amp;quot;Many moved on to live happy, healthy and productive lives, and I&amp;#039;m pleased to say remain dear friends today.&amp;quot; He goes on: &amp;quot;Sadly, there are a few who have chosen to rewrite history in an attempt to stay in the spotlight. I guess, as the old saying goes: You can&amp;#039;t win &amp;#039;em all!&amp;quot;  In her new autobiography Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, Holly went into great detail about her life in the Playboy Mansion. Describing the first time she met Hef, Holly claimed that he offered her horse tranquillisers, allegedly saying: &amp;quot;&amp;#039;Usually, I don&amp;#039;t approve of drugs, but you know, in the &amp;#039;70s they used to call these pills thigh openers.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; She even went on to say how she became so low, she considered drowning herself, &amp;quot;to escape the ridiculous life I was leading.&amp;quot; She writes: &amp;quot;If I just put my head under water and take a deep breath in, it would all be over. I wondered, would anyone even miss me?&amp;quot;  Hefner is presumably also referring to Carla Howe, Izabella St. James, Kendra Wilkinson, Melissa Howe, Karissa Shannon and Jill Ann Spaulding in his statement, as all 7 women are amongst those to spill on their lives at the mansion. Izabella has also claimed that Hugh offered the girls horse tranquillisers, saying in her book: &amp;quot;Quaaludes were supposed to give you a nice buzz. Hef told me once that they were meant to put girls in the mood for sex.&amp;quot; While Hugh clearly denies these claims, here are the 15 worst things playmates have said about life in the Playboy Mansion. Follow Claire on Twitter. 16 CELEBS YOU FORGOT POSED NAKED FOR PLAYBOY (NSFW) HOLLY MADISON REVEALS MORE DETAILS ABOUT LIFE IN THE PLAYBOY MANSION "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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