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Hugh Hefner on Lindsay Lohan Shoot: "I Kind of Had Mixed Emotions"
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Dec. 16 2011, Published 3:07 p.m. ET
Legendary Playboy founder himself Hugh Hefner revealed in a recent interview that he didn't exactly hop on board the Lindsay Lohan train when his editors pitched the idea of getting the starlet into his magazine.
OK! NEWS: LINDSAY LOHAN PRAISED BY PROBATION HEARING JUDGE: "YOU'RE DOING WELL""It really came as a surprise to me," he told E! News. "I kind of had mixed emotions about it initially, and then it turned into something bigger than life."Sounds like perhaps the hesitancy related to Lindsay's off-screen gallivants, probation and morgue community service, anyone?OK! NEWS: HUGH HEFNER PUSHES UP LINDSAY LOHAN PICTORIAL RELEASE DATEHe added, "I wasn't quite sure where she was at in her life, obviously. It depends on whether it's Tuesday or Thursday."