Holly Madison speaks plainly about Hef’s engagement

When word got around that elderly lech Hugh Hefner had gotten engaged to one of his harem members, pretty much everyone thought about Holly Madison and the couple’s breakup after he essentially wouldn’t marry her.

The couple split in late 2008. Earlier that year at a Playboy luncheon, Hefner said:

“I love Holly very much and I think we’re going to be together the rest of my life, but marriage isn’t part of my puzzle. It’s not a personal thing; I just haven’t had much luck with marriages.”

While it seemed clear the engagement would be a bit of a slap in the face for Madison, one might expect she’d quietly offer her best wishes anyway. She didn’t though, not exactly, addressing the issue with surprising grace and sans congratulatory platitudes:

“I’m very surprised… I have a lot of different feelings on it. I don’t just feel one way. I kind of didn’t want to put a generic statement out there like ‘Congratulations!’ because I felt everyone would see through that.”

Madison even went to her former home with Hefner to express her mixed feelings:

Holly met with Hefner and Crystal yesterday at the Playboy Mansion. “I wanted to see him and Crystal and tell everybody face-to-face how I felt,” she said.

Madison says she’s been dating a guitar player since September and that he will appear on her reality show.