Before the facade of The Girls Next Door came down, Holly Madison and Hugh Hefner both denied that Holly was secretly dating illusionist Criss Angel. Holly said Angel was just a friend, and to trying to keep the news under wraps until he replaced her, Hef adamantly denied Madison could be dating anyone else. Now that Criss Angel and Holly Madison have gone public, I think it’s fair to say that was all another illusion.

Angel and Madison have been spotted kissing and snuggling over the last several weeks in Las Vegas, but remain somewhat coy about their relationship.

“This is one of the most special evenings for me in my life and I can not think of a more beautiful person, a more special person, inside and out, than Holly to spend it with,” Angel said on the opening night of his new Cirque Du Soleil show, “Believe,” in Las Vegas.

[From People]

This is another one of those celebrity hocouples that fit. They’re on the same lower celebrity rung so one can’t outshine the other. They make more sense than Angel and Cameron Diaz. Criss Angel really came off as looking like a fame whore in that relationship and some would say the same of Holly Madison with Hef. But that’s all the more reason why they’re ideal for each other. They’re both just famous enough to feed the whoring on either side, but not enough to be a threat to each other.

Criss Angel can give Holly money and the baby she wants, and she can give him arm candy and a smiley magician’s assistant to point and applaud. It’s a win/win situation. I think Mindfreak is awesome, I can’t help it, I like to be entertained by cheesy magic tricks I can’t figure out. Holly is my favorite Hefner girlfriend, too, although I can’t give you a specific reason why. The two of them are prime for a TV show together. E! would be all over it.

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