To all the ladies out there who are attempting to land Hugh Hefner, you should be warned: Hugh demands absolute fidelity. Sure, he won’t give you much back – unless you consider sleeping with slightly fewer implanted girls to be fidelity – but you sure as hell better keep your legs crossed 24/7, unless Hef’s the one granted access. So if you cheat on him, he will divorce you. Don’t think Hef will be cuckolded. He may wait through 11 years of estrangement, but he will leave you. That’s what Kimberly Conrad just found out.

Hugh Hefner claims his soon-to-be ex-wife Kimberley Conrad cheated on him before their marriage fell apart — but that’s not why he’s finally demanding a divorce.

TMZ just spoke with the Playboy kingpin, who told us he made the decision to officially break it off with his estranged wife, and mother of his two children, strictly because she filed a $5 million lawsuit against him last month relating to the sale of a house they owned together.

As for why he had stayed married during the 11-years they have been estranged, Hef says, “At the time of the separation, I was happy to get a divorce … I only remained married for the sake of the children at her request.”

Hef told us that he was “faithful” during the time they were together, but says Kim had cheated on him “early in the relationship.” Hef says he knows who the other person is, but would not reveal the identity.

Hef did reveal his frustrations with the lawsuit — claiming he has paid Kimberley every cent that he agreed to pay her in their prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, adding, “I have been generous to a fault.”

[From TMZ]

Earlier this year there were rumors that Hef and Kimberly were secretly together again. Maybe that had something to do with all this.

I have a really hard time believing that Hugh Hefner was totally faithful during their marriage. I just doubt the guy can do it, though I also appreciate that he generally is open and honest about his lifestyle. So many things about the situation with Kimberly Conrad are strange. I mean she lives in a house on the Playboy mansion’s property. Which is separated from the grounds by a hedges or some such thing, for the sake of their grown sons. But clearly Kim and Hef had an amicable situation that worked for them for a long, long time. Their happy estrangement was successful longer than most Hollywood marriages.

And while I certainly don’t believe every word out of Hef’s mouth, by most accounts he has been generous with Kimberly, and there’s no reason to believe she’s ever wanted for anything. And he did stay technically married to her, which I guess is what she wanted. You could easily argue that didn’t help their sons at all, but who knows. It just seems strange for her to suddenly get so pissed off about this house sale. And all he’s got to do is file for divorce. She obviously knew he could do that. It feels like there are still a lot of holes in this story.