After more than ten years of being separated from his estranged wife, Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner says he waited to complete his divorce "because of the children."

"Now is the time," Hefner told the Associated Press of making his divorce final to former Playmate of the Year, Kimberly Conrad Hefner. Hefner's twin boys are now about to turn 18.

"I stayed married not because it was a marriage -- the marriage ended in 1998," Hefner told AP. "I stayed because she wanted me to."