Hugh Hefner Says The Lindsay Lohan 'Playboy' Issue is Being Released EARLY

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Hugh Hefner has been robbed by the Internet -- and now the Playboy founder has announced he's releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue EARLY -- after the entire spread was leaked to the web.

Hef just tweeted, "Because of the interest & the Internet leak, we're releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early."

Playboy invested a TON of money into the Lohan edition -- and had printed thousands of extra copies in anticipation of unprecedented demand.

No new release date has been announced as of yet.