Keith J. Kelly

Keith J. Kelly

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Hugh Hefner’s son can’t wait to fix non-nude Playboy

Hugh Hefner’s 24-year-old son, Cooper, who earlier this week went public over his clash with Playboy Chief Executive Scott Flanders’ move to strip nudes from the pages of the iconic magazine, dreams of one day running the title his dad founded in 1953.

Cooper hopes that dream will come true when Flanders and his team are sent packing.

“I continue to have confidence that one day, as Disney and Apple did, Playboy will have its moment to appropriately reinvent itself,” the younger Hefner said in a posting on pop culture site Hop.

“And when that day comes, and current leadership has been moved out, I will happily walk back in to our offices and execute these blueprints for a better brand future,” said Cooper, Hop’s founder and chief creative officer.

He titled his essay “Playboy Without a Hefner.”

Cooper, in an interview with Business Insider, also blasted Flanders’ decision to put the aging Playboy mansion on the block for $200 million.

Foreign buyers are said to be eyeing the five-acre Los Angeles site.

Cooper had been pulling in an estimated $100,000 a year while serving as a Playboy “brand ambassador” — but his contract expired Dec. 31, meaning he was effectively fired from his dad’s company.

Hugh Hefner, who turns 90 in April and is still listed as editor-in-chief of the monthly, was said to have reviewed all the pages of the new no-nudes Playboy, according to Flanders, but played no role in Editorial Director Jason Buhrmester’s redesign.

Once a majority owner and involved with every move the company made, Hugh Hefner now retains just a 30 percent stake in Playboy.

The March issues hit recently, featuring social media sensation Sarah McDaniel on the cover. It still features sex stories and provocative poses — but no full nudity.

Playboy declined to comment on Cooper’s salvo.