Famous celebrity denials
Howard Stern marries again
After divorcing his first wife, Alison Berns, in 2000, Howard Stern said: No. More. Marriage. He was even known to hassle friends for falling prey to romance and agreeing to a trip down the aisle. Now, the self-proclaimed King of All Media is eating his words.
On Feb. 13, 2007, Stern proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky.
The unlikely couple tied the knot on Oct. 3, 2008. (Evan Agostini / Associated Press)
When OK! Magazine and Us Weekly speculated that Ashlee Simpson was pregnant, Simpsons beau, Pete Wentz, was livid.
“There is a witch hunt for people to be pregnant whenever they get engaged in Hollywood,” Wentz wrote in an e-mail to MTV News. “This is all news to me. I can’t wait for the story about how I’m really in a gay relationship and this is all just a cover. ... I mean really, this is crazy.”
Soon enough, however, Wentz backed down and admitted the truth. “While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to officially confirm that we are expecting our first child,” Ashlee and Pete wrote on Petes website, FriendsOrEnemies.com. “This is truly the most joyous time in our lives and we are excited to share the happy news and start our family.” (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
Rumor had it that the golden couple was on the rocks, but Jennifer Aniston publicist Stephen Huvane said Aniston and hubby Brad Pitt were A-OK. “They are looking forward to spending the holidays with each other. There is no split. They are fine,” Huvane told Us Weekly.
Two weeks later on Jan. 7, 2005 the pair announced their separation. (Perry C. Riddle / Los Angeles Times)
When Lindsay Lohan landed in the hospital twice in 2006, her people blamed “exhaustion” and “dehydration.” Among the many skeptics was “Georgia Rule” producer James G. Robinson, who told Lohan in a memo, “We are well aware that your partying is the real reason for your so-called exhaustion.”
After two DUIs, Lohan checked into rehab. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
Duchovny, who has starred in the cable series “Californication” and Red Shoe Diaries,” had long been suspected of being a sex addict. After a decade of decrying such reports as false -- Im not a sex addict. I have never been to those meetings, he told Playgirl in 1997 -- last month he checked himself into treatment for the addiction. (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)
Amy Winehouse burst on the scene in 2006 with “Rehab,” a tune about her staunch refusal to check into a rehabilitation facility. Still, when Winehouse was rushed to University College London Hospital in 2007, her people blamed “exhaustion.”
Winehouse herself, however, eschewed the exhaustion excuse and admitted to German magazine Stern that drugs were to blame. “I really thought that it was over for me then,” she told the magazine. “My husband Blake saved me. He brought me to the hospital.” (Pierre Philippe Marcou / AFP/Getty Images)