Desperate Housewives Update
Andrew Comes Out and Marcia Cross Outing Debate Continues

Everyone's been in quite the uproar over the supposed outing of Marcia Cross who plays Bree Van de Kamp on ABC's hit, Desperate Housewives. Rumors began on the Internet, even making it into traditional media. Finally, Marcia Cross made a statement, as well as answered on television, that she was not gay. A variety of commentaries are still running on the Web that she, in fact, is gay and has a girlfriend. Here's what Michael Musto of the Village Voice had to say about the matter:

"The good thing about last week's MARCIA CROSS mania is that gay-celebrity rumors are finally as coverable as straight ones—going there is no longer considered a hideous smear campaign. And here's some background on the story: At a recent Out magazine gala, Cross told me, 'I have a gay uncle and I went to Juilliard, where everybody is gay. [Smiling] I've thought of turning gay myself.' 'Well, have another cocktail,' I smirked. 'No, kidding!' she said, laughing. By the way, my sources swear she does have a girlfriend—but again, Marcia denies being a lesbian!"

Should be interesting to see how this all plays out in the end.

Well, it's out....or rather Andrew is. Bree's screwed up son, Andrew, is obviously the gay one. Susan (Teri Hatcher) catches Andrew in the pool with another cute guy, to which he blurts, "I'm not gay!" Okay, whatever. Guess you were just giving the guy mouth-to-mouth before he drowns, right? While it would have been more exciting for the storyline if Rex, Bree's B&D-loving husband had turned out to be gay, it should be interesting to see how Bree reacts to this news. She's such a "Stepford" wife, with her perfect little family falling apart right in front of her eyes, that this latest development might just shake things up a bit around Wisteria Lane.

In case you've been living under a rock, Desperate Housewives is the story of four, well, desperate women living on Wisteria Lane. We meet all the players in the pilot: dead narrator Mary Alice (Brenda Strong) who kills herself to start off the show with a bang (sorry, no pun intended!) and leaves behind a very strange husband and teenage son with a huge secret; Lynette (Felicity Huffman), a miserable stay-at-home Mom who used to be a power broker in the business world, but is now saddled with totally out of control kids, and a scarce husband; hot Gabrielle (Eva Longoria), the former model who dallies with the lawn boy on a regular basis (maybe she's been talking to Marissa about lawn boy attractions!), trapped in a loveless marriage to hunky Carlos; and single Mom Susan (Teri Hatcher), with a penchant for locking herself out of the house naked, and attracted to the hot, mysterious Mike. Then there's Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross) who is the Stepford Wife of them all: everything must be perfect no matter the cost, alienating Rex, her husband, and two children in the process. Rounding out the cast of supporting characters is Nicolette Sheridan as man-hungry Edie, a constant thorn in Susan's side; nosy neighbor Mrs. Huber, who has no problem blackmailing people to get what she wants and gets more than she's bargained for; cute lawn boy, John (Jesse Metcalf), who does more than Gabrielle's lawn; and Mike (James Denton), the hunky plumber / CIA agent / thief (who knows?!) love interest of Susan.

Combine these four desperate women, mix in a mystery of major proportion, have a couple dead bodies surface, bring in a couple of mysterious newcomers, and you have the makings of a major hit for ABC. Desperate Housewives airs on Sunday nights at 9/8 p.m. central on ABC. Stay tuned to find out who the gay guy ends up being! All this plus blackmail, too. It doesn't get much better than this!