Vehement Denials of the Week

· John Lithgow (3rd Rock From the Sun) ''I absolutely, categorically deny that I'm the illegitimate younger brother of John Cleese.''

· Estelle Getty (The Golden Girls) ''I am not carrying Ricky Martin's baby.''

· Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) ''My best friend was at the grocery store standing behind these two guys in line, and one of the guys told the other that I was a man. He said, 'If you look closely, you can tell that she is,' and the other guy was like, 'Oh, my God! Now that you mention it, she is a man!' So I'm denying that I'm a man.''

· John Mahoney (Frasier) ''I'm vehemently denying that I'm going to have James Gandolfini [The Sopranos] break David Hyde Pierce's knees so that he won't be able to work next season and I'll have a chance to get an Emmy.''

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