'Desperate' wives photo flap
April 7, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) -- They may appear sultry and ready for summer
on the May cover of Vanity Fair, but according to the magazine,
the stars of ABC's hit show "Desperate Housewives"
were actually steaming angry.
Vanity Fair's cover proclaims: "You wouldn't believe what
it took just to get this photo!"
The article acknowledges that the poolside photo-shoot, in which
the five women appear in different colored bathing suits, was
manned by an ABC representative who was to make sure that certain
demands were met -- including that Teri Hatcher didn't select her
wardrobe first or appear in the center of any group photo.
"Whatever you do," the ABC rep, who wasn't identified
by name, said when he arrived on the set, "do not let Teri
go to wardrobe first."
Despite the rep's plea, Hatcher was the first "housewife"
to visit wardrobe, and she had consulted with the stylist days in
advance. At one point, the rep proclaimed: "This is a problem.
I'm getting text messages from Eva (Longoria). Everything is not fine."
The struggles continued once the photographer started snapping.
Redhead Marcia Cross turned red-hot when she saw Hatcher standing
next to her in the center of the shot, according to the article.
Cross grabbed her bathrobe and stormed off, spewing expletives at
the ABC rep.
Hatcher later walked to the other end of the set, where "she
got into a tearful, heated conversation on her cell phone."
In the fold-out May cover, which hits newsstands April 12, the
center position belongs to Nicollette Sheridan, who's flanked by
Hatcher and Cross with Longoria and Felicity Huffman posed beneath
them on a chaise -- although Cross and Huffman can't be seen when
the cover is folded.
Also in the article, the women discuss the media blitz surrounding
the show and its stars. Huffman believes a "Desperate"
backlash is imminent while Cross just ignores it all.
"Honestly, I don't read it," Cross told Vanity Fair of the
media coverage. "And I don't even watch the show right now.
It's too much. It's just too much..."
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