Desperate Longoria defends Cross

Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria is furious with Vanity Fair's tell-tale article about a bust-up on the magazine's cover shoot - because she insists the catfight never happened.

The style mag has turned the photoshoot into a major story, claiming Marcia Cross stormed off the set after becoming upset with the special attention given to castmate Teri Hatcher.

The producers of the show and the cast have been keen to play down the catfight, insisting it was little more than a case of tired women upset by endless primping and preening on the set, but Longoria goes one step furt her, insisting the article is false.

She says: "I'm really disappointed in the article. I think it's severely inaccurate. The pictures are so beautiful and to pair that with what they said was very, very disappointing.

"Marcia Cross took a bullet for no reason. Teri, Nicolette (Sheridan) and Felicity (Huffman) know that she's a beautiful, wonderful, supportive human being."