DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - LOVED-UP CROSS DISPROVES GAY RUMOURS

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES actress MARCIA CROSS has finally ended speculation about her sexuality, by introducing her secret boyfriend of six months to the world.

The 42-year-old red-head, who plays BREE VAN DE KAMP in the hit TV series, was rumoured to be gay and is famously private about her love-life.

But Cross is so excited about her romance with actor TOM MAHONEY - who she was spotted holding hands with at Monte Carlo's television festival last week (begs27JUN05) - she's finally confessed she's in a heterosexual relationship.

She says, "We have been together for six months. I'm very happy. He is very grounded - a very special individual."