NICOLLETTE Sheridan WAS slapped by Marc Cherry but only as he showed her how to stage a scene

NICOLLETTE Sheridan WAS slapped by Marc Cherry  but only as he showed her how to stage a scene.The actress  who has filed a lawsuit against the Desperate Housewives creator, alleging he hit her and she was sacked from the show after complaining  has had her allegations corroborated by an unnamed member of the cast, though the insider insists the incident “didn’t merit” legal action.

“Marc did slap Nicollette; I was there and I saw it,” the source said. “Nicollette was trying to slap somebody for a scene, and she couldn’t get it right.”Marc intervened to show the actress what to do, demonstrating “a slap” on her.“But I have to say it was his hand barely on her head; it sure didn’t seem to me to merit the suit she has filed,” the source added.

Last week, Eva Longoria Parker admitted she is “confused” by the legal action being taken by 46-year-old Nicollette, who is seeking $20 million in damages.“Marc is funny and sweet and probably couldn’t harm a fly,” she said. “He’s just so sweet. I do know they had a thing on set. I guess it was a couple of years ago.“Nicollette’s a sweet girl, too. I’m really confused about this whole thing.”

Nicollette who portrayed maneater Edie Britt in Desperate Housewives filed a lawsuit against Marc at Los Angeles Superior Court last Monday which alleged assault and battery, gender violence and wrongful termination.The 46-year-old actress’ departure was announced in February 2009, and she was killed-off from the show in series five, when her alter-ego died in a car accident.

EVA Longoria Parker and her husband Tony Parker don’t read about themselves in the media

EVA Longoria Parker and her husband Tony Parker don’t read about themselves in the media.Desperate Housewives star Eva says she prefers to live in her own little “bubble of contentment” with Tony and insists most of what’s written about the couple isn’t true.“It is part of the business, as long as you don’t really let it get to you it can’t harm you,” says Eva. “We don’t read a lot of stuff.“Tony and I are in our own world and we have a really solid foundation so there is not a lot that can be written. Plus about 90 per cent of the stuff that is written is not true.”