Earlier today, Marcia Cross's publicist issued a statement announcing the Desperate Housewives star's engagement to her stockbroker boyfriend, thereby forever putting an end to rumors that she's secretly a lesbian, and rendering facts like this...

It will be the first marriage for both Cross and her 47-year-old fiance.

...completely innocuous.

• Marcia Cross of 'Housewives' engaged [AP]

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