[MineralMan]

"Where did the 'sleaseball' comment come from? A British tabloid? Why in the world should anyone believe that?"

It came from the Sun, a British tabloid not known for its journalistic integrity. Who knows if any such interview even took place? Their story was picked up by the foreign tabloid media.

What about the reported ABC interview. Similar provenance for that story as well. Perhaps there was no interview.

This story has a huge backfire potential. It's time, I think, to move on to other issues that have some traction. This one's finished.

[arasina]

I sent my post less than 20 seconds after yours. GMTA :o)

[ejdrapes]

This is how credible the Sun (and British journalism in general) is. This is the front page of their paper today...Paul McCartney personally ringing the newspaper to ask them to lay off his wife and stop printing lies about her and his family. I would take anything printed in the British tabloids with a HUGE grain of salt.