Nicollette Sheridan

Nicollette Sheridan got the boot from Desperate Housewives to save money.

That’s what the show’s creator Marc Cherry says, and it doesn’t get any more horse’s mouth than that.

Cherry says he was forced by ABC to cut costs, and that meant cutting Sheridan’s character Edie because her character had run its course.

Last week we told you we spotted Nicollette Sheridan out at Casa Vega with her new man.

We didn’t know who it was, but one thing was certain: It wasn’t David Spade.

Now, her mystery man’s identity has been revealed.

His name is Steve Pate and he’s a financier.

A nice, normal, super-rich, slightly younger man. (He’s 39, she’s 45).

We like it.

—Sasha Perl-Raver

Last night we went to a movie with our dear friends John, Heidi and Jenny.

But it wasn’t just any movie…it was Dirty Dancing, on the big screen!

Nicollette Sheridan is exiting Desperate Housewives.

Nicollette is pulling a Katherine Heigl/T.R. Knight and bowing out of Housewives, another ABC juggernaut now steadily in decline.

They’re all ditching like rats on a sinking ship.

Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton have ended their engagement.

This is the second time the couple has broken up; they originally dated for five years starting in 1992.

The former straggly haired singer, 55, and Desperate Housewives star, 44, got back together in 2005 and have been engaged since March 2006.

Poor Michael. Nicolette will be making out with Kenny G before the weekend is over.