Things are bad in the world of celebrity journalism when stars step forward to refute rumors so vague and unsubstantiated that no one was bothering to report them in the first place.

In this case, Kobe Bryant has announced that he is not seeking a divorce from Vanessa, his wife of six years, contrary to what a gossip site or two may have said. According to the basketball star, the two are as happy as they've ever been — excluding, I hope, a stretch of time around 2003 and 2004.

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