Eva Shoots Down Rumors Of Playing Beyonce’s Lesbian Lover

New York (November 14, 2006) – Earlier this week, it was rumored that Eva Longoria and Beyonce were in line to play lesbian lovers on the big screen.

According to reports, Eva and Beyonce were set to play a lesbian couple in an adaptation of Sarah Waters’ love story “Tipping The Velvet,” with Sofia Coppola tapped to direct.

But now, the “Desperate” diva is dispelling the rumors to People magazine.

“Stop the madness” Longoria told People. “Believe me, I would love to work with Beyonce one day. She’s so talented. But this is definitely not something we are doing together. It’s completely and absolutely not true.”

Rumors of the on-screen romance began to swirl, ironically, before Eva had even met Beyonce.

“Beyonce and I just did the L’Oreal event a couple of days ago and we were like, ‘What is the deal?’” Longoria told People. “What makes me crazy is that there are quotes out there, quotes from me saying it’s true. But in fact it’s not true. And (there are) quotes of Beyonce saying it’s about time we had a female ‘Brokeback Mountain.’ And we’re like, we never said that.”

Eva’s lawyers are trying to track down the original source of the rumor, but so far have not been able to locate it, People reported.

A spokesperson for Beyonce also confirmed that the rumors are false.

“This is not happening. We’ve never heard of this film,” the rep told People.

What we do know is that fans can next catch Beyonce on the big screen alongside Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls,” which hits theaters in December.