Bruce Springsteen denies rumors of split with wife

[buttmunch]

Bruce Springsteen yesterday personally refuted rumors - published last week by the New York Post and repeated around the world - that he and wife Patti Scialfa are on the rocks.
"Due to the unfounded and ugly rumors that have appeared in the papers over the last few days, I felt they shouldn't pass without comment," the Boss wrote in a signed message to fans on his Web site, www.brucespringsteen.net. "Patti and I have been together for 18 years - the best 18 years of my life. We have built a beautiful family we love and want to protect and our commitment to one another remains as strong as the day we were married."

A close family friend told Lowdown: "They're an incredible couple and a great family, and these rumors are disgusting."

Springsteen and Scialfa, who sings with his E Street Band when not recording solo albums, have been married for 15 years and have three children. Initially, they tried to laugh off the rumors - which had Springsteen dallying with a "redheaded" 9/11 widow.

On Friday, the day after the Post's item ran, they showed up at the Antique Center of Red Bank in New Jersey. "They've shopped in here for 20 years, and they were the same couple they were 20 years ago," saleslady Judy Barnaby told Lowdown yesterday. "Patti said everything was fine. She said her friends were more upset than she was."

In an interview with the local news site, www.redbankgreen.com, Barnaby said the pair even put on an impromptu concert. "Bruce was strumming an old guitar, and Patti was strumming an old mandolin, and they were singing and cuttin' up and having a good time. They were holding hands and kissing and carrying on."

But as the rumors were treated as fact in news outlets as far away as Australia and India, the Boss had no choice but to confront them. He wrote: "I hesitate to use this Web site for anything personal, believing it should remain a place where fans of my music can come free of the distractions that occasionally arise with the rest of my job."

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...p-376769c.html

[zerosk8r]

I hope everything is cool with them but his statement sounded a bit weird to me.

[Sojiita]

I used to love Springsteen. Used to.

[Elisa]

Now that he's made a statement, I'm convinced the marriage is over. Thou doth protest too much. We know the scenario too well. As soon as a couple starts trying to convince the public they're 'fine', a separation statement soon follows.