Gossip / Rumors

Joe railed at Klein, telling TMZ, "It's not true. Michael was not gay."

Joe feels Klein has betrayed his son: "He has no respect for Michael ... to say things about him when he's gone is shameful."

Jason Pfeiffer was on TV last week, claiming he had a sexual relationship with Michael, and Dr. Arnold Klein spoke of walking in on the two men and seeing them with their shirts off. In the last few days, Dr. Klein has told TMZ Jackson was gay and had no problem with people knowing about it.

Los Angeles Lakers star Derek Fisher wants to make one thing clear -- he's no Waffle House brawler.

Reports surfaced yesterday that the Lakers guard was involved in a fight at a Waffle House in Oklahoma City last week.

But Derek told TMZ the full story, and says the only truth is he was at a Waffle House -- a year ago!

He says the brawl went down when two dudes began scrapping over Derek's autograph. Derek says he was "an innocent bystander," and cops eventually broke up the fight.

Derek is unclear why this old story is just coming up.

When we first saw Jenna last night -- around 8 PM -- she adamantly stated that Tito did not beat her up.

But a few hours later -- around 10 PM -- the story had changed ... and Jenna repeatedly referred to Tito as a "wife beater."

So what happened in the time span between her stories? Well, one minor thing -- around 9:30 PM -- Tito held a press conference in which the fighter claims he never touched her ... and insinuated that Jenna's injuries were the result of her alleged addiction to OxyContin.

So now the question is ...

James and his ring-less finger were spotted as he was dropping his kids off at school in Long Beach.

A report surfaced last week that Kate had a breast augmentation. Her reps haven't commented, but we have to ask ...

Kim and the Real Madrid hunk were spotted leaving the same lunch spot -- and while reports say the duo kissed inside the restaurant, we're told they kept their mouths to their food.

Hector Penate -- actor and former baseball coach to Larry and Shawn's sons -- spoke to a TMZ cameraman last September about the alleged infidelity. Hector's not-so-cryptic answer: "one thing led to another..."

The two allegedly lived together in Nashville during the 1970s -- says the Daily News, who has seen an excerpt of the book, which comes out Tuesday. Kelley says in the book that the social pressure of an interracial couple at the time proved too much for him.

We've spoken with multiple members of the crew who say they never saw or heard anything about Cherry striking Sheridan. One person acknowledges "verbal tiffs" between Cherry and the stars, but never saw such an incident and said of Cherry, "For the most part, he's a good guy ... very professional."

Another person says flatly, "Nothing like this ever happened," adding she "never saw anything questionable or negative."

Yet another person -- who worked on the show for 6 seasons -- says he never heard a word about the alleged incident and says, "It's something that would have been discussed had it happened."

L.A. waitress January Gessert claims the media has falsely blamed her for the breaking of Kim K and Reggie B.

So why did January need Gloria? There's no lawsuit ... not even small claims. But January does have a fledgling singing career ... you think that came up at all?

In the meantime, check out some of the angry clients who've found solace under Gloria's wing: Vanessa Lopez, Joslyn James, Lora Boyce, Demaris Meyer and Mel B.

The caddie -- Steve Williams -- told FOXSports, "I know this woman hasn't met me in a nightclub with Tiger because I've never been to a nightclub with Tiger." Steve said he could have met her "in passing at a golf course" -- but says, "as far as I'm concerned I've never met her."

Steve also said he'll be the one handling Tiger's clubs this year at the Masters because, "I told Tiger I'd be there."

Elin had been a regular at the house until Wednesday. No one is saying whether her absence is connected to Tiger's text messages to Joslyn James, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist ...