Teri’s trouble over loose lips

Did Teri Hatcher give a cosmetic company the kiss off? According to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the 42-year-old actress signed an "exclusive endorsement deal" for $2.4m with Hydroderm in 2005 – only to end up touting competitor City Cosmetics as well. The Desperate Housewives star posed for pictures applying City Lips pout plumper (a direct competitor to Hydroderm's Lip Enhancer), the suit alleges. Hatcher also appeared in promotional materials for City Lips, said she was a "fan" of the product, credited it with "helping her appear beautiful at an awards event," and gave City Lips gift bags to guests at her birthday party.

The lawsuit also alleges that Hatcher promoted other products, but doesn't name them. "Hatcher's name, image and likeness have been linked to so many competitors' products (at least 17) that it is anyone's guess as to what product keeps her skin and lips youthful," the lawsuit said.

Hydroderm's Lip Enhancer promises "full, sexy, desirable lips without painful injections or surgery."

In a statement, Hatcher's attorney Alan Wertheimer called the lawsuit an "unjustified and public assault on Teri Hatcher's good name, reputation and celebrity in a transparent and pathetic effort to distract from its own failure to live up to its end of the agreement."

Wertheimer said Hatcher complied with all of her contractual obligations despite "a frustrating series of changes in the ownership and management of Hydroderm over the last several years." ·