Avril Lavigne doesn’t mean to be so complicated. 

The pop star has issued a heartfelt mea culpa in response to reports that she spit at the paparazzi Wednesday while out in Hollywood celebrating her 22nd birthday. And again the evening before that, when she supposedly hocked one at TMZ.com’s cameraman outside of hotspot Hyde Lounge.

Backstreet Boy and House of Carters star Nick Carter confessed on Friday that his first serious relationship was with infamous school teacher Debra Beasley LaFave. The pair met when they were teenagers living in Ruskin, Florida, near Tampa.

“I met her in church,” Carter tells Us exclusively. “I was 15 and she was 14. It was my first relationship and I lost my virginity to her. I was head over heels for her and I loved the hell out of her.”

Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria and San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker are dealing with a rough patch in their nearly two-year relationship, according to a rep for the actress. 

“Eva and Tony are going through a very difficult time right now, just like any other couple with extremely demanding careers,” says Longoria’s rep, Liza Anderson.