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The National
Enquirer and Star Magazine, both properties of American Media
Inc [AMRCM.UL], issued statements, changed their online stories
and will run corrections in their upcoming print editions.
Hanks and Wilson, who have been married for 28 years, said in a
statement that in the past they had laughed off tabloid stories
about their "soon-to-be acrimonious divorce because those
stories were so far from true."
But with their 29th anniversary coming up in April, the couple
said they considered marriage to be "the foundation of our
family" and that such stories were "lies we would not put up
with any longer."
Hanks starred with Ryan in hit 1990s movies like "Sleepless in
Seattle" and "You've Got Mail." British actress Jones is his
co-star in the new adventure movie "Inferno."
"We did not intend to report that Tom Hanks was having any kind
of an inappropriate relationship with Meg Ryan, or that he and
Rita Wilson were divorcing," the National Enquirer said in a
statement on its website. Its Oct. 10 issue had run a report
saying, "$400 million marriage crumbling over Hanks' love for
Ryan."
Star Magazine apologized for an Oct. 3 report, saying "we did
not intend to report that Tom Hanks was having any kind of an
inappropriate relationship with Felicity Jones, or that he and
Rita Wilson were divorcing."
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jill Serjeant and
Sandra Maler)
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