Erin Andrews Appreciates Men In Uniform

Erin Andrews offers thanks. Chris Noth’s off the market. And Kevin Smith encourages you smoke pot. Hello! It’s your Monday gossip roundup!

• Erin Andrews, the ESPN reporter who was filmed in a bathroom, thanked police officers for their “dedicated service” in nabbing the perv and promised to use the scandal for good, not evil: “I will make every effort to strengthen the laws on a State and Federal level to better protect victims of criminal stalking.” [ET]

• Seth Rogen got Kevin Smith to start smoking pot, now Smith smokes three times a day and encourages you to do the same: “Do weed! Don’t do the other stuff, but weed is good.” [Page Six]
• Chris Noth and his lady love, Tara Wilson, are engaged. Pathetic women everywhere are finally snapping out of their “Mr. Big” fantasy. [ET]
• The alcoholic mother of the HIV-positive baby Elton John wants to adopt swears she won’t let the pop star have his way. That’s fair. [The Sun]
• Madonna’s daughter yucked it up for the paps while walking around New York with her pop. [Daily Mail]
• Actor Tony Roberts, perhaps best known for his roles in Woody Allen movies, like Hannah and Her Sisters, has been hospitalised, thus holding up the preview of his Broadway revival, The Royal Family. [AP]
• The whole world knows that Eddie Cibrian and his wife are splitting up because he was screwing LeAnn Rimes, but don’t worry: the couple puts on a happy face for the children. They’re too young to read tabloids, anyway. [People]
• Happy 40th birthday, Gwen Stefani! [People]
• Desperate Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss has released a more detailed statement following the death of her former fiance, AJ. And, as you can imagine, she’s “devastated.” “My heart is heavy with grief,” she says. [Us]