CHARLIE SHEEN's publicist, Stan Rosenfeld, says child-services workers went to Sheen's home this weekend for a routine visit.
If they had come to take Sheen's kids away, chances are that Rosenfeld would not be the one blabbing about it.
Instead, he said, the visit had been scheduled and was procedural. He declined to discuss specifics.
The visit was connected to a pending felony domestic-violence case in Aspen, Colo., against the "Two and a Half Men" star.
The child-services department says it can't confirm that workers had gone to Sheen's home or that there was any case involving the actor or his wife, Brooke Mueller.
* Brooke, meanwhile, has left rehab
and moved in with a friend in California.
So says her stepfather, Jon Fiore, in an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com.
You know it's an interesting news cycle when Brooke Mueller's stepfather is doling out exclusives.
Brooke apparently left rehab because of an information leak.
"We, her parents, are very upset about this, that a private facility would go so far as to break their security like this . . . for what? That is totally ridiculous," Fiore said.
Tattle infirmary
Famed tenor Placido Domingo is expected to undergo surgery later this week in New York after suffering abdominal pain during a recent performance in Tokyo.
Publicist Nancy Seltzer would describe the procedure only as "medically recommended preventive surgery."
Seltzer says Domingo expects to resume his performance schedule after recuperating for about six weeks.
Tattle stork
"Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi has given birth to a daughter, Krishna Thea Lakshmi.
Publicist Christina Papadopoulos says that the baby was born Saturday and that both mother and daughter are "well and happy."
Lakshmi, 39, has not said who the father is.
Tattlematch.com
Frumpy middle-aged woman with great lungs seeks boyfriend.
Age: 48.
Career: Gangbusters.
Income: Will tell you later.
According to London's Daily Mail, Gerry Boyle says his sister Susan is desperate to find someone to share her happiness.
"Susan has the world at her feet in terms of fame and money, but at this precise moment in time it means nothing, absolutely nothing," Gerry said. "The one thing she wants above all everything else is love. Who doesn't?
"Her biggest wish is to find someone who she can share her success with and support her through the difficult times.
"Of course her family will always be there for her, but it is not the same as having someone special in your life."
