BRA-LESS STARS CREATE 'DESPERATE' CRISIS

Talk about nipping a problem in the bud! When ABC brass heard "Desperate Housewives" creator/ exec producer MARC CHERRY's widely-reported complaint that "I spend over $100,000 a week (editing) nipples out of my show" because "two of my actresses refuse to wear bras," they freaked! After a tense nipple-crisis meeting, a wardrobe consultant was called in and popped up with the solution: Stick-on covers called Petals that will allow the unnamed ladies (okay, I'm guessing EVA and NICOLLETTE!) to go bra-less...but bump-less.