She must have been desperate

How else to explain singer Nadine Coyle's decision to dump drying-out Desperate Housewives star Jesse Metcalfe?

Here's People mag's take: Without elaborating on the cause, Metcalfe's publicist says, "They have decided to part ways." The actor, 28, and the girl-band singer have been an item since they met in Australia -- he was promoting Housewives and she was promoting her band's album -- in February of last year, People says.

On to other himbos, namely last week's plumber. Will he return in tonight's episode? When/where: 9 p.m./ABC