Mumbai: The latest rumour doing the rounds in Bollywood is that Bipasha and John Abraham’s relationship is on the brink because of his growing fondness for Esha Deol. And that Bipasha had a public spat with Esha to warn her off. Those who know the couple well would know how preposterous all this sounds. While Bipasha refuses to “dignify the baseless rumours,” John terms the gossip as “such a below-the-belt thing to do.” Says Bipasha: “I know how yellow journalism operates, start a baseless rumour, then the denials and so on. One magazine wrote about it. The next thing we know another tabloid decided to play it up. And so it goes... please don’t put our quotes out of context and try to make us look foolish. Because we aren’t foolish people! Luckily for me I’ve been spared for the last one-and-a-half years. Since he’s the new flavour, it’s now John’s turn. Yes, they’ve linked him with Tara Sharma, Udita Goswami, Lara Dutta and now Esha, there’ll be other such rumours. All I can say is what a man I am with... Wow!” John Abraham is equally upset. “It’s such a below-the-belt thing to do. Bipasha is too dignified to be subjected to this,” he said. — HNS