Housewives' nipple no

TV bosses have spent thousands of dollars airbrushing Teri Hatcher's nipples out of hit show 'Desperate Housewives'.

The brunette babe, who plays single mother Susan Mayer in the TV series, admitted editors at American TV station ABC were forced to intervene after her attempts to hide her perky breasts with thick clothing failed.

She confessed: "I like sheer bras that you can see my nipples through, but ABC has a big problem with those.

"When it's cold and it's 30, 40 degrees and you're shooting outside in a T-shirt, things arise.

"I tried to wear thicker T-shirts and I even took those heating pads you use when you ski.

"I thought we'd solved the problem but then I just heard from somebody just a few weeks ago that apparently they've spent like thousands of dollars digitally removing my nipples from the show."

But the 40-year-old actress, who has a 10-year-old daughter, Emerson, from her second marriage, claims she isn't the only victim of the art department's airbrush.

The sexy star, who launched her career playing Lois Lane in hit TV show, 'The New Adventures of Superman', revealed that co-star Nicolette Sheridam - who plays scheming Edie Britt - also had her perky nipples erased from the final edition of the show.

She added in an interview with Britain's Glamour magazine: "Everyone, you should go back and watch Desperate Housewives very closely to see if I do, in fact, have any nipples, because I think I don't.

"Me and Nicolette both have the nipple erasing issue, I think"