So, a tipster wrote in to “The DC Gossip”:

Your boy Gavin and Miss America spent all night (3 hours plus) flirting with each other at last night’s Congress dinner. And the kicker: again today, spotted at Palm having lunch.

Then, Alex Pareene or Ken Layne (Wonkette’s, um, dutiful editors) wrote up an item about embattled San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom cavorting with the lady in the crown — even though every news publication in America has noted that he’s entering rehab…

Then, ROTFLMAO, the tipster had to write back to Wonkette that they had penned a piece about the WRONG person; the tip referred to Patrick Gavin, the goose-egged gossip over at FishbowlDC and the DC Examiner!

Wonkette had to immediately retract the piece:

UPDATE: Oh great, now our operative says “WRONG GAVIN!” Is there another Gavin we should be concerned about? Who? Local journalist Patrick Gavin. Jeez, this post is no longer at all interesting.

This is the funniest snafu we’ve ever seen come out of Wonkette, not just because it’s absolutely ridiculous, but also because Alex Pareene and Patrick Gavin were good friends (at one time, at least), and (the last we heard) Patrick has a girlfriend…

Tipster, whomever you are, please, please come work for us!