( CNN ) -- Actress Gina Gershon is demanding a retraction from Vanity Fair after the magazine reported `` high-end Hollywood dinner-party gossip '' that former President Clinton `` has been seen visiting '' her in California . Actress Gina Gershon `` is extremely offended '' by the Vanity Fair article , her lawyers say . The lengthy article by the magazine 's national editor , Todd Purdum , mentioned the actress along with several other women rumored to be associated with Clinton , all anonymously sourced . `` Todd Purdum 's insinuation is a lie , and it is irresponsible journalism , '' said Gershon 's publicist , Mara Buxbaum . `` We are demanding a retraction . '' A letter sent by Gershon 's attorneys to Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter , obtained by CNN , demanded a published correction and retraction and threatened possible litigation for defamation . The actress appeared in 1995 's `` Showgirls '' and the more recent `` P.S . I Love You . '' Gershon `` is extremely offended by the false and defamatory inference that she engaged in an adulterous relationship with the President , '' the letter says , adding that the actress has been in the same room with Clinton three times , always in the presence of at least a dozen people . `` It is apparent that Vanity Fair was intent upon publishing unsubstantiated rumors , and that it avoided learning the true facts so that the truth would not get in the way , '' the letter says . `` Such conduct is reckless and malicious , giving rise to substantial liability for defamation . '' In a statement , Vanity Fair denied that the article indicates any `` improper relationship '' between Clinton and Gershon . `` The story merely examines the concerns of some of Clinton 's aides about reports of his behavior , '' the magazine said . `` We do n't believe that any correction is warranted . '' Purdum 's article , `` The Comeback Id , '' quoted multiple anonymous sources questioning the former president 's behavior since leaving the White House . The article suggested that Clinton 's personality had changed since his 2004 heart bypass surgery and said there were reports of Clinton `` seeing a lot of women on the road . '' Clinton issued a tirade against Purdum on Monday when asked by Huffington Post writer Mayhill Fowler what he thought of `` the hatchet job somebody did on you in Vanity Fair , '' according to a recording of the exchange posted on the Huffington Post 's Web site . `` [ He 's ] sleazy , '' Clinton responded . `` He 's a really dishonest reporter . '' Clinton said that he had not read the article but that he was told that `` there 's five or six just blatant lies in there . But he 's a real slimy guy . '' Calling Purdum a `` scumbag , '' Clinton said `` he 's one of the guys that propagated all those lies about Whitewater for Kenneth Starr . He 's just a dishonest guy -- ca n't help it . '' Purdum `` did n't use a single name , he did n't cite a single source in all those things he said , '' the former president said , adding that the article was `` part of the national media 's attempt to nail Hillary for Obama . `` Anytime you read a story that slimes a public figure with anonymous quotes , it ought to make the bells go off in your head , '' he said . Jay Carson , a spokesman for Hillary Clinton 's campaign , said late Monday that `` President Clinton was understandably upset about an outrageously unfair article , but the language today was inappropriate , and he wishes he had not used it . '' Purdum , a former New York Times reporter who covered the Clinton White House and is married to former Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers , defended his article on CNN 's `` The Situation Room '' on Monday afternoon , saying he was `` very careful to say there is no clear-cut evidence that President Clinton has done anything improper . '' `` I reject the notion that I 'm making an insinuation , '' Purdum said . `` But I 'm very comfortable quoting the people I quote because I know who they are , and I know that they are very senior people who have known President Clinton for a very long time and work for him at very high levels . ''
Gina Gershon accuses Vanity Fair reporter of `` irresponsible journalism , '' lying . Magazine stands by article and refuses to run a correction . Score: 6