Kwasniewski denies rumors of affair with pop singer

President Aleksander Kwasniewski yesterday sought to put a stop to snowballing gossip that he had had an affair with a pop singer. "This is all completely untrue," an angry Kwasniewski told a news conference when asked about society rumors of a liaison with pop singer Edyta Gorniak, who is 18 years his junior. "Spreading this gossip is vile for me, my wife, my family, Miss Gorniak and people close to her," the President fumed. The nation's media have avoided making explicit reference to the allegations, but tabloids and heavyweight press alike have had a field day dropping broad hints about the rumors. Gorniak, 30, has made no comment. She outraged many Poles last summer with a doleful rendition of the normally up-tempo national anthem before a World Cup soccer match in South Korea at which Kwasniewski was also present. Kwasniewski's angry denials and criticism of those spreading rumors recalled those of his German neighbor, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who won a court victory on Monday that barred a journalist from repeating rumors purportedly showing that his marriage was in difficulty. (Reuters) A.Z.