Officially, Mark McGrath is leaving tabloid show Extra to refocus on his music career, which consisted of the singles "Fly" and "When It's Over," and little else. Replacing McGrath, of course, is Big Mama ex-boyfriend and professional television series host Mario Lopez, who will take over Extra hosting duties solo on Sept. 15; current co-host Dayna Devon is being demoted, to "special correspondent," though producers appreciate her on-going "involvement" with the show (as she sends around resumes).

But while Lopez's installation may appear to be a sudden regime change for the show, perhaps McGrath's plans to leave have been in the making for sometime.

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Doug Dechert went to Richard Johnson's wedding. We went to Dechert's party last night.

Please, please don't ask us why. Maybe it's because we hadn't seen Doug since he spent an entire dinner hitting on our editor at Veronda last summer. Or, maybe because we were so high off our Ariel Foxman sighting we thought we were invincible to the horrors of Lloyd Grove and Jared Paul Stern's overage stringers.

Still, in the name of gossiping, we are publicly shaming ourselves and admitting our attendance at this pathetic showing — mainly so that we can publicly shame Baird Jones, who happens to be a huge Dechert groupie.

It actually pained us to see the poor guy, sporting his usual Yankee cap and 1980's Sherlock Holmes business suit, dancing awkwardly to Sugar Ray. If you don't get the picture, this still rendition of the clash might help. Jump at your own risk.

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