Avril Lavigne's husband, Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, has issued a statement denying that the couple are splitting up.
A statement issued on his website reads: "On 20 Oct the National Enquirer issued a gossip story surrounding Deryck Whibley and his wife Avril Lavigne. For the record, we strongly deny the inference of marital problems between Avril and Deryck. We also strongly deny the National Enquirer claims of any other liaisons. Deryck has in fact been travelling through Asia performing with Avril as evidenced by the numerous YouTube videos. Says Deryck Whibley: 'I'm actually very surprised that so many media outlets picked this story up. Since when did the National Enquirer become a trust-worthy news source?'"
In our defence, we got the story from the usually highly reliable Sun.