Sitrick gets into Ryan Phillippe mess

Consider the source and all that, but the NY Post's Page Six reports that Sitrick & Co. was hired and fired by Ryan Phillippe (yeah, the guy who is splitting up with Reese Witherspoon) in the space of a few hours. Sitrick was hired by Phillippe's regular PR outfit, Baker, Winokur & Ryder (which also represents Witherspoon), but a BWR spokesman said the firm decided that it wouldn't need outside help. Of course, this is Page Six, so the item needed a juicier touch: that according to "insiders" Sitrick was fired because the firm provided fake quotes to In Touch magazine for what was supposed to be an exclusive story. Sitrick denied the fake quote charge and said the firm was let go because "the project was not as big as they expected." The real problem, says the Post, is that BWR had already put Phillippe on the phone with People magazine for its exclusive interview. Anybody for a shower?