Re: Psycho
I dont think any sort of confrontation is a good idea. If you are in management, you have to set the example that office gossip is not to be given any more importance than tiolet paper. I have never seen my superiors give any sort of credibility to rumors or ideas floating around the floor. No way.
If this was a friend situation, totally different strategy But this is your workplace and professionalism demands you stay away from it and prove its beneath you to validate or deny rumors and gossip.
Bottom line: Put on a 100 watt smile and pretend like nothing happened...keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.