Local high-profile broadcaster Kim Hill has spoken out against "bizarre and inexplicable" rumours involving her alleged relationship with food expert Ruth Pretty. The rumour that Pretty has left her husband Paul to live with Hill has traveled "like a tsunami," Hill tells the New Zealand Listener. “I thought it was a hoot because it was so unlikely – I haven't seen Ruth for months, and if we're having an affair it must be long distance. It'd be phone sex, I suppose,” the National Radio broadcaster quips. Both Hill and Pretty say the rumour is bizarre rather than malicious. “I can only assume people think its such a great story that they can't be bothered discrediting it,” says Hill. “As far as lesbian rumours go, well for God's sake, I'm a single, grey-haired woman of a certain age – I must be a lesbian. And I ride a horse now. Is that a sign too?” Ref: NZ Listener (m)