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A reader catches recently-split, unbearably adorable couple Chris Klein and Katie Holmes reenacting a scene from the Aniston-Pitt mindfucking handbook:

Last night near Pico and Ocean Avenue (not far from Casa Del Mar) in Santa Monica a couple staring very intently into each others eyes caught my eye. They were standing very close face to face outside a black BMW SUV just gazing into each others eyes. As I drove past I noticed it was Chris Klein and Katie Holmes...so of course, I flipped a bitch around the block to confirm. When I passed a second time they were engaged in a pretty passionate kiss. At that time I decided to keep being nosy and went around the block again. On my third time around, she was now inside the SUV ready to drive off with a big smile on her face...her window was down and Chris was standing outside of the car with his head bent inside talking to her. She then drove off....ALONE....and he continued to walk down the street watching her drive away...ALONE.

Why do these celebrities insist on destroying what we think we know about their love lives? Pretty soon, we're not going to be able to believe any information that celebrity publicists spoon-feed to US Weekly. That will be a sad day indeed.

And we're not even going to consider the possibility that a flack encouraged those crazy kids to stage an incredibly public kiss to stave off nasty sub-rumors like this one. We refuse to surrender to that kind of cynicism.