Another former David Letterman fling came out, noting the "love den" he's running at the Ed Sullivan Theater, breathlessly reports the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and whoever else. What's in it? Whips? Chains? Madonna's panties?

Skirt-chasing funnyman David Letterman's restricted office at his Midtown studio has all the trimmings for a bachelor on the prowl, including a fold-out couch and a kitchen, The Post has learned. The randy comic, who was the victim of an extortion attempt over his in-house dalliances, keeps the quarters private to all but a select few staffers, sources said.

Oh. You mean "an office." If David Letterman wanted to fuck in private, he could have the heat turned on in the Ed Sullivan Theater and bone on his desk while everyone else got locked out. This is stupid. How'd the Daily News work it?

The Hester quoted by TMZ made the stunning admission as a Letterman show source dished that he kept a secret bedroom above his set in the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway. "He doesn't have to come out," a staffer said. "He has a suite upstairs." An ex-"Late Show" staffer said Letterman kept a room insiders dubbed "the bunker" that was open only to his favorite young female underlings.

Again: it's normal for offices that revolve around working late keep these kinds of places for those at the top of the food chain. I'm sure Col Allen's got his Booze Den of Doggystyle somewhere in the News Corp building. Magazines, production houses, theaters: they all have offices like these, and often, people make up funny names for their bosses offices. So, this is kind of a non-story. More interesting is what the intern in question had to say about her fling with Dave:

"I was madly in love with him at the time," said Holly Hester. "I would have married him. He was hilarious." The NYU alum, who it appears went on to become a top Hollywood producer, told TMZ.com that the relationship started in the early '90s when Letterman called and asked her on a date to the movies.

A year-long, secret romance ensued, she said, until the funnyman called it off because of their age difference. Outside what is believed to be Hester's country home in Sebastopol, Calif. - in ritzy Sonoma County - a middle-aged man lashed out at a Daily News reporter last night. "Get the f—- out of here. We're being offered a lot of money for this s—-," he said.

That explains it. Wonder what the market's gonna look like by Tuesday. How many of these does Letterman have in hiding? I smell a book deal: Postcards From Yo Discarded Letterman Intern's gonna be a smash this holiday season.