But, whether this was another actor or not, we will probably never know for sure, because Longoria didn’t name the person.
Eva Longoria noted elsewhere in the letter that, when she booked the role on Desperate Housewives, not only was she the youngest person in the main cast, but she was also still relatively new to the business, so, logically, she would have made a prime target for a bully who was looking to intimidate someone in an effort to make themselves feel better.