Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness’ 27-year marriage should be enough to prove naysayers wrong about his rumored sexuality. Not so, though, because despite the nearly three-decade-long relationship, the gossip persists. For the most part, Jackman isn’t fazed; instead, he’s more confused about why people care. “I think the problem is, I finally made it. I mean, you can’t be a star without having a gay rumor, can you?” Jackman joked to the Associated Press in 2009. “Let’s face it. You know how I feel about it. I think it’s not that interesting a conversation.”
Still, even though he doesn’t give it a second thought, Jackman admitted to getting upset on his then-wife’s behalf. “If [I was gay], I would be,” he told Australia’s “60 Minutes” in 2013. “It’s, to me, not the most interesting thing about a person, anyway.” Furness chimed in, “It’s stupid, and it’s annoying because it’s not true.”
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Jackman elaborated more in an interview with Good Housekeeping in 2013. The actor admitted he doesn’t waste his time denying the rumors because, ultimately, whatever he says makes no difference, and he couldn’t care less what people think. “We really only get mad when there’s an element of truth, right?” Jackman said. However, once again, he confessed that he is concerned for Furness. “When she hears the gossip, she finds it hard to shut up about it,” Jackman said. “It’s frustrating that she doesn’t have a voice in the situation.”
