Hugh Jackman Addresses Rumors About His Sexuality

Hugh Jackman is sexy, talented—have you seen how many awards he was up for this year?--and successful. So, he’s gay, right? I mean, he was in “Les Miserables.” That totally means he's gay.

No, guys. Though the rumors have been attached to Jackman since… well probably since he revealed his love of Broadway, Jackman insists that he is a heterosexual.

Why the adamant denials? Not because he objects to the lifestyle, apparently... but because they bug his wife.

Rather understandably.

For those that didn’t know, Jackman has been married to Deborra-Lee Furness for a whopping 17 years. They have two adopted children, Oscar, 12, and Ava, 7.

In 2011, Furness brushed off the rumors, saying “Hugh and I don’t pay much heed. It’s kind of tragic that these people have nothing better to do than gossip about people they don’t know.”

However, Jackman recent revealed that they bother Furness more than she lets on.

“Just recently, it bugs her,” Jackman admitted. “She goes, ‘it’s big! It’s everywhere!’”

“X-Men” producer Lauren Shuler Donner has come out to defend Jackman against the rumors that he and his wife merely have “an arrangement.”

“I have seen him with Deborra since the beginning of their trip to Hollywood, and I’ve been on five movie sets with him and have never seen him stray, have never seen him eye anyone. I met him when he did Oklahoma. He was genuine, hugely talented. He was in love with his wife that day and still is.”

Listening to Jackman talk about his wife, one certainly gets that impression.

"I was single when I met her, and she was single. I was happy being single. I was out of a difficult relationship I'd had through drama school, and it was tumultuous and hard. I'd been living off 120 bucks a week as a student until I was 26,” Jackman says.

“Then, when I met Deb, it was 10 times better than my single life. She was very beautiful. She was unbelievably fun — this energy, this spirit — irrepressible. And she had a confidence in herself… She was sort of the opposite of me. I was very 'Even Steven,' and she was thrilling to me. I was always really attracted to that -- though at one point, as it was getting really serious, it terrified me."

Jackman claims “I had a massive crush on her instantly.”

Collective “aww,” anyone?