Hugh Jackman says he brushes off the tireless rumors about his sexuality, but admits that the constant speculation about his alleged “sham marriage” affects him and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness.
“I don’t really pay attention,” Jackman, 44, tells in the August issue of Good Housekeeping. “If someone’s going to spend their time saying, ‘You’re really not 6′ 2′; you’re 5′ 10,’ I’ll tell them once, ‘I am 6′ 2’. Then, whatever you want to believe, it’s up to you. We really only get mad when there’s an element of truth, right?”
The “Wolverine” star has been happily married to 57-year-old Furness since 1996. He said he gets “sad” when people suspect otherwise.
“If anyone meets my wife, they’re like, ‘You’re all right, Hugh, but your wife is awesome.’ Everyone who meets her loves her. So it’s just wrong. It almost makes me sad for the people [saying those things]. They’re obviously in a bad place.”
“I don’t want her perturbed; I worry for her,” Jackman continued. “She’s a justice freak…When she hears the gossip, she finds it hard to shut up about it. It’s frustrating that she doesn’t have a voice in the situation.”
Furness told Australia’s “60 Minutes” in July that the constant questioning is “offensive.”
“If he was gay, fine, he would say he’s gay,” she said. “It’s annoying because it’s not true.”