How an on-stage kiss 17 years ago made Hugh Jackman the subject of false and hurtful gay rumours - as the actor's wife Deborra-lee Furness blasts the 'mean-spirited' speculation
Hugh Jackman's wife Deborra-lee Furness dismissed speculation her husband is 'gay' during her appearance on Anh's Brush with Fame on Tuesday.
And according to Hugh, 51, the source of these baseless rumours likely dates back to 2003, when he played openly gay singer-songwriter Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz on Broadway.
As part of the role, Hugh was required to kiss his male co-star Jarrod Emick on stage - a surprise to fans who were used to seeing Hugh in the role of macho Marvel superhero Wolverine.
Origins: How an on-stage kiss 17 years ago made Hugh Jackman the subject of false and hurtful gay rumours - as the actor's wife Deborra-lee Furness blasts the 'mean-spirited' speculation. Pictured: Hugh Jackman performing in The Boy from Oz
In 2018, Hugh told a U.S. radio station he believes the on-stage kiss sparked the persistent whispers about his sexuality.
'Some dudes do get upset, some dudes say, "Don't say I'm gay," [but] I am good,' he said, as reported by Metro.
'I was literally just locking lips... I started to laugh so hard,' Hugh recalled of having to kiss his co-star on stage.
'I was literally just locking lips': As part of the role, Hugh was required to kiss his male co-star Jarrod Emick on stage - a surprise to fans who were used to seeing Hugh in the role of macho Marvel superhero Wolverine
'So I stay kissing him, because I thought, "I'm just going to laugh. I'm going to stay here until it subsides," and it never subsided and the whole audience could see my body shaking, so they started.'
When The Boy from Oz finished its tenure on Broadway and began showing in Australia in 2006, Hugh was no longer required to kiss his on-stage lover - who was now being played by Australian actor Murray Bartlett.
'We just wanted to keep it very simple and very pure,' Bartlett told The Sydney Morning Herald of the decision to remove the kiss.
![Stoic: 'Some dudes do get upset, some dudes say, "Don't say I'm gay," [but] I am good,' he said, as reported by Metro](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/09/29/23/33785276-8787173-image-a-2_1601418377896.jpg)
Stoic: 'Some dudes do get upset, some dudes say, "Don't say I'm gay," [but] I am good,' he said, as reported by Metro
In fact, the same-sex kiss was never part of the original musical when it first launched Down Under in 1998, and was only added to the script when the production began on Broadway in 2003.
On Tuesday's episode of Anh's Brush with Fame, Hugh's wife Deborra-lee, 64, rolled her eyes when asked about the rumours her husband is 'gay'.
'I see these magazines and they're so mean-spirited… I hope people realise it's all made up,' she told artist Anh Do.
Speaking out: Deborra-lee addressed long-running rumours her husband Hugh is 'gay' during her appearance on Anh's Brush with Fame on Tuesday
She added: '[Hugh's] been gay for so many years, I was gay too when I did [the 1988 film] Shame. They were shocked when I got married.
'It's just wrong. It's like someone saying to Elton John, "Oh he's straight." I'm sure he'd be p**sed!
'And so what! What are we discussing here… Is he a vegetarian… Is he gay?'
![Speculation: '[Hugh's] been gay for so many years, I was gay too when I did [the 1988 film] Shame. They were shocked when I got married,' she said](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/09/29/12/33761272-8784909-image-a-47_1601379545986.jpg)
Speculation: '[Hugh's] been gay for so many years, I was gay too when I did [the 1988 film] Shame. They were shocked when I got married,' she said
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