Every Time Hugh Jackman and Wife Deborra-Lee Furness Have Clapped Back and Defended Their Marriage

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Every Time Hugh Jackman and Wife Deborra-Lee Furness Have Clapped Back and Defended Their Marriage

Still going strong! Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, haven’t let decades-long rumors about their relationship plague their marriage. "I was single when I met her, and she was single. I was happy being single,” the Wolverine star told The Hollywood Reporter in February 2013. “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.” The Greatest Showman actor revealed that his luck turned around in 1995 when he and Furness crossed paths on the set of Corelli. They'd later marry in April 1996. “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,” Jackman continued. “And she had a confidence in herself. I had a massive crush on her instantly." The X-Men star noted at the time that nearly 17-years into their marriage the speculation about his sexuality still "bugs" his wife. Five months later, the pair seemingly shutdown the rumor mill while opening up in a joint interview about their sex life. [jwplayer cugqWoYs-zhNYySv2] "The sheets we go through," Jackman told The Sun in July 2013, revealing that he even wears his Wolverine costume to keep things kinky. Furness quipped: "Oh my God, it's dreadful! Always with the claws. I'm like, 'Mix the salad. Put them to use, come on!'" The Blessed actress, who shares son Oscar and daughter Ava with the Emmy winner, exclusively told Us Weekly in January 2020 that her marriage with Jackman has remained strong due to their kindred spirits. “He makes me laugh. He’s hilarious,” Furness said at the time. “Not as funny as me, but he’s good. I give him all his best material!” She noted that “love” is the key to their relationship, adding, “When you love someone, you want the best for them.” Scroll down to see everything the duo has said about Jackman’s sexuality over the years — including why the rumors are "offensive" to them both: [podcast_block]

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Just Gossip

The Sleepwalking actress recalled in November 2011 hearing whispers that her husband was gay and their marriage is a sham, which she denied to Page Six at the time. "The line I heard was, 'Wolverine? Who would have thought?' Hugh and I don't pay much heed," Furness said. "It's kind of tragic that these people have nothing better to do than gossip about people they don't know."

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Hugh Weighs In

Jackman revealed to The Hollywood Reporter in February 2013 that he was aware of how speculation about his sexuality affected his wife. "Just recently, it bugs her," the Les Misérables actor said of the "gay rumors" flooding the web. "She goes: 'It's big. It's everywhere!'"

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United Front

“If I was [gay], I would be,” Jackman said during a joint interview with Furness on Australia’s Nine Network’s 60 Minutes in July 2013. “It’s to me not the most interesting thing about a person anyway, but I do get frustrated for Deb, because I see Deb go ‘Ah, this is crazy.’”

The couple took issue to speculation that their marriage is a “sham,” with Furness explaining, “It is just wrong, it’s like, it’s a lie. It’s just offensive.” The duo pointed to Jackman’s role as Peter Allen on Broadway’s A Boy from Oz a decade prior as a catalyst to the rumors.

She added: “If he was gay, fine, he would say he’s gay. It has gotten so out of whack … it’s stupid, yeah, it’s annoying, because it’s not true.”

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It’s All Made Up

“I see [some of] these magazines and they’re so mean-spirited,” the Angel Baby actress said on Australian TV show Anh’s Brush With Fame in September 2020. “I hope people realize it’s all made up.”

Furness joked: “[Hugh’s] been gay for so many years. I was gay, too, when I did [my 1988 film] Shame. They were shocked when I got married.”

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Who Is His Type?

Furness made light of the continual commentary on Jackman’s rumored sexuality in April 2022. “Hugh’s been gay for whatever, I mean, hello guys — if he was gay, he could be gay!” she joked during an appearance on the “Not an Overnight Success” podcast.

The Jindabyne actress revealed that if her husband was gay he wouldn’t still be married to her. “He [wouldn’t] have to hide in the closet anymore, and he’d be dating Brad Pitt, or whatever,” she surmised. “Not that Brad’s gay, but you know what I’m saying!”