It’s been a big week in in the magical, marvellous, not exactly mentally-punishing Land of Fluff. Read on to come up to speed with our fluffiest stuff of the week:
1. Hugh Jackman says: I’m not gay.
Hugh Jackman, 44, has been married to Deborra-Lee Furness, 57, for 17 years. Despite this – and the fact that they seem blissfully happy together – rumours that Jackman is gay have been rife since he starred as Peter Allen in Broadway hit The Boy from Oz a decade ago.
In an interview on 60 Minutes this week, the couple discussed the rumours, and Deborra-Lee had a very clear message: “Oh, please.”
Asked whether the rumours ever upset him, Jackman responded, “If I was, I would be. I don’t think – it’s to me not the most interesting thing about a person anyway, but ah – I do get frustrated for Deb, ‘cause I see Deb go ‘Ah, this is crazy’.”
Furness agreed, saying, “It is just wrong, it’s like, it’s a lie. It’s just – the bottom line, so it’s just offensive. If he was gay, fine, he would say he’s gay. It has gotten so out of whack that they – it’s stupid, yeah, it’s annoying, because it’s not true.”
The rumours ostensibly started after Jackman played a gay man on Broadway – which seems to make Furness think that the people who ask whether Jackman is gay, might have a hard time distinguishing between fact and fiction. Furness asked in exasperation, “And if you [Jackman] play a psychopath, does that mean he’s a psychopath?”
Jackman tries to look at the endless discussion about his private life with a silver lining – proving his ‘nicest guy in Hollywood’ reputation correct.
“I think on some level,” Jackman said, “It’s a compliment, you know, because it only happens when you’ve got to a certain point in your career.”
2. If this baby doesn’t become an Olympic swimmer, we’ll eat our snorkel. Click here to check out the amazing footage of her swimming a lap in one breath.
3. Jessica Simpson welcomes her second child.
No, she didn’t name her baby Ketut. But close.
Jessica Simpson and her fiancé, Eric Johnson, have welcomed their second child, a boy called…
Ace Knute (pronounced Ka-nute) Johnson, a rep for Simpson confirms. The baby was born on Sunday in Los Angeles via scheduled C-section, reports Us Weekly.
Baby Ace joins big sister Maxwell, who is nearly 14 months.
4. The viral sensation in which a dad re-enacts conversations with his 2-year-old daughter – with hilarious results.
Top Comments
What does the comparative ages of two blondes have to do with anything?
Doyle still has a job, not like tens of thousands of others who lost their jobs completely over the last few years. What is all the fuss about?
It's because female presenters are almost exclusively always replaced by younger women. Can't remember when a female presenter has been replaced by a woman 8 years in her senior. Since men don't seem to need to be young and attractive to get news presenter roles, it seems pretty sexist. There have been a number of articles on MM about this kind of sexism, but you must have missed them.
Where is the criticism for Tara Brown for asking if he is gay? Why isn't MM calling for her to be sacked?
Why hasn't she been sacked?
Yet more hypocrisy.
Because there have been very loud and active rumours surrounding Hugh's sexuality for years, which everyone knows about. It's almost considered one of his defining features - like how the rumours surround Tom Cruise or John Travolta. The journalist is addressing the rumours to give the couple a chance to respond to them - which is VERY different from asking if someone's gay solely because they're a hairdresser, which is just bizarre and offensive on all fronts. Completely different.