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"Married for nearly 17 years, Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness can&amp;apos;t live in a bubble -- and are well aware of the persistent speculation about Jackman&amp;apos;s sexuality. &amp;quot;Just recently, it bugs her,&amp;quot; the Les Miserables  actor, 44, admits to the Hollywood Reporter of &amp;quot;gay rumors&amp;quot; flooding the web. &amp;quot;She goes: &amp;apos;It&amp;apos;s big. It&amp;apos;s everywhere!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut the rumors about the couple (parents to adopted kids Oscar, 12, and Ava, 7) are just that, says X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner. &amp;quot;I have seen him with Deborra since the beginning of their trip to Hollywood, and I&amp;apos;ve been on five movie sets with him and have never seen him stray, have never seen him eye anyone,&amp;quot; Donner tells THR. &amp;quot;I met him when he did Oklahoma! [at London&amp;apos;s Royal National Theatre in 1999]. He was genuine, hugely talented. He was in love with his wife that day and still is.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nJackman met the fellow Australian actor, now 57, on the set of the television show Corelli; they wed in 1996. &amp;quot;I was single when I met her, and she was single,&amp;quot; recalls Jackman, up for a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Valjean in Les Miserables. &amp;quot;I was happy being single. I was out of a difficult relationship I&amp;apos;d had through drama school, and it was tumultuous and hard. I&amp;apos;d been living off 120 bucks a week as a student until I was 26. 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. I had a massive crush on her instantly.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHe adds of his love: &amp;quot;She was sort of the opposite of me. I was very &amp;apos;Even Steven,&amp;apos; 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.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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