People witnessing his flamboyant turn as Peter Allen, she says, believe he's really gay. I'm sure some do. They're the ones who also believe Jackman's a wolf in real life because he keeps playing them in movies (in fact, they probably think he's a gay wolf).
The rest of us merely give the bloke some credit for doing his job well. Then there's that darker theory: Jackman's missus, according to the View's arbiters of aesthetics, doesn't score as highly as Hugh on the Hollywood hot-o-meter, and this means he must surely be more interested in men. Remember, while most women would be only too delighted to wake up one morning looking like Deborra-Lee Furness, we're talking about the celebrity world's beauty standards, which deem only those women with the vital statistics of a fishing rod to be truly beautiful.
But this isn't the point. Even if Mrs Jackman had a face like a welder's bench, no-one these days would seriously take this to mean that her husband batted for the other team. True, there's a certain breed of male celebrity who feels compelled to advertise his heterosexuality by dangling only the most Hollywood-perfect women on his arm.
But these blokes are a dying breed in a world where even the most alpha males can break celebrity mating conventions and pick older, curvier, or cleverer women without raising an eyebrow. So why the gossip? Here's my theory: one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Jackman union is that it appears to be monogamous.
There have been no kiss n' tell flings; no rumours about Hugh's sexy co-stars. He hasn't been busted in strip clubs, had a night in Paris or emerged from Cameron Diaz' crib at sunrise. Sad but true: we still find it hard to believe in the power of real love, and so expect rich, cute, heterosexual, famous men eventually to get caught with the wrong woman.
If they don't - well, they must be gay. I think the gossip about Jackman's predilections has less to do with his choice of woman than the fact that he's actually made a choice - and stuck to it. And if he was the sort of man to care what anyone thought about his bedroom habits, just one tasty skirt-chasing rumour is all it would take to clear up the speculation once and for all.
Hugh, if you need me, my skirt is ready and willing. terms and conditions. Comments that are offensive, defamatory, unsuitable or that breach any aspects of the terms will be deleted.
People witnessing his flamboyant turn as Peter Allen, she says, believe he's really gay.
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