Revealed: The real reason Hugh Jackman has been dogged by gay rumours for two decades - but is he having the last laugh with a new romance after shock split from wife?

For 2 decades Hugh Jackman's sexuality has travel nether question, pinch nan rumour mill going into overdrive erstwhile he divided from his woman past year. 

Despite many times stating that is heterosexual, baseless rumours that he is cheery person continued to swirl, pinch Jackman moreover fuelling nan whispers himself by poking nosy astatine nan speculation. 

He has besides addressed nan root of nan claims, believing they day backmost to a domiciled he played successful 2003. 

At nan time, Jackman was was happily joined to Deborra-Lee Furness but was playing openly cheery singer-songwriter Peter Allen successful The Boy from Oz connected Broadway.

Speaking astir taking connected nan domiciled astatine nan time, he mused: 'Some group said, "It's brave of you to play a cheery man." And I deliberation that's very dated. Don't you?'

During nan accumulation he had to buss male co-star Jarrod Emick connected stage, and reflecting connected nan infinitesimal he thinks sparked nan rumours, Jackman shared: 'I was virtually conscionable locking lips... I started to laughter truthful hard.

'So I enactment kissing him, because I thought, "I'm conscionable going to laugh. I'm going to enactment present until it subsides," and it ne'er subsided and nan full assemblage could spot my assemblage shaking, truthful they started.'

He added during nan question and reply successful 2018: 'Some dudes do get upset, immoderate dudes say, "Don't opportunity I'm gay," [but] I americium good.'

When The Boy from Oz vanished its tenure connected Broadway and began showing successful Australia successful 2006, Jackman was nary longer required to buss his on-stage lover.

Addressing nan determination to region nan kiss, his caller co-star Murray Bartlett explained: 'We conscionable wanted to support it very elemental and very pure.'

The same-sex buss was not portion of nan original philharmonic erstwhile it first launched Down Under successful 1998, and was only added to nan book erstwhile nan accumulation began connected Broadway successful 2003. 

Jackman has been revered by nan cheery organization and became an instant pin-up erstwhile pictures emerged of him enjoying shirtless runs connected nan formation pinch his handsome individual trainer. 

The vocal advocator for LGBTQ authorities astir precocious addressed his sexuality during his 1 man show, The Man. The Music. The Show successful 2019.

Addressing nan crowd astatine London's O2 Arena, Jackman, 56, winked and said: 'I cognize what you're each thinking... is he? Isn't he... [pauses for effect]... Australian?'

While he hasn't been fazed by nan rumours, Jackman confessed he worried astir really it would impact his wife. 

Speaking on 60 Minutes, he shared: 'It's, to me, not nan astir absorbing point astir a person, anyway. I do get disappointment for Deb, origin I spot Deb go, "Ah, this is conscionable crazy!"' 

Furness addressed nan rumours connected Anh's Brush pinch Fame, rolling her eyes and exclaiming: 'I spot these magazines and they're truthful mean-spirited… I dream group realise it's each made up.

She added: '[Hugh's] been cheery for truthful galore years, I was cheery excessively erstwhile I did [the 1988 film] Shame. They were shocked erstwhile I sewage married.

'It's conscionable wrong. It's for illustration personification saying to Elton John, "Oh he's straight." I'm judge he'd beryllium p**sed!

'And truthful what! What are we discussing here… Is he a vegetarian… Is he gay?'

During different chat on nan Not an Overnight Success podcast, Deborra-Lee said: 'I mean, hullo guys - if he was gay, he could beryllium gay!

'He didn't person to hide successful nan closet anymore, and he'd beryllium making love Brad Pitt, aliases whatever. Not that Brad's gay, but you cognize what I'm saying!'

She continued: 'It's truthful silly, and past group perpetuate silly things and it's boring.'

The mates met connected nan group of Australian TV show Correlli successful 1995. They tied nan knot conscionable 11 months later and adopted 2 children, son, Oscar, 23, and daughter, Ava, 19, successful 2005.

Last year, they revealed they had separated aft 27 years of matrimony - sparking a caller activity of rumours astir Hugh's sexuality. 

Yet this week it was claimed that Jackman is now making love Broadway fable Sutton Foster, 49, and they person been 'spending each of their free clip together'.

Sources told Page Six that Jackman and Foster are reportedly keeping their narration backstage amid ongoing rumours.

'They walk each of their free clip together,' an insider claimed. 'They are a regular couple, they are conscionable successful private.'

This study comes conscionable a mates days aft Foster filed for divorcement from her husband, Ocean's Eleven screenwriter Ted Griffin, aft 10 years of marriage. 

Foster and Griffin stock 1 child, seven-year-old girl Emily, whom they adopted successful 2017. 

Since their divided and anterior to her divorcement filing, she and Jackman person reportedly been spending much clip together successful backstage and person been 'inseparable,' nan insider claimed.

The root added that nan brace support a debased floor plan and 'sneak around.'

Speculation astir nan couple's narration first began successful Broadway circles while Foster was starring successful The Music Man alongside Jackman. 

For complete a year, they worked together successful nan Broadway show, which ran from December 2021 to January 2023. 

A number of sources told Page Six that Foster and Jackman 'have fallen successful love.'

'They are 100 percent together and are successful emotion and want to walk nan remainder of their lives together,' an insider antecedently told nan publication. 

The brace are reportedly going strong, but person been keeping nan narration retired of nan nationalist eye, according to sources. 

A root claimed: 'They are still together. They spell retired of their measurement to hide it, but it’s communal knowledge.' 

Recently, a 2022 question and reply resurfaced, showing Jackman calling Foster a 'dream.' 

Back then, he raved astir having nan opportunity to activity pinch Foster connected nan Broadway revival of The Music Man. 

'It's been a agelong clip since I've done a book philharmonic — actually, 18 years, since The Boy From Oz,' he told New York Theatre Guide 2 years ago. 

'I've been fortunate capable to do films, and I've done immoderate plays, but there's thing for illustration doing a philharmonic connected Broadway.' 

He went connected to specifically applaud 'this formed successful particular' for their difficult activity earlier sweetly gushing: 'Sutton Foster is conscionable a dream.'