April 24, 2009 | Celeb Watch

Reason #3002 to love Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman may not be gay (though we're still hoping he is ... and that he will one day fall in love with us), but he is certainly a friend of the homo population.

"I'd be happy to go and deny being gay, because I'm not," he told Parade magazine. "But by denying it, I'm saying there is something shameful about it, and there isn't anything shameful.

"The questions about sexuality I find more in America than anywhere else, because it's a big hang-up and defines what people think about themselves and others.

"It's not a big issue in Australia."

Oh, come on over here you big lug and give us a fuck, er, hug.