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Cate Blanchett scotches gay speculation
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Cannes: Cate Blanchett has denied media speculation that she had a real-life gay past.
"Have I had sexual relations with women? The answer is no," Blanchett told reporters ahead of the Cannes premiere of the lesbian romance movie Carol.
The 46-year-old Australian actress said speculation about possible gay episodes had sprung from an interview she had given to the US cinema industry magazine Variety.
The publication had reported that it asked Blanchett whether she'd had "past relationships with women" and got the response: "Yes. Many times."
That triggered cascading speculation in other media that Blanchett had revealed past gay encounters.
But at a Cannes film festival media conference on Sunday, Blanchett clarified the situation by saying the part where she had stated she had had no "sexual relations with women" was edited out of the Variety piece.
The actress added firmly that "in 2015, the answer [to that sort of question] shouldn't matter".
Blanchett has been married to Andrew Upton for 18 years, and have three sons - Dashiell, 13, Roman, 10 and Ignatius, 6.
The couple also recently adopted a baby daughter, Edith Vivian Patricia Upton.
AFP