Feb 16, 2007, 12:30 GMT
Renée Zellweger's ex-husband Kenny Chesney has spoken out to deny rumors he is gay.
Kenny Chesney -a cowboy wearing puka shells? very gay if you ask us... © Glenn Harris / Photorazzi
Rumours began after Zellweger cited "fraud" as the reason for the pair's marriage annulment.
Chesney said in an interview with '20 Minutes': "It's not true. Period. Maybe I should have come out and said, 'No, I'm not gay,' but I didn't want to draw any more attention to it.
"I didn't have to prove to anybody that I wasn't gay. I didn't feel like I really did.
"The only fraud that was committed was me thinking that I knew what it was like that I really understood what it was like to be married, and I really didn't."
Despite the confusion surrounding his sexuality, Chesney has no regrets about the marriage.
He said: "We thought the least harmful stated reason was fraud because it is kind of broad doesn't specify.
"And boy we were wrong. But I don't regret our marriage at all. Not one bit.
"Even though I'd sit here and say I wish we'd gotten divorced instead of all that annulment stuff, and saved myself a lot of public humiliation. I still don't have any regrets. I loved her, and it was real."
Zellweger and the 38-year-old country singer were married in the Virgin Islands in May 2005.
The 37-year-old actress filed for an annulment four months later.
Zellweger later issued a statement saying the term "fraud" was "simply legal language and not a reflection of Kenny's character."
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