LISA McCune has spoken for the first time about her partner Teddy Tahu Rhodes’ alleged sex tape scandal.
Declaring she is far from “heartbroken” at the King and I press conference at The Princess Theatre today, McCune said the scandal did not even warrant being talked about, dismissing it as “baloney”.
“I actually think it is quite funny because apparently I’m heartbroken which I’m not,” she said.
McCune has so far kept a dignified silence about her love life, usually refusing to talk about her personal relationships with a “no comment”.
SEXUAL TENSION SIZZLES BETWEEN LISA MCCUNE AND TEDDY TAHU RHODES
But the thespian actor referred to her partner Teddy Tahu Rhodes for the first time saying he was doing well through the latest controversy after news broke that an explicit video of him surfaced involving him and another woman.
“Everybody is happy and Teddy is doing well,” she said.
“To be honest I am having such a delightful time doing the King and I and that is my focus.
“It is not even worth talking about, it is such baloney and I’m just going to move through it.”
Tahu Rhodes was spied this week in Melbourne in the wake of the sex tape scandal.
Rhodes is not in The King And I in Melbourne; the lead is played by Jason Scott Lee.
The sex-tape scandal comes at a bad time for Gold Logie-winning actor McCune, who must now promote and perform the lead role in the Opera Australia musical.
It is the second time McCune has been under pressure in the middle of a major musical run. News of her relationship with Tahu Rhodes broke when they were co-stars in the 2012 production South Pacific.
The couple, who sizzled together on stage, were also co-stars in the Brisbane run for The King and I.
Meanwhile, Tahu Rhodes is about to appear on stage with another of our leading theatre darlings, Marina Prior.
The duo are performing in concerts with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Hamer Hall on Saturday and Sunday.
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