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Jessica Marais laughs off suggestions by magazines she’s in a lesbian relationship with classmate

AUSSIE actor Jessica Marais has laughed off gossip mag suggestions she’s having a love affair with former NIDA classmate Shannon Dooley.

Jessica Marais and Ian Meadows on The Wrong Girl

AUSSIE actor Jessica Marais has laughed off gossip mag suggestions she’s having a love affair with former NIDA classmate Shannon Dooley.

The Wrong Girl star has told friends she and Dooley are simply close gal pals and not in a relationship after they were photographed frolicking at Bondi Beach amid reports suggesting they were dating.

Woman’s Day has suggested Shannon Dooley, pictured left, is in a lesbian relationship with Jessica Marais. Picture: Instagram
Woman’s Day has suggested Shannon Dooley, pictured left, is in a lesbian relationship with Jessica Marais. Picture: Instagram
Inside the magazine spread.
Inside the magazine spread.

“They were just being silly, having fun at the beach, that is what friends do,” a source close to the pair said. “They are 100 per cent not dating.”

Dooley and Marais were in the same acting class at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2007, alongside Hugh Sheridan.

While Marais and Sheridan have gone on to mainstream success on Australian TV, Dooley runs the local Retrosweat freestyle aerobics business.

Sources have said the pair were just “being silly having fun.” Picture: Instagram
Sources have said the pair were just “being silly having fun.” Picture: Instagram
Jess Marais has laughed off the claims. Picture: Tim Hunter.
Jess Marais has laughed off the claims. Picture: Tim Hunter.

In addition to the paparazzi images, rumours were sparked off the back of Instagram posts over the past week. “True love,” Dooley wrote of a shot with Marais and Sheridan.

Marais has a daughter, Scout, 4, with former fiance James Stewart.

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