The Age — as is its wont as a trashy, celebrity-driven rag — is today featuring a story about Silverchair’s Daniel Johns and “those” gay rumours.

Musician Paul Mac has revealed the distress caused by false rumours about Daniel Johns’s sexuality, after the singer’s break-up from Natalie Imbruglia.

Mac, who was incorrectly linked to Johns in magazine reports, said the entire episode was very upsetting for Johns, who was already devastated by his marriage break-up.

So do you reckon that The Age juxtaposing a photo of Paul Mac with a pic of Johns sucking a lollipop is completely coincidental?

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Of course it’s not.