Former FRIENDS star MATT LeBLANC is fighting allegations he once hired a chauffeur to set him up with backseat gay sex trysts, by insisting he has never had sex with a man.

LeBlanc is furious with former driver DAMIAN PLUMLEIGH after the chauffeur took his story to American tabloid NATIONAL ENQUIRER and even passed a lie detector test as he revealed all about the actor's alleged seedy past.

LeBlanc insists he doesn't care what the results of a polygraph test were - Plumleigh is a liar.

The actor, who is a happily married father and stepfather, fumes, "I have never asked to be set up with gay hustlers. It's absolutely not true. I am not bisexual. I am not gay. I have never had sex with men.

"Setting the record straight is not only important because of me and my life, but also because of my family."

The outraged star insists even Plumleigh's claims he used to work for the actor are untrue.

He adds, "Plumleigh drove me on a few occasions. When he says he hooked me up for gay sex, it's a 100 per cent lie.

"He worked for the company that Warner Brothers used. He was part of a hired limo service. He was not employed by me. I was uncomfortable with him so I stopped using him."

08/10/2004 02:45