A strip club. A drunk actor. A scorned, famous wife.

The accusations by Nicole Forrester that she had sex with Josh Duhamel earlier this month have all the makings of a major celebrity scandal. There's just one problem:

The actor's rep swears they aren't true.

"This is not the first nor will it be the last time that a stripper was paid a large amount of money to sell a false story about a celebrity," Duhamel's rep said in a statement. "This story is absolutely ridiculous."

Hey, anonymous rep, no reason so bash the profession of strippers! Still, the story does have a few holes bigger than those you'd find at a strip club. (Think about it.)

For starters, Forrester admits she was paid to tell her tale to The National Enquirer.

She claims the story of dancing nude for Duhamel at an Atlanta establishment in early October is valid, and that she even passed a lie detector when admitting to subsequent sex with the star at an expensive hotel.

But there's no proof of these polygraph results; and other outlets, such as E! News, state Forrester's attorney also contacted them, asking for "compensation" in exchange for the story.

We believe Duhamel. Who would cheat on Fergie?!? She's kind of hot and she's dabbled in girl-on-girl action!