Deborra-Lee Furness has damaged her silence after submitting for divorce from Hugh Jackman.
In an announcement to the Each day Mail on Tuesday, Furness, 69, seemingly alluded to Jackman’s alleged affair together with his Broadway co-star Sutton Foster as she spoke concerning the finish of their 27-year marriage.
“My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal,” Furness mentioned.
“It’s a profound wound that cuts deep,” the Australian actress continued. “However I believe in a higher power and that God/the universe, whatever you relate to as your guidance, is always working FOR us.”
Furness went on, “‘This belief has helped me navigate the breakdown of an almost three-decade marriage. I have gained much knowledge and wisdom through this experience. Even when we are presented with apparent adversity, it is leading us to our greatest good, our true purpose.”
“It can hurt, but in the long run, returning to yourself and living within your own integrity, values and boundaries is liberation and freedom,” she acknowledged.
Furness additionally shared that “one thing” she’s discovered is “that none of this is personal.”
“We are all on our individual journeys and I believe that the relationships in our lives are not random. We are drawn to people, we invite them in, in order to learn our lessons and to recognize and heal the broken parts of ourselves…I remain grateful,” she concluded.
The Submit has reached out to Jackman’s rep for remark.
Furness was married to the “X-Men” actor, 56, since 1996. They share youngsters Oscar, 25, and Ava, 19.
The previous couple introduced they have been divorcing in 2023. Furness formally filed for divorce in New York on Might 23, The Submit confirmed.
In keeping with the Each day Mail, Jackman and Furness, who’ve a reported $250 million fortune, are simply ready for the decide to log out on the divorce judgement.
An insider claimed that “a settlement was reached that Deborra is pleased with which includes a handsome spousal support payment.”
The supply added that Furness “got what she believed she deserved” and that the divorce proceedings provides her “closure that she needed.”
Since final 12 months, rumors have swirled that Jackman allegedly stepped out on his marriage with Foster, 50.
The “Younger” actress filed for divorce from her husband of practically 10 years, Ted Griffin, in Oct. 2024. The exes have a daughter, Emily, 7.
In November, Furness allegedly “liked” a put up from her non-public Instagram account of gossip blogger Tasha Lustig claiming that the “Deadpool & Wolverine” star had “blindsided” her by sharing his relationship with Foster.
Sources claimed to US Weekly that Jackman and Foster did have “an affair” and that the romance “is the reason Hugh and Deb got divorced.”
Moreover, insiders advised the Each day Mail that Furness reportedly had “suspicions” about her longtime husband working with Foster.
The “Music Man” co-stars confirmed their romance in January, once they stepped out holding arms for a date evening in Santa Monica, California.
It’s since been reported that the couple reside collectively in Jackman’s New York Metropolis penthouse.