Hugh Jackman could have extra causes to be “extremely disappointed” by Deborra-Lee Furness’s more and more public anger about their pending divorce.
Furness, 69, is reportedly planning to launch a “no-holds-barred” “divorce diary” that may element what she herself has described because the “traumatic journey of betrayal” she’s endured since she and the “Wolverine” actor cut up after 27 years of marriage, in keeping with the Day by day Mail.
If this diary certainly exists, it could possible embrace Furness’s emotions about studying that Jackman, 56, had change into romantically concerned along with his Broadway co-star Sutton Foster, probably earlier than she and Jackman had introduced their separation. A report in November stated that Furness was “blindsided” by the information of her husband’s relationship with Foster, 50.
“Deb’s been desperate to have her side of the story out there,” a supply Lady’s Day journal.
“She’s been writing down all her thoughts, the good and the bad, and logging every detail of this ugly roller-coaster divorce,” the supply additionally stated. “As soon as her lawyers allow it, she will be talking to publishers about a deal.”
The report about Furness’ memoir plans come after the Australian actress formally filed divorce papers and ended her silence concerning the breakup by issuing a blistering, offended assertion about what she has skilled over the previous a number of years.
“My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal,” Furness stated in an announcement to the Day by day Mail final week.
“It’s a profound wound that cuts deep, 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 continued. She stated this perception has helped her “navigate the breakdown of an almost three-decade marriage.”
She concluded by saying that she had gained “much knowledge and wisdom” via adversity, main her to comprehend her “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,” Furness stated.
In talking out in such a manner, Furness let the world know that her divorce from Jackman has not been as amicable because the couple initially tried to painting it. After they introduced their separation in September 2023, the couple, who met whereas working collectively in Australia, stated that that they had been “blessed” to share “almost three decades together in a wonderful, loving marriage.”
In addition they spun their separation as a mutual choice primarily based on “gratitude, love and kindness” and a want “to pursue our individual growth.”
Now, almost two years later, it has change into obvious that Furness appears on the finish of her marriage a lot in another way.
“Clearly she’s frustrated and it’s rare for her to take a step like this, but it’s aggravating to have no voice while Hugh can do whatever he wants,” the Lady’s Day supply stated.
However in keeping with the Day by day Mail, Jackman was “extremely disappointed” that Furness would launch such an announcement, calling it a breach of their “unwritten understanding” to not converse negatively about each other.
Furness may say she was “extremely disappointed” — and extra — to be taught that Jackman had, sooner or later, change into romantically concerned with Foster, his co-star within the hit Broadway revival of “The Music Man.”
Information of the romance between the 2 stage and display performers first broke in October, quickly after the Tony Award-winning Foster filed for divorce from her husband of 10 years, screenwriter Ted Griffin.
It’s not identified when Furness discovered that her husband was concerned with one other lady, however Us Weekly reported in October that Furness was “blindsided” by the information and that the connection is the rationale she and Jackman had been getting a divorce.
“A lot of people on Broadway knew, and we kept it quiet because both of them are so nice and great people,” the supply additionally stated. “Everyone respected their privacy. But there was an affair and overlap.”
The romance seems to have began as a friendship that developed when Jackman and Foster labored collectively on the basic musical comedy, which ran on Broadway from early 2022 to early 2023. The present is about in small-town America on the flip of the twentieth century. His conman and her librarian fall in love via a collection of music and dance numbers.
As Jackman and Foster promoted the present, they didn’t conceal their regard for one another. Throughout a 2022 interview on “Live with Kelly and Ryan” Foster admitted that she and Jackman developed a really shut bond and defined how they began a pre-performance ritual that came about after they had been alone in her dressing room.
“We call it carpet chat,” Foster revealed within the interview.
In the meantime, studies say that Furness had developed “suspicions” about Jackman and Foster working collectively. The Day by day Mall reported that the romance didn’t get bodily whereas Jackman was nonetheless married to Furness, however Furness “believes they were having an emotional affair and she feels he betrayed her.”
Jackman and Foster appeared to verify their romance in January by showing collectively in paparazzi images that might have been staged. In addition they had been photographed collectively once more in Might, holding fingers whereas taking a stroll collectively in New York Metropolis. Foster additionally was photographed transferring packing containers into Jackman’s $21 million penthouse, which he bought with Furness in 2022, in keeping with the Day by day Mail.
Nonetheless, Jackman and Foster have but to seem collectively at a public occasion or go “Instagram official,” maybe as a result of they’re ready for his or her respective divorces to change into finalized. For instance, Foster appeared solo on the purple carpet at a Broadway awards present Sunday night time.
It might not be lengthy earlier than Jackman and Foster can seem collectively at public occasions. Regardless of the dangerous blood between him and Furness, sources informed the Day by day Mail final week that the estranged couple have lastly reached a settlement in the way to divided up their joint $387 million fortune. All that’s left now’s for a choose to log out on the divorce.
