Practically two years after asserting their supposedly amicable cut up, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness are reportedly nowhere close to to even submitting for divorce following revelations that he had been concerned in a romance together with his Broadway co-star Sutton Foster — a relationship that supposedly was an “open secret” to everybody however Furness.
The Every day Mail reported Thursday that Jackman, 56, and Furness, 69, have hit an “impasse” over their divorce as a result of Furness believes she is “entitled” to extra money than Jackman is prepared to fork over.
In January, Jackman and Furness reportedly had been weeks away from submitting for divorce — after 27 years of what gave the impression to be one of many few joyful, enduring Hollywood marriages. However a supply informed the Every day Mail that Furness has come to imagine that she’s owed a much bigger chunk of their estimated $250 million fortune, partly, due to his romance with Foster.
So, the Every day Mail mentioned it’s “murky” whether or not issues obtained bodily between the Australian actor and Foster, 50, earlier than he and Furness introduced their separation in September 2023. Different studies have alleged there was a backstage affair.
For the Every day Mail’s report Thursday, the supply mentioned: “While he didn’t physically cheat on her with Sutton, Deborra-Lee believes they were having an emotional affair and she feels he betrayed her.”
One thing was definitely was happening between Jackman and Foster after they co-starred collectively within the Broadway revival of “The Music Man.” The present ran from 2021 to January 2023, and Foster herself admitted that she and Jackman developed a detailed bond in the course of the manufacturing — whereas they had been married to different folks.
Within the traditional musical, they performed characters who fall in love and sing well-known love ballads to every one other. Foster starred as Marian the Librarian, who falls for the charms of Jackman’s conman Harold Hill. In an 2022 interview, the Tony Award winner mentioned she and Jackman loved a pre-performance ritual that included alone-time in her dressing room.
“We call it carpet chat,” Foster revealed throughout an look on “Live with Kelly and Ryan.” She mentioned they turned “really good friends” and would ” simply speak and compensate for our day.”
Foster additionally was mentioned to be “absolutely giddy” round Jackman in the course of the manufacturing, whereas he was “besotted with Sutton from the moment he met her,” in line with an InTouch Weekly supply. “He followed her around like a puppy!”
Furness reportedly had her “suspicions” about her husband working with Foster, the bubbling actor/singer/dancer who had starred in TV Land’s hit comedy sequence, “Younger” — taking part in a lady in her 40s who simply passes for a 26-year-old e book publishing assistant.
9 months after “The Music Man” closed, Furness and Jackman introduced their separation, The couple, who first met working collectively in Australian TV and share two youngsters, 24 and 19, spun the separation as a mutual choice primarily based on “gratitude, love and kindness” and a need “to pursue our individual growth.”
In October, the New York Metropolis tabloids started publishing tales about Jackman’s relationship with Foster, largely spurred by information that she had filed for divorce from screenwriter Ted Griffin after 10 years of marriage.
Whereas Furness has by no means straight addressed her cut up from Jackman, Us Weekly reported in October that she appeared to verify a gossip blogger’s social media publish that mentioned she was “blindsided” by information of his relationship with Foster. This Us Weekly report additionally put the blame for the couple’s divorce on his backstage relationship with Foster.
“Sutton and Hugh’s relationship is the reason that Hugh and Deb got divorced,” a supply near Foster informed Us Weekly In October.
This supply additionally insisted that Jackman started relationship Foster earlier than he and Furness separated.
“A lot of people on Broadway knew, and we kept it quiet because both of them are so nice and great people,” the supply mentioned. “Everyone respected their privacy. But there was an affair and overlap.”
Whether or not or not Furness can show the “overlap,” she is claimed to be utilizing her estranged husband’s relationship together with his co-star to get what she believes she deserves financially, the Every day Mail reported.
“With a significant amount of money at stake, Debora-Lee is determined to get what she believes she deserves from the separation,” a supply informed the Every day Mail. “She is using the fact that Hugh is still married and involved with another woman against him.”
