Almost two years after asserting their supposedly amicable break 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 along with his Broadway co-star Sutton Foster — a relationship that supposedly was an “open secret” to everybody however Furness.
The Each 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 keen to fork over.
In January, Jackman and Furness reportedly have been weeks away from submitting for divorce — after 27 years of what appeared to be one of many few completely satisfied, enduring Hollywood marriages. However a supply advised the Each day Mail that Furness has come to consider that she’s owed a much bigger chunk of their estimated $250 million fortune, partly, due to his romance with Foster.
Nominees Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster attend the 2022 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press occasion in New York, on Could 12, 2022. (Photograph by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photograph by ANGELA WEISS/AFP through Getty Photos)
So, the Each day Mail stated 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 reviews have alleged there was a backstage affair.
For the Each day Mail’s report Thursday, the supply stated: “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 occurring between Jackman and Foster once 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 an in depth bond throughout the manufacturing — whereas they have been married to different individuals.
Within the basic 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 stated 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 stated they grew to become “really good friends” and would ” simply discuss and atone for our day.”
Foster additionally was stated to be “absolutely giddy” round Jackman throughout the manufacturing, whereas he was “besotted with Sutton from the moment he met her,” in accordance 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 collection, “Younger” — enjoying a girl in her 40s who simply passes for a 26-year-old ebook 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 want “to pursue our individual growth.”
“Sutton and Hugh’s relationship is the reason that Hugh and Deb got divorced,” a supply near Foster advised 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 stated. “Everyone respected their privacy. But there was an affair and overlap.”
Whether or not or not Furness can show the “overlap,” she is alleged to be utilizing her estranged husband’s relationship along with his co-star to get what she believes she deserves financially, the Each 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 advised the Each day Mail. “She is using the fact that Hugh is still married and involved with another woman against him.”
