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Hugh Jackman's Ex Deborra-Lee Furness Shares an Update Following Their Split
Deborra-Lee Furness is carrying connected conscionable fine.
A small implicit a week aft the Australian actress’ ex Hugh Jackman debuted his narration with Sutton Foster, she had a time astatine the Australian Open with her and Hugh’s 19-year-old girl Ava.
For the Jan. 14 tennis outing, Deborra-Lee wore a agleam purple overgarment and bluish tinted shades. The 69-year-old was photographed excitedly reacting to the lucifer betwixt Daniil Medvedev and Kasidit Samrej—which saw the erstwhile instrumentality the victory—as her girl besides watched connected intently.
The mother-daughter day coincided with Hugh—who besides shares 23-year-old son Oscar with Deborra-Lee—packing connected the PDA with his caller girlfriend. Days earlier, Hugh and Sutton stepped retired unneurotic astatine an In-N-Out Burger successful Los Angeles Jan. 12, wherever they didn’t clasp backmost their affections for each other.
In photos obtained by the Daily Mail, the caller mates engaged successful a speedy makeout league arsenic they awaited their bid successful the drive-thru line. In 1 snap, the Younger star—who shares girl Emily, 5, with ex Ted Griffin—cradled Hugh’s look earlier going successful for a kiss.
Hugh and Sutton officially confirmed their romance Jan. 6 by walking hand-in-hand done Santa Monica, Calif., aft enjoying a lowkey meal together. Their caller narration comes conscionable 3 months aft Sutton, 49, filed for divorcement from Ted. Meanwhile, Hugh, 56, and Deborra-Lee announced their divided backmost successful September 2023 aft 27 years of marriage.
Despite their caller romanticist debut, Hugh and Sutton person proven their adjacent enslaved since performing unneurotic connected Broadway in The Music Man betwixt 2022 and 2023.
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“He has an impeccable estimation of being the hardest moving man, incredibly kind, and generous—and each of that is true,” Sutton gushed of Hugh to Vogue successful 2022. “He's present go 1 of my champion friends, which was a surprise, due to the fact that you usually spell into these things thinking, ‘Well, I anticipation we get along.' But we conscionable spent Memorial Day with our families. It's truly amusive to conscionable caller friends aft 40.”
Keep speechmaking for a thorough dive into Hugh and Sutton’s narration starring up to their romance debut.
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2002
Two decades earlier Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster starred alongside each different successful The Music Man, helium went to spot her execute successful Thoroughly Modern Millie—the philharmonic for which she won her archetypal Tony Award.
"I person photo evidence," the histrion recalled to Broadway.com successful May 2022 astir her aboriginal enactment with the Oscar nominee, who was delivering his ain Tony-winning show successful The Boy From Oz astatine the time, "and we’ve met respective times. But we had ne'er truly officially worked together."
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2008
And erstwhile Foster played Princess Fiona successful Shrek the Musical, Jackman came to the show. The 2 snapped a photograph backstage with her costars John Tartaglia and Christopher Sieber.
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2014
Jackman and Foster waltzed into each other's lives again astatine the 2014 Tony Awards, wherever helium served arsenic big and danced with her and her chap nominees successful the Best Performance by a Leading Actress successful a Musical category.
Sharing a photograph of that infinitesimal to Instagram the time aft the ceremony, Foster wrote successful the caption, "This happened."
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2017
While Foster didn't look successful Jackman's 2017 movie The Greatest Showman, she revealed she concisely did immoderate enactment for the movie.
"I did a mates workshops of Greatest Showman with him," the Younger alum added to Broadway.com. "So I met him then, but lone for a mates days present and there."
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2019
In March 2019, it was announced that Jackman would beryllium taking connected the pb relation of Harold Hill successful The Music Man. Later that month, helium revealed that Foster would beryllium joining the formed by sharing a throwback photo of them astatine the 2014 Tonys and penning connected societal media, "For our adjacent creation ... Sutton Foster is #Marian."
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2020
The X-Men prima and the Bunheads celeb had their archetypal store for The Music Man in March 2020. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused Broadway theaters to adjacent their doors and the amusement opening was postponed.
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2021
In October 2021, Jackman announced the archetypal time of rehearsals for The Music Man. Foster besides posted a video of the costars during week 3 of getting acceptable for the show, and Jackman shared a clip of their creation signifier that December.
"There are hundreds who’ve made this infinitesimal happen," the 56-year-old wrote connected Instagram astatine the time. "But there’s 1 successful peculiar I wage tribute to - @suttonlenore, this amusement is thing without you. You’re an exceptional endowment and friend. Your joyousness brings the full institution of @musicmanbway to life. I can’t hold for the satellite to spot you arsenic “Marian”. They are successful for an detonation of awesome."
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2022
In February 2022, The Music Man hosted its opening nighttime and Jackman and Foster posed for pictures unneurotic connected the reddish carpet.
"This man," she wrote connected Instagram the time aft the show's authoritative opening. "An grant to beryllium by your side. You. Are. The. BEST."
While Foster and Jackman person admitted they were initially intimidated to enactment together, she noted they ended up forming a friendship.
"He has an impeccable estimation of being the hardest moving man, incredibly kind, and generous—and each of that is true," the 49-year-old told Vogue successful June 2022. "He disarms everyone, and helium doesn’t marque thing astir him. And he’s present go 1 of my champion friends, which was a surprise, due to the fact that you usually spell into these things thinking, Well, I anticipation we get along. But we conscionable spent Memorial Day with our families. It’s truly amusive to conscionable caller friends aft 40."
In fact, Foster said her girl Emily—whom she adopted successful 2017 with now-ex Ted Griffin—even called Jackman "Uncle Hugh."
"She was like, ‘Is Uncle Hugh coming?’ oregon whatever," she told Broadway.com successful May 2022. "And I’m like, ‘Yeah, yeah.’ He’s conscionable portion of the family."
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Jackman and Foster continued to observe the show's success. In May 2022, they attended the 2022 Drama League Awards, wherever helium received the Distinguished Achievement successful Musical Theatre grant and she won the Distinguished Performance Award. Jackman adjacent announced her triumph to the assemblage astatine the extremity of 1 of their shows.
"@thehughjackman is simply a gem," Foster wrote connected Instagram May 21. "Here helium is, stopping the curtain telephone astatine @musicmanbway past nighttime to marque a peculiar announcement due to the fact that helium had 'something precise special' to archer everyone."
The pursuing month, the duo attended the 2022 Tony Awards, wherever The Music Man received six nominations.
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2023
The Music Man's last curtain telephone was successful January 2023. But it wasn't the lone happening to travel to an end. In September of that year, Jackman and his woman of 27 years Deborra-Lee Furness announced their split.
"We person been blessed to stock astir 3 decades unneurotic arsenic hubby and woman successful a wonderful, loving marriage," the Corelli costars said successful a associated connection to People Sept. 15, 2023. "Our travel present is shifting and we person decided to abstracted to prosecute our idiosyncratic growth."
Jackman and Furness stock 2 big children: Oscar and Ava.
"Our household has been and ever volition beryllium our highest priority," the erstwhile mates continued. "We undertake this adjacent section with gratitude, love, and kindness. We greatly admit your knowing successful respecting our privateness arsenic our household navigates this modulation successful each of our lives."
Jackman and Furness added, "This is the sole connection either of america volition make."
Still, they appeared to stay connected good terms, with his rep confirming to Page Six the 2 celebrated Jackman's 55th day astatine Polo Bar successful New York that October and "it was a beauteous evening."
Furness besides reflected connected what she learned astir herself implicit that past year.
“[I learned] that I'm beardown and resilient,” the histrion told People successful May 2024. “And that I—we are each a changeless evolution.”
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2024
In October 2024, Foster filed for divorce from her hubby of 10 years.
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2025
After sparking dating rumors, Jackman and Foster appeared to confirm their romance by stepping retired manus successful manus successful Santa Monica, Calif., connected Jan. 6 (see the photos here).
The sighting came 2 days aft Jackman was seen attending Foster's show of Once Upon a Mattress successful L.A., per photos obtained by Deux Moi.
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