Deborra-Lee Furness speaks out on 'betrayal' amid Hugh Jackman divorce
Deborra-Lee Furness is addressing the dissolution of her longtime marriage to Hugh Jackman.
In a May 27 statement to the Daily Mail – issued nearly a week after she filed for divorce – the Australian actress, 69, spoke cryptically of "betrayal" and said she had found "liberation" after her decades long union with Jackman, 56, ended.
"My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal," she told the outlet. "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.
"This belief has helped me navigate the breakdown of an almost three-decade marriage," she continued.
"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," she said.
"It can hurt, but in the long run, returning to yourself and living within your own integrity, values and boundaries is liberation and freedom."
Her statement comes as rumors continue to swirl of a possible showmance between Jackman and his "Music Man" on Broadway co-star Sutton Foster. Neither Foster nor Jackman has confirmed the entanglement.
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Furness initiated an uncontested divorce from Jackman in New York's Suffolk County Supreme Court on May 23, according to court records reviewed by Paste BN May 27. The filing comes more than a year and a half after the couple announced their separation.
Paste BN has reached out to representatives for Jackman and Furness for comment.
The actors, who co-starred in the 1995 Australian show "Correlli," married in 1996 and share two adult children, Oscar and Ava. Their 2023 separation was revealed in a statement to People, which read, "We have been blessed to share almost 3 decades together as husband and wife in a wonderful, loving marriage. Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth.
"Our family has been and always will be our highest priority," it continued. "We undertake this next chapter with gratitude, love, and kindness. We greatly appreciate your understanding in respecting our privacy as our family navigates this transition in all of our lives."