Hugh Jackman’s longtime buddy has shared an replace on the actor after his ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness blasted their break up as a “traumatic journey of betrayal.”
Showing on Thursday’s episode of Australia’s “Ben Fordham Live” radio present, Gus Worland weighed in on Furness’ feedback that described a tumultuous ending to her marriage with Jackman.
Worland, a TV and radio persona, stated he’s been near Jackman for the reason that pair attended kindergarten collectively in 1973.
“It’s not just [Furness’] statement, but just the last couple of years have been difficult,” Worland stated. “One thing that I’ve been really strict on, or disciplined on … is to let them do what they’ve had to do.”
Furness, 69, filed for divorce from Jackman, 56, on Might 23 after the pair initially introduced that they have been amicably separating in 2023. The previous couple, who share youngsters Ava and Oscar, had been married for 27 years after tying the knot in 1996.
In a seemingly 180 transfer from the couple’s 2023 announcement, Furness this week shared a scathing assertion with Individuals.
“My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal,” Furness instructed the outlet, including the break up was “a profound wound that cuts deep.”
Talking on the radio present, Worland stated, “No one wants anyone to go through what they’ve been through, and, of course, they go through everything publicly because of the type of people and the fame that they have.”
Worland then gave an replace on how the “Deadpool & Wolverine” star has apparently been doing amid the messy divorce.
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“I was over in New York with [Jackman] just last month, and he’s fine. He is going along well. He’s moving on with his life, and I hope that Deb does as well,” he stated.
Noting that the couple have been collectively “a long, long time,” Worland added that his precedence is ensuring that Jackman and Furness’ youngsters “get through this.”
“I just go to the kids and go, ‘What can we do to make sure that they’re going to get through this as well as possible?’” stated Worland, who added he and Jackman are godparents to one another’s first youngsters.
Jackman has been romantically linked to his former “Music Man” co-star Sutton Foster, 50, since earlier this yr. Foster and Jackman went public with their romance in January after they have been noticed holding fingers on a dinner date in California.
Foster and Jackman’s PDA-filled evening brought about a stir on-line, contemplating a supply claimed to Us Weekly in November 2024 that Foster and Jackman’s relationship is the “reason Hugh and Deb got divorced.” Rumors had circulated that the 2 Broadway stars grew to become shut whereas starring within the musical revival.
The insider claimed there was “an affair and overlap” however that many individuals on Broadway “kept it quiet.”
“A lot of people on Broadway knew, and we kept it quiet because both of them are so nice and great people,” the supply alleged. “Everyone respected their privacy. But there was an affair and overlap.”
In the meantime, Foster filed for divorce from her husband, Ted Griffin, in October 2024 after 10 years of marriage.
