Hugh Jackman

Hugh JackmanThe old friend has shared an update about the actor after his ex -wife Debora-Lee Furness He expelled his division as a “traumatic trip of betrayal.”

Appearing in the episode of Australia’s Thursday “Ben Fordham Live“The radio program, Gus Worland intervened in Furness’s comments described by a tumultuous end for his marriage to Jackman.

Worland, a television and radio personality, said he has been close to Jackman since the couple attended Kindergarten together in 1973.

“It’s not just [Furness’] Declaration, but only the last years have been difficult, “said Worland.” One thing I have really been strict or disciplined … is to let them do what they have had to do. ”

Furness, 69, requested the divorce of Jackman, 56, on May 23 after the couple initially announced that they were separating friendly in 2023. The former partner, who shared children Ava and Oscar, had married for 27 years after tied in 1996.

“My heart and compassion are with all those who have gone through the traumatic trip of betrayal,” Furness told The Outlet, adding that the division was “a deep wound that cuts deeply.”

Speaking in the radio program, Worland said: “No one wants anyone to go through what they have been and, of course, go through everything publicly due to the type of people and the fame they have.”

Worland then gave an update on how the star of “Deadpool & Wolverine” has apparently been doing in the middle of the messy divorce.

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“I was in New York with [Jackman] Last month, and it’s fine. He is doing well. He goes ahead with his life, and I hope he must do it too, ”he said.

By pointing out that the couple was together “a lot, a long time”, Worland added that their priority is to ensure that the children of Jackman and Furness “overcome this.”

“I simply go to the children and go, ‘What can we do to make sure that they will overcome this as much as possible?'” Said Worland, who added that he and Jackman are godparents of the first children of the other.

Jackman has been romantically related to his former co -star of “Music Man” Sutton Foster, 50, since the beginning of this year. Foster and Jackman made public with their romance in January after they were seen in a dinner event in California.

The night full of PDA de Foster and Jackman caused an online stir, considering that a source affirmed Us Weekly in November 2024 that Foster and Jackman’s relationship is the “reason why Hugh and Debe divorced.” The rumors had circulated that the two Broadway stars became close while starring musical revival.

The source said there was “an issue and an overlap”, but that many people on Broadway “kept him silent.”

“Many people in Broadway knew it, and we kept it silent because both are very pleasant and large people,” the source alleged. “Everyone respected their privacy. But there was an adventure and an overlap.”

Meanwhile, Foster requested her husband’s divorce, Ted Griffin, in October 2024 after 10 years of marriage.