Hugh Jackman Calls Split From Deborra-Lee ‘A Difficult Time,’ During New Outing

Hugh Jackman, 54, gave an replace on how he’s doing since his break up from spouse Deborra-Lee Furness, 67, for the primary time on Saturday morning. The actor was strolling on a sidewalk in New York Metropolis, NY, when he was approached by paparazzi with cameras who requested him questions on separation. “It’s a tough time,” he stated in a video, after admitting he doesn’t really feel proper speaking in regards to the state of affairs whereas strolling on the road.

Hugh, who wore a darkish grey T-shirt and black denims through the outing, adopted up his remark with a solution about when his upcoming film, Deadpool 3, is anticipated to be launched amid the SAG-AFTRA strike. “Effectively, I can’t actually know till we get again to work,” he stated.

The Prisoners star and his now estranged partner, whom he was married to for 27 years, introduced their separation on Friday, in a joint assertion. “Now we have been blessed to share virtually three a long time collectively as husband and spouse in an exquisite, loving marriage,” Hugh and Deborra-Lee instructed PEOPLE. “Our journey now’s shifting and now we have determined to separate to pursue our particular person progress.”

“Our household has been and at all times will probably be our highest precedence,” they continued. “We undertake this subsequent chapter with gratitude, love, and kindness. We enormously recognize your understanding in respecting our privateness as our household navigates this transition in all of our lives.”

Shortly after the joint assertion went public, a supply instructed Web page Six that the separation wasn’t a shocking one for the previous lovebirds’ household and mates. “Family and friends knew about it,” the insider stated, earlier than additionally including that hassle of their marriage could have began earlier than Hugh returned to Broadway in The Music Man in Feb. 2022.

“Deb wasn’t at rehearsals very a lot,” the supply added, earlier than additionally claiming she “was even noticed snoozing throughout a few of them.” Lastly, the supply concluded that there was no third companion concerned in Hugh and Deborra-Lee’s determination to half methods, and stated that they’d merely turn into “roommates.”