Why Hugh Jackman's ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness chose now to 'confirm' Sutton Foster affair rumors

Hugh Jackman's ex-wife Deborra-Lee chose to marque a 'subtle' determination to seemingly confirm speculation astir the actor's alleged affair with Sutton Foster due to the fact that she was 'hurt' by his dishonesty, insiders person claimed.

The Australian actress, 68, raised eyebrows connected Wednesday erstwhile her backstage Instagram relationship 'liked' a video from gossip blogger Tasha Lustig which claimed Jackman, 56, was 'running disconnected with the mistress' and planning a 'soft launch' of their relationship, according to Us Weekly.

Adding credence to the assertion was Furness's person Amanda de Cadenet, who commented connected the aforesaid post from October 26: 'You are connected constituent with this one. My beloved person Deb is astir to person her glow up immoderate infinitesimal fyi!'

Furness, who announced her divided from Jackman successful September 2023, 'liked' the station to shed further airy connected her split.

'She has suspected Hugh of cheating connected her and helium adamantly denied it implicit and over,' the root said. 'This is what would wounded the worst.'

Adding that the pair's 27-year matrimony had been thwarted by Jackman's alleged lies, the root continued: 'They based their matrimony connected honesty. But if Hugh didn’t physically cheat, she knows that helium did emotionally.

'She wasn’t going to beryllium the 1 to interruption thing oregon accidental thing and she inactive won’t beryllium speaking out.'

The root added: 'Her liking a elemental station is the astir subtle happening she could bash that would person the top interaction and it cannot beryllium proven successful immoderate mode signifier oregon signifier that it was a jab to him. It’s near up to interpretation.'

Jackman and Foster first began workshopping Jerry Zaks' Broadway revival of the 1957 philharmonic successful March 2020.

The costars took connected the roles of Harold Hill and Marian Paroo, which ran from February 2022 to January 2023, astatine the Winter Garden Theatre successful Manhattan. 

In the station Furness liked, gossip blogger Lustig claimed that the erstwhile costars person been readying a 'soft launch' of their narration publically to trial reaction, adding they are going 'to person to imagination up the Disney communicative of the ages' to triumph implicit critics.

Jackman and Foster person already attended nationalist events together, looking smitten with 1 different astatine the opening nighttime of their amusement The Music Man connected Broadway successful February 2022.

According to reports, their matter during the amusement was 'Broadway's worst-kept secret' and present it's claimed the 'really happy' brace are keen to person their narration retired successful the open.

It comes aft sources revealed to DailyMail.com that Furness had concerns astir the brace teaming up for the Broadway accumulation successful 2022 - a twelvemonth earlier Jackman announced the extremity of their 27-year marriage. 

'Deborra-Lee had her suspicions erstwhile Hugh started moving with Sutton,' a root antecedently said. 'Their narration is not a concealed to her.'

Furness shares adopted children Oscar, 24, and Ava, 19, with her ex.

The insider noted: 'She is not going to code this oregon talk against Hugh. When they divorced, they agreed to support everything that happened during their matrimony private.' 

The rumored mates publically gushed implicit 1 different with some admitting it 'was a imagination travel true' to enactment unneurotic successful resurfaced interviews.

Foster spoke highly of the 'incredibly kind, and generous' Jackman to Vogue when asked astir their nonrecreational relationship, gushing that 'he's present go 1 of my champion friends,' earlier adding that 'we conscionable spent Memorial Day with our families. It's truly amusive to conscionable caller friends aft 40.'

It comes aft a root told Page Six that the brace are '100 per cent unneurotic and are successful emotion and privation to walk the remainder of their lives together.' 

Foster filed for divorce from her estranged hubby Ted Griffin past period aft 10 years of marriage. They stock girl Emily, seven. 

Her archetypal matrimony was to Tony victor Christian Borle, 51, from 2006 until 2009. Four years later, she confirmed her engagement to Griffin, a screenwriter connected Ocean's Eleven.

Jackman and Furness shocked fans erstwhile they announced their divided past year.