Jackman vs. Furness divorce at an "Impasse" over $250 Million Fortune, No Prenup

How could they have a useful prenup? He didn't have any money when they got together.

I don't know about the Sutton argument. That might play well in court. But in reality, she's got a good argument that he might not have been able to handle such early fame as he had in New York if she wasn't there to support and ground him. She did seem to be really valuable in guiding him through that huge change from jobbing actor in Perth and Sydney to immediate toast of the biggest town there is.

Didn't I teach you bitches anything?

does the law where they are splitting spell out the formula for asset division?

In Australia, divorce is a "no-fault" process, meaning you don't need to prove wrongdoing, and the only requirement is that the marriage has irretrievably broken down, evidenced by a 12-month separation.

Here's a more detailed breakdown of Australian divorce laws:

Grounds for Divorce:

Irretrievable Breakdown:

The sole ground for divorce is the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.

12-Month Separation:

You must have been separated for at least 12 months and one day to be eligible for a divorce.

No Fault Required:

You don't need to prove that the other party is at fault or responsible for the marriage breakdown.

Who Can Apply for Divorce?

Australian Citizens or Residents:

You can apply for a divorce if you are an Australian citizen or resident, or if you regard Australia as your home and intend to live there indefinitely.

12 Months Residency:

You must have lived in Australia for 12 months immediately before filing for divorce.

How to Apply for Divorce:

You can apply for a divorce by yourself (sole application) or together with the other party (joint application).

Financial and Property Matters:

Property Division:

When a marriage ends, the assets and property acquired during the marriage are subject to division between the parties.

12-Month Time Limit:

Most financial/property proceedings must be started within 12 months of the divorce order taking effect, unless otherwise agreed.

Spousal Maintenance:

Spousal maintenance may be ordered in certain circumstances, where one party can demonstrate a need for financial support and the other party has the capacity to provide it.

None of that matters, R1.

They have been together for so long, it’s ridiculous for Jackman to drag his feet on this. She gets half. If he wasn’t willing to part with $125M, he should’ve worked on his marriage more.

She has such a strong hand here, I can’t believe he’s even contesting it. He should just be handling this as discreetly as possible.

[quote] She has such a strong hand here, I can’t believe he’s even contesting it. He should just be handling this as discreetly as possible.

Hugh is probably being advised by Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively.

Involved with another woman?

[quote]She has such a strong hand here, I can’t believe he’s even contesting it. He should just be handling this as discreetly as possible.

Totally agree R5. She should get half. End of story.

But, but, but where's my cut?

You got cock instead R9.

Like the rest of the world, I imagine the last thing Deborra-Lee expected was another woman.

How can anyone think that $125 million isn’t enough for the rest of one’s life? I would understand if there was a special house they both wanted but this is tacky.

Deborra- Lee was one of the most talented beards ever. She also had a lot of pain and struggle throughout her life. Despite that, she has a good heart, which is hard to encounter in show business. At a time when gay people are oppressed beyond belief, we can identify with her struggles and she ours.

The biggest argument for Jackman NOT being gay is that he's prepared to fight Deb over mere assets. Because if he is gay, the ammo she must have could blow his image and his reputation right out of the water. Could anyone in that situation be stupid enough to provoke her?

If she leaked some of the stories we presume she has, it wouldn't be a question of the public being shocked he was gay, it would be a drastic undermining of his whole image as a great, relatable guy. The lying, cheating on the marriage and secrets having gone on not for the run of The Music Man, but for decades. All the public denials over all that time.

The public might accept his being gay, but not under those conditions.

In weighing the scales where the choices are, on one, "Here. Now, go away." with, on the other, "For her/him/them? No fucking way will I part with that for their benefit..."!

"Here. Now, go away." would weigh heavier for me and would be worth it for me to part with whatever to finalize and move on.

But my advice is questionable given that I hosed myself and was hosed in both of my divorces.

Because if he is gay, the ammo she must have could blow his image and his reputation right out of the water.

R14 - but I think this revelation could damage her just as much. Maybe that's why it is an impasse.

Wow, she lost weight! Her nose job is terrible, though. I bet she got it in the 80s.

How could it possibly "damage her just as much"? She has no major public profile and no income dependent on her image. She also doesn't have a Broadway star newly on her arm who could decide she didn't want to hang round and mop up after allegations like that.

There are quite a few ways she could spin the story so she came out of it OK. She knows how women's magazines work. Or she could just leak the stories anonymously and have the "insider" add that "poor Deb" only found out the extent of his "betrayals" in recent times. But even if no-one bought her excuses for staying, he'd still be hit a lot worse than she would.

It's possible she's holding back because she doesn't want their kids to have to go through such a shitstorm, but crap, I wouldn't want to be testing the limits of her patience. IF she really does have that ammo.

According to the Google machine neither has filed for divorce yet, though it's anticipated it will be in NY Superior Court. So they're pre-negotiating before filing. It doesn't say whether she's asking for half (or more than half?). Like everyone else, I don't get why he doesn't just hand over half. I also don't get why she hasn't filed in California which is a community property state (New York isn't). I can't imagine they don't have a residence there.

NYS follows equitable distribution law, rather than community property law —way behind the times (no fault divorce was adopted only a few years ago, decades after California).

There is no Superior Court in NYS. Filing would be in the Supreme Court.

So he's NOT gay now?

I know someone with inside knowledge on the case and the sticking point is Furness refuses to sign an NDA. She knows a lot of juicy details about Hugh Jackman including his close friendship with Brian Singer and a lot of the notorious parties he attended with him. Deborah is smart to negotiate in a tough manner.

I made a hetero out of him, R22.

Deborah isn’t bothered in the lease by the Sutton Foster bearing relationship. She knows it’s a sham relationship, and that Sutton is willing to do this to raise her profile as she is an unknown middle aged actress.

Sutton thought she would go from no-name middle aged actress to hanging out with people like Blake and Ryan and Taylor. Now Hugh is going to be deposed in the Blake/Baldoni lawsuit by Brian Freedman and all his texts and phone records will have to be released.

How will they ever survive? I suppose I could clear out a corner in my hut for one of them.

Get half honey. We all know he is gay and boffed twinks with Bryan Singer.

Por Hugh, how will he ever live on 125 million dollars.

[quote]"Here. Now, go away." would weigh heavier for me and would be worth it for me to part with whatever to finalize and move on.

Same here. It's not like he'll never make more money. Deb, on the other hand, is unlikely to find another bearding gig.

I hate beards like that. With gray.

Sutton “born in a green room” Foster must be the ultimate Gay Whisperer. When she heard her knees creaking louder than the boards, she made her move, aimed high and struck gold. Too bad she’s gonna get bitter old Hugh instead of hot pound you down out of obligation on your birthday Hugh.

Whatever their relationship was she always seemed like a nice lady who supported Miss Jackman in many ways. One of the actors in Music Man said Deb used to run lines with him at rehearsal. Give her whatever she wants.

[quote]But my advice is questionable given that I hosed myself and was hosed in both of my divorces.

Well, it should've rubbed the lotion on its skin.

Is she asking for more than half? Do they have kids she wants to make sure get money? Or is it really an NDA thing? She gets all this money and still wants to dine out on all his sexcapades?

She knows where so many bodies are buried, she could get a job at a mortuary.

[quote] It doesn't say whether she's asking for half (or more than half?). Like everyone else, I don't get why he doesn't just hand over half.

I'm usually not in favor of trophy wives getting half of a man's salary (like that cheating whore Christine Baumgarten tried to do with Kevin Costner), but in Deborah's case, she definitely deserves half.

She has supported Hugh from the very beginning, when he was a nobody, and stuck with him through his entire career.

And I do believe that she played a huge part in his success, not the least of which is being constantly by his side and helping to portray him as a decent family man and all around good guy.

It 100% gave him good publicity, and helped build his career.

She always stood in the background and let him get all the attention.

The minute he left her, his image took a nosedive.

He is a fool to haggle with her over what she clearly deserves, because it just makes him look bad.

[quote] I know someone with inside knowledge on the case and the sticking point is Furness refuses to sign an NDA. She knows a lot of juicy details about Hugh Jackman including his close friendship with Brian Singer and a lot of the notorious parties he attended with him. Deborah is smart to negotiate in a tough manner.

That's her ace-in-the-hole.

He will cave.

I'm thinking that he might be banking on her being a nice person, and that she would never play that card. After all, she has kept her mouth shut about the gay rumors which have followed Hugh around for decades.

But all is fair in love and war.

Thirty seven posts and no…

FAG!

r38, that's because it ceased to be either relevant or funny long, long ago.

What rich gay man would want Sutton Foster as a beard? She's as sexless as they come. At least find somebody exciting. Like Liza.

R38. Snowflake much?

[quote] What rich gay man would want Sutton Foster as a beard? She's as sexless as they come.

Well isn't that the point of a beard?

A closet case like Hugh does NOT want to have sex with her.

R42. Ummm, dude, not all beards are dogs.

R14, but people can be extremely irrational about money.

He looks gay as a $3 bill in OP's photo.

Hugh and Deb look like a couple of old school Ballroom Dancers.

The proper phrase is “queer as a $3 bill.”

What ever happened to "gay as a tree full of parrots?"

How old are their kids? Are they grown by now?

For what it's worth, my (gay) hairdresser has claimed for years that he's friends with them as a couple and that Jackman is emphatically NOT gay. He (hairdresser) has been working in Boston for at least the last 15 years, though, so I don't know if he's full of it.

I used to be certain that Hugh Jackman was gay as a goose. I would have bet money on it. Now I'm not so sure. It makes no sense that he would switch beards at this point in life. He and Deborra-Lee have lived together for nearly 3 decades and have 2 adult children. Why "cheat" with a woman now and have to divide your fortune if you are really into men? He looks more like a cad for cheating on his older wife who has stood by him all these years than just coming out as gay. He would at least get some sympathy in the musical theatre community for coming out of the closet. Like Judge Judy says; "if it doesn't make sense, it probably isn't true".

Do they have adopted children?

R50 I believe your hair dresser. There was a story about Debra in the loo and some women came in wondering if Hugh was gay. Debra yelled through the door he was not gay.

Just because he is in musicals doesn't mean he's gay.

As someone mentioned, I think the real issue is her refusal to sign an NDA. That is worth far more in the power dynamic than the cash. Straight guys are not hanging out at Bryan Singer's house. Without a signed NDA, she keeps the upper hand. She won't be limited to a certain narrative if she wants to write her memoir. For all we know, it could have been an open marriage and she had her own affairs.

She could write a book My life with Hugh

Or, "I Am Hugh."

Is it that he won't give her half or does she want more than half?

[quote] She won't be limited to a certain narrative if she wants to write her memoir.

Can you just imagine the dirt she has on Hugh?

That book would be a best seller, and probably worth tens of millions.

Split it 50/50 and call it a day.

If they split it in half neither will get 125 million. His money is most likely invested in multiple assets and the process of monetizing it will probably end up costing a good 30% of what's there, if not more. So each will get about 80 million. If i was worth 250 mil. I wouldn't be looking forward to suddenly only having 80.

For anyone wondering if he’s been straight this whole time, just remember Jon Palermo.

How did he go from being Bryan Singer’s personal assistant to Hugh’s personal assistant to Hugh’s producing partner to getting black listed out of Hollywood when his business relationship with Hugh ended?

We knew Deborra- Lee in Australia when she rode a motorbike and wore leather jackets and army boots. We didn't think she would marry anyone.

[quote] We knew Deborra- Lee in Australia when she rode a motorbike and wore leather jackets and army boots. We didn't think she would marry anyone.

"We" meaning "you and the British Empire," like when Queen Victoria used the plural pronoun?

This is why some couples just stay together and have fun on the side, because they're worth more together than apart.

I think he’s bisexual

Why would he dump beard Deb for a new beard Sutton?

R62 is referring to Deb’s best known movie/Tv role in Australia

[quote] We knew Deborra- Lee in Australia when she rode a motorbike and wore leather jackets and army boots. We didn't think she would marry anyone.

Are you trying to say that Deb is a butch lesbian?

There used to be someone on here who posted about living in the building right across from the building where they Jackmans lived.

She lived on one floor with the kids and Hugh lived on the floor above with the male manager. They eventually broke up.

No, not every man in musical theater is gay but...Hugh Jackman. C'mon.

That was Vincent Gallo who lived across the street in NYC and went public with his observations and commentary.

The gay rumours make no sense..

Her claiming that Hugh had an emotional affair makes her sound like a Karen.

Bearding is hard work and Deborah earned every penny. Get half hunny and do not sign the NDA!

R60, for that reason, during a divorce wealthy people often divide assets rather than liquidate them.

R69 it was a fairly famous actor who told that story (I can't bring his name to mind immediately) so it wasn't a DL poster claiming something, just quoting a source.

Jackman wearyingly referred to his wife Deb throughout his career just in case there was any doubt this high-kicking musical theatre star was less than heterosexual. Saw him on Norton’s chat show a number of times and it became comical how quickly he’d set out his straight credentials.

She’s more than earned her share, offering this truly desperate queen the respite and shelter of a heterosexual marriage and all the career perks attached. More difficult to explain away those photos online of Jackman on the Epstein plane.

He’s a loathsome phoney too far steeped in his lies to ever come clean and that ambitious status-climbing Foster actress may come to regret ever agreeing to his obvious bearding arrangement.

If I was worth 250 million and ended up with 80 million I would be perfectly happy. He has many years left to make back millions.

Furness was with him for decades. Give her the damn money. Also his kids looked so happy pre their divorce and now both have gained tons of weight and look miserable. Hope it was worth it.

Yes, the kids were adopted, which was one of the ongoing clues that he's gay—ie, no sex with Debra.

I live a few blocks from their Perry Street former apartment, and would run into them separately and together occasionally walking dogs. She was always very sweet and down to earth; he not so much. Not that I blame him.

Didn't he say he was working on a memoir that would include a big revelation?

She was 40 when they first met, R78. The kids being adopted isn't proof of anything except that.

Wikipedia says she had two miscarriages before they adopted so it seems she couldn't carry to term.

r69 and r75 wasn’t it French actor Vincent Cassell? Had he not rented across the street and had an open view of the Jackman’s apoartment?

FAKE STORY...Deborra Lee-Furness will receive her $125 million dollars, plus real estate, artwork etc.

Private divorce, private mediation, $$$$ for the adult children Oscar and Ava (trust funds??).

Hugh knows Deb knows& kept all his "SECRETS", will be well-paid to keep them.

My divorce in NY was a private divorce, I did really, really well in my settlement.

How stupid of him not to resolve this before the Deadpool money came in.

For years they kept up the charade that she was only seven years older even though she was starting to look matronly when they met. I remember thinking she had to be older and checked the IMDb bio. She was listed as a 61 or 62 birth year. They went to lengths to cover that she was 14 years older.

But, man, that marriage was catnip to frau fans. And, of course, the defended his heterosexuality tooth and nail on fan sites. They were almost as bad as the Claymates. And now he's lost them. It's just as well, it would be weird to see 60 something year old women at Deadpool showings.

He should skip the stupid fucking NDA and just get that the woman who helped make him needs the secrets for leverage, but really doesn't particularly want to ruin him. Pay her half, shut the fuck up, and move on. Skip the inane bitterness that your divorce lawyers are trying to instill in everybody and just accept that $125 million is more than enough for each of them.

Jackman’s PR people are working overtime here.

Is Deborra-Lee also in Ireland?

Jackman has made Northern Ireland his home over the past few months for filming and production of new movie 'The Death of Robin Hood.'

I don't why this was leaked to the press; Deb is going to get 50% of the marital assets.

Do they want to create DRAMA to deflect from" Blake& Ryan fucked around& found out" Baldoni has bigger balls and a real billionaire. Plus, an Uber-vampire as an attorney who takes no prisoners.

It's NYS, there should be "NO DRAMA" in this divorce. Hugh is str8-lloves fucking Sutton.

^^^real Billionaire backer^^^

[quote] More difficult to explain away those photos online of Jackman on the Epstein plane.

The Epstein plane, or the Bryan Singer plane?

R90 considering at least 3 people were in x-men, this seems perfectly normal to me. it’s a cast flight.

Three of them were in X-Men, R91?

Only Hugh Jackman was in X-Men, from the photo at R90.

Behind Jackman (to the right in the photo) is his former live-in "assistant" John Palermo. The one referenced at R69.

And Nicholas Hoult was not in X-Men.

The rest are just random Twinks.

Hugh, Deborra, and John Palermo.

The awesome threesome. Nearly inseparable.

Hugh and John lived on one floor. Deb lived on another, with the adopted kids.

It was the perfect arrangement. Until it wasn't.

NDAs should be illegal.. It's bad enough people have to sign them for employment purposes. To give one to someone you've been legally married to for decades is a special act of cynicism.

John looks hot in r33.

There's no way that he's worth $250 million. He doesn't get paid that much as an actor and he has no other businesses that make big bucks.

[quote] The rest are just random Twinks.

How dare you!

Maybe he invested in his close friend Ryan's Mint Mobile

R96 You don't understand how money is made in Hollywood.

Bryan Singer knows where to find the boys, AND the booze!

(PS, who's the hot guy on the far left? Damn, he's totally my type. Looks like Rough Trade)

Who gets their beloved son Ryan Reynolds?

R38, I don’t get the joke. Matt Damon drops onto a thread about a gay man and writes FAG?

If poor Deb gets less than she thinks she should, she at least has her option to write one of the best Hollywood tell all's of the century. Jackie Collins style.

Deb owes Hugh some combat pay for his enduring countless red carpets with her clad in utterly monstrous shoes.

R104 - Carrie Bradshaw

R104 And poor Deborra with those size 13 feetz.

[quote]I know someone with inside knowledge on the case and the sticking point is Furness refuses to sign an NDA. She knows a lot of juicy details about Hugh Jackman including his close friendship with Brian Singer and a lot of the notorious parties he attended with him. Deborah is smart to negotiate in a tough manner.

R23's explanation certainly seems a credible explanation. Having been together for three decades (more than half his life), with the wife having had a well acknowledged and significant hand in his career growing from nothing to $250 Million, with two kids involved, it seems that a man who values his image as a Mr. Nice Guy should be able to reach an amicable division of a quarter of a billion dollars. He could be generous and agree immediately to half or even something more and still be able to eek by in his new life, enjoying a continued earning potential for future earnings that his wife doesn't share.

That they haven't reached an amicable settlement some time ago suggests that more is afoot than simply a very generous goodbye gift.

R88 forgive us if we discount your knowledge of NYS divorce law, since didn’t even know the meaning of Yinz.

It was Vincent Gallo who had an apartment across the way from Hugh & Deb and who said the two lived in completely seperate worlds

[QUOTE]Having been together for three decades (more than half his life), with the wife having had a well acknowledged and significant hand in his career growing from nothing to $250 Million,

[QUOTE]enjoying a continued earning potential for future earnings that his wife doesn't share.

R108 - You just hit on something that I alluded to at r19 when I asked if she wants more than half. Does she feel entitled to a percentage of his future earnings given that she played such influential, guiding role in his career? I can certainly see the argument for it, especially if she was the brains and engine behind his production company (not Palermo. Didn't he have a racist meltdown?)

Remember in the early 80s when wives who put their husbands through law/medical/ grad school only to get promptly dropped upon husbands' professional success started asking for a cut of future earnings as a return for their investment? Same concept.

I really think this is the sticking point. Three decades and two children later, she's not going to require an NDA. She has never been an attention seeker (unless you count the hideous footwear), so I think it's safe to say at 70 she doesn't want her golden years filled with drama. She has better things to do with her time left.

Deborra is not going to be a Betty Broderick.

R92, Nicholas Holt starred in four X-Men films.

Jackman has been in ten Marvel movies, the latest which grossed in excess of one billion dollars.

Of course he makes a lot of money as an actor.

R82 took the words (or the meat) out of my mouth.

This whole story just seems like more bullshit evidence of Hugh's "heterosexual drama". I mean, he [italic]must[/italic] be straight if the women are fighting over him so much, right?! Behind the scenes, I bet this celebrity divorce is the most amicable ever, but then it always was a friends-with-business-benefits relationship.

My personal reading is that Deb wanted out of the responsibility of keeping up appearances (hell, a girl has a right to retire sometime) and Hugh used the opportunity to freshen up his image with Sutton, who also wanted the same for herself. Presto change-o, everything continues as before. This is just more grist for the gossip mill.

You're an idiot if you think Hugh Jackman hasn't made a shit ton of money over his 25 year long career as an A list film star.

He would have made $20m + for Logan and Deadpool & Wolverine alone in just salary and he probably owns a piece of those films as well.

Even before he had international success, I think the scuttle butt in Australia was that it was very much a lavender marriage since she was very much known as a rather notorious lesbian.

Adopted kids. Huge age range between them.

I mean, it couldn't be more obvious.

I looked up John Palermo on IMDB and one of the trivia notes states that Hugh and John's production company was named "Seed Productions." It seems John's Hollywood career ended when his relationship with Hugh ended.

Which are Jack or Deborrah-Lee in that photo?!

Oh, that’s right—Jack’s at photo-right with the white updo!

[quote] Hugh and John's production company was named "Seed Productions"

MARY!!

R92 You probably didn't recognize him since he was blue

Why was Hugh Jackman even a star anyway, I mean like Oklahoma!?

Seriously? He was a handsome, fully-trained triple threat who appealed to women. And later to whatever demographic watches superhero movies.

He played Gaston in B&B and Joe Gillis in Australia, then Peter Allen on Broadway, all before Oklahoma!

Oklahoma was 1999. Boy from Oz was 2003.

"He would at least get some sympathy in the musical theatre community for coming out of the closet."

Not if he was going to Bryan Singer parties

Yeah ok I guess he was cute but it seemed like he blew up overnight out of nowhere for nothing.

The couple's estimated eye-watering fortune is about $200 million, partly due to the Wolverine star's Marvel blockbuster comic book franchise.

They reportedly earned a half-million dollar profit from the $740,000 sale of their first two-bedroom apartment in August 2015, after purchasing it for $240,000 in 1997.

Jackman and Furness then spent $21 million on a five-bedroom, three-story apartment in the Meier Towers building in the West Village neighbourhood of New York City in 2008 and listed it for $38.9 million in 2022.

They also own a $3.5 million, 2.5-acre property in East Hampton, New York, which they reportedly rent out for $166,666 monthly, a $5.9 million beach house in Bondi, Sydney and a $21 million penthouse in Manhattan's sought-after Chelsea neighbourhood.

[quote]There's no way that he's worth $250 million. He doesn't get paid that much as an actor and he has no other businesses that make big bucks.

Are you his accountant?

I met Hugh, he called me mate!

That's what he calls you when he can't remember your name.

No, that's what straight Australian men call each other. It can work as an affirmation of straightness.

Lavender marriage ends in tears. Somebody tell this to Tommy, Jake, and Tom Holland.

r70 brought up Vincent Gallo, and I was wondering what the hell happened to him and found this:

Ladies only, R131???

Fuck him.

And $1,000,000 for his sperm?

Double fuck him.

Oh my God, R131.

[quote]Heavy set, older, red heads and even black chicks can have me if they can pay the bill.

"Even black chicks"? That's big of him.

That cannot be real….can it?

Is that Gallo’s humor?

He's 63 now, and seems to do one or two movies a year with a 2 year gap between '22 -'24, according to IMDB. He's making money doing something else. And then I saw this gem:

He had to know the financial and personal cost for stepping out with Sutton. And Sutton blew up her own marriage as well.

I still can't wrap my head around Sutton - but they starred in Music Man in 2022 - 2 years before their relationship was announced.

You can bet they were fucking around and hiding and lying for a LONG time, gaslighting both of their partners until they could drop them both in the way that THEY wanted.

That stings - it hurts a LOT. I could understand some animosity from both of their spouses. Making the divorce difficult is the only way to make them hurt/pay. I get it.

And bet that Debora was probably friendly with Sutton - may have had their family over to their place or went on outings with them. Only to find out they were fucking around on you behind their back?

Debora is right to be PISSED - particularly after taking a back seat in the marriage for so long.

His world is his dick.

Oh - and I def think he's straight. Why would he blow-up his life and reputation over a married 50 year old woman with a 7 year old daughter?

Sutton may be talented but she's not an arresting beauty.

Sutton has some crazy eyes - I just hope she didn't go after Hugh in order to increase her star, which was good for Broadway, but nowhere near what she probably envisioned for herself.

Vincent seems kinda gay? The thing about being open to his Jewish offspring so they have better chances of winning awards must be his comedy.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Hugh got $5 million for X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006, $20 million for X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009, another $20 million for The Wolverine in 2013, and $7 million for X-Men: Days of Futures Past in 2014.

Forbes reported that he made $55 million (!!!!!) thanks largely to his X-Men roles and Les Mis.

Van Helsing: $2 million

Butter: $2 million

Les Misérables: $5 million

Real Steel: $9 million

Australia: $10 million

Hugh also has his own coffee company, a production company (which Deborra-Lee is also involved in, and recently had a run in Broadway's The Music Man which brought in $3 million a week.

Supposedly Sutton denies that they were together during Music Man and only got close after they announced their separation. Bullshit.

And you were still married Sutton and had an adopted 6 year old who now is going to live in a divorced/broken home at a crucial age.

When photos emerged of them together, Debra apparently said she was glad to see it because she had a feeling about it for a long time but it was always denied and told it wasn't true.

Look, breakups are messy - but Hugh really fucked Debra over unfairly. Debra moved the family wherever Hugh wanted to work - LA, remote set, now NYC. Away from her family and career in Australia which is practically non-existent at this point.

I have a feeling this relationship with Sutton is going to be over within 2 years.

R141 none of which adds up to anywhere near $250mm, much less takes into account that such money is gross salary before agent and manage fees, taxes, etc. are paid. His net worth is primarily based on real estate, of which the equity therein we know not.

[quote]His world is his dick.

Small world, isn't it?

I never understood Sutton's appeal and I never will. She's bland. Her acting is college level. And, now, she's a homewrecker.

[quote] I still can't wrap my head around Sutton - but they starred in Music Man in 2022 - 2 years before their relationship was announced.

[quote] You can bet they were fucking around and hiding and lying for a LONG time, gaslighting both of their partners until they could drop them both in the way that THEY wanted.

They remind me of Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater.

She was married to Dalton Gomez, and then right after divorcing him, she got together with Ethan Slater.

Both Ariana and Ethan were married, prior to getting together. Just like Hugh and Sutton.

And Ethan looks like a total flamer, just like Hugh. But I guess he's straight.

R145 - yeah - how do you explain to your 7 year old that you're breaking up your home because you're fucking your co-star?

I wonder if she married her current husband (producer) because of potential career opportunities.

LIke her or not - she's had a lot of success and awards for her stage work.

Not.

Their taste in architecture was pretty cold and sterile.

Much like their marriage, R149.

Does he have a big dick or something?

Something = 250M

r151 Don't ask me

[quote]I never understood Sutton's appeal and I never will. She's bland. Her acting is college level. And, now, she's a homewrecker.

Some of you are so naive. It's the norm for Hollywood and Broadway actors to sleep with their co-stars, even the married ones. It's been this way since the silent-film era and the Ziegfeld Follies. Every star has done it.

Who can blame them? If you're away on a movie set, or in a Broadway show, with a hot, charismatic co-star, it's only natural to end up in bed together. You'd be stupid not to sample the merchandise.

[quote] Why was Hugh Jackman even a star anyway, I mean like Oklahoma!?

He was a musical theater star in Australia because of "Oklahoma!" and "Sunset Blvd."

He became a star in the US almost entirely because of "X-Men" in 2000 (he had pretty much otherwise been unknown internationally before then, and only got the part because Dougray Scott, the first choice, had to drop out). It turned out he was hairy and muscular enough to play the role, and that he was somehow very magnetic in the part.

It's the only thing he's had much success with in film other than in musicals. In everything else (Swordfish, The Prestige, Australia) he always comes across as too lightweight, but he for some reason he can summon enormous charisma when he sings (and he has a nice voice) or when he has those Wolverine claws on.

[quote]a hot, charismatic co-star

But what about Sutton Foster?

R155 - Don't forget Greatest Showman. I'm sure Debra has had SUFFICIENT of that soundtrack and banned it from their houses a long time ago.

R92 Nicholas Hoult was in X Men. Doesn’t make this picture any less suspicious, though.

If you don't think he doesn't get points on his pictures you're nutz. He also produced "Showman" and got profits from the soundtrack.

What “profit?”

He only has $250 mil?

R161 - $250 million after taxes and living expenses is a fortune. That estate makes $10 million a year with a meager 4% interest rate/return. It's massive.

Foster is a big Broadway star and even God is puzzled by this. He meant her to make a living selling toothpaste on TV. Or insurance. She's in cahoots with Satan.

R162 he doesn’t have assets anywhere near that. And most of the assets would be in real estate. —the homes. You’re making shit up.

You left out Hugh's smash hit series Viva Laughlin R155.

That was a great explanation and accurate summary, thanks r155.

Guess he needs to play grizzled hard characters more.

Do you suppose Hugh and Deborah had an agreement like this — “Hugh, I don’t care how many boyfriends you have, AS LONG AS I’M YOUR ONLY WOMAN!!”

She never cared about his relationships with men, but once he was with another woman, THAT must have really been betrayal! How many wives would put up with their husbands’ gay affairs only to be finally cheated on with a WOMAN?

R155 wadda ya mean? Oklahoma made him a huge star in the US…from PBS viewers like you during the pledge drives. That filmed performance was played on a loop all over the country.

R167 - I think some bisexuals do have that sort of understanding.

But it's more of the lying and betrayal - Debra said that her intuition was saying something was going on, but both denied it.

Maybe the lockdown put an additional strain on the relationship - being forced to be together for 12-16 months when they were previously busy with raising kids or him flying off to new projects. The kids are grown now.

That could have been the other part - he was 'waiting' until the kids were out of the house to dissolve the marriage. That happens ALL THE TIME.

If I were Debra, I'd be a bit relieved. She now has the time and money to focus on herself instead of constantly focusing on the kids and doing whatever for HIS career.

Is Debra glamourous enough to be a Real Housewife of NYC? She could reinvent herself with the cash.

It may not be just half of his current net worth that she's after.

She may be going after future earnings from deals he made while he was married, residuals, or other future earnings.

For instance, she may be arguing something like she's entitled to half of any future income from playing Wolverine or something in addition to what he's already earned, arguing he never would have gotten the role if she hadn't supported him during all the previous movies.

In NY she’s entitled to equitable distribution as required by law.

A friend of mine who is an artist taught their kids painting. He would literally go over their house and teach them about art and painting. I always thought that was the coolest gig.

Why does she look like the villainess in a Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmastime special?

R156 Sutton Foster is a one-in-a-century phenomenon. She's immensely talented, intelligent, funny and quite humble. He's lucky to have scored her.

Great satire! ^

You should write for the Onion.

R175 - well, let's see how she likes being Mrs. Hugh Jackman. Her ego and career won't be able to take it.

I've never seen her perform but this video is OK - she's good, but once-in-a-century? C'mon. Go back 100 years and all the stage actresses - no fucking way.

She thinks this is going to push her into film and TV work - but I doubt it.

This is going to crash and burn.

[quote]Sutton Foster is a one-in-a-century phenomenon

Thank fuck for that.

Hugh was a bigger star 10 years ago. He is starting to wane in what he can do, only because he is getting older. He needs a multiple year popular series to keep the cash rolling in, especially if he can be an EP on the project.

Hugh is not aging well. All of that pumping up then slimming down again for movie roles has made his body and face saggy.

Debra yanked her face to hell in OP's photo- she's approaching Asian.

The first Darrin or the second Darrin? Who’s playing Samantha.

[quote]She thinks this is going to push her into film and TV work - but I doubt it.

She'a already had a couple shots - Bunhead or The Dancing Gilmore Girl and Younger with the gorgeous Peter Hermann.

Peter was her first target, but Mariska gave her that “I’ll cut you, bitch” look, and she moved on.

She does basically deserve half, but a lot of their assets might be in the form of property and unless you’re both willing to sell it all and split the cash, it can be hard to sort that stuff out.

R185 - Meh - it's not THAT difficult. If you really love one property and the other person doesn't, then keep that one.

When you have tens or hundreds of millions, it's not like you're tied down to a single family home. You can easily buy something just as nice - or potentially smaller with more amenities or in a better location.

For both of their sakes, they need to make this clean and fast. Life's too short. Nobody gets 100% of what they want in a divorce.

I really don't have much sympathy for these huge divorces when everyone is still extremely rich in the end. Delaying it is just petty and knit-picking and greedy.

Hugh is aging poorly - I've always thought he and Rhys Darby look a LOT alike - almost brothers.

Pay up, Hugh. Hope that plain girl is worth losing millions.

R187 - over a hundred million. For some plain, special-needs looking stage yeller with a 7 year old.

His kids are grown - now he has to play stepdad to a young kid again. She'll probably want to 'grow the family' so she can get $$$$ child support for the 2nd kid should they split.

Of all the pussy in the world and you fell into this one?

She looks bi-racial at r188

R189 is going around insulting bi-racial people now. Being bi-racial is almost a bad gene eraser - they're gorgeous.

She just has brown hair and brown eyes.

R188 Sutton Foster is 50 years old. There will certainly be no "oops babies". She would need wgg donation or to adopt. Something tells me he won't go for that as he's mid-50s and just got 2 kids to adulthood. I would imagine a prenup will be part of any future marriage plans as well.

So have we decided Hugh is actually sexually attracted to and is actually fucking this Sutton woman? I can't remember a time in this past two decades Jackman wasn't known as gay. Is he bearding or really into her?

Wouldn't he want younger and sexier for a beard? I don't get it.

R193 - wouldn't he want prettier and sexier period? Sutton is a step down from his current wife.

I guess that you have to give him some credit for not chasing some EMBARRASSING 20-something or 30-something influencer type.

This is why I have changed my mind regarding his sexuality. He's losing way too much by changing "beards" at this stage of the game. I seriously doubt Deborra-Lee would suddenly want out of the status quo after almost 30 years. She will be 70 years old this year. That's just not an age when a woman who has been in a sham marriage suddenly wants out to find "true love". I suspect that the thing that is most obvious is the truth. Hugh fell for another woman and that's why his marriage is breaking up.

He's bi-coastal

Does the years long compression from the closet give you that weird head shape that both Hugh Jackman and Bradley Cooper have where your ears are on your neck? Both are aging badly and suffer from neck ears.

I’ll just leave this here FWIW but you can draw whatever conclusions you like.

I have two long standing good friends who have encountered Hugh and Hugh and family over the years.

One friend is a very confident, handsome and successful guy who was in the same year as Hugh in high school in Sydney. He was out in the final two years of school and was focused on getting into Hugh’s pants as he was handsome and talented (school musicals even then) but Hugh wasn’t interested or not on the same wavelength. They are still in touch today but that friend said that he keeps forgetting the “Is he? Isn’t he?” stuff because he gave up on that over forty years ago.

The other friend is a dyke with perfectly calibrated gaydar. She was working with Hugh in a professional capacity which involved multiple meetings at his and Deb’s place where she got to spend time with the two of them (admittedly this wasn’t recently so things may have changed) and all that she had to say that they were both absolutely lovely (the kids were a bit bratty) and she got no gay vibe from either of them - some foreigners tend to mistake some Australian women’s no nonsense attitude as butch but they’re often wrong and she got nothing from them but as a fun couple who made her welcome. She ran into them in the hood afterwards as she lived nearby and they couldn’t have been nicer and more sincere.

tl;dr? He’s good looking and can dance and she’s got dykey hair and wears bad footwear on the red carpet. Maybe that’s all.

R179 WTF are you talking about? He was in Deadpool & Wolverine last year which was a huge hit.

R198 I'm a little bit older than Hugh. I was in high school plays with several other gay men and none of us were out. Some of us still aren't. Same thing in college and just out of college doing some regional theater. LOTS of driven theater types were in the closet even around other driven theater types. It's how shit tended to be back in the olden days and probably still is now.

Random encounters with people and someone's alleged superior "gaydar" really don't mean much.

Maybe they're both straighter than a van full of Christian Republicans but...I doubt it.

She is owed half, Hugh. Don’t be a deadbeat.

If he’s not gay or at the very least bi, i don’t know what to do with myself! My poor little mind can’t take the strain!

Which is why, R200, I said “FWIW”.

I pressed Post too soon, R200.

I was referring to the experience of two close friends, not random encounters.

I also grew up in the Sydney Upper North Shore private school milieu where this occurred, as well as later in the Sydney entertainment scene of the early noughties, so I’m pretty comfortable in saying what I said.

YMMV but as you’re American, therefore you always know best, don’t you? Even when you don’t.

R204 What a stupid condescending thing to say.

It would be like me making some moronic comment like, "well, you're just some dumb convict spawn" because you're Australian.

Grow the fuck up.

So much for

[quote]I’ll just leave this here FWIW but you can draw whatever conclusions you like

Except if you don't draw the same conclusions r198 will get weirdly defensive

[quote]It would be like me making some moronic comment like, "well, you're just some dumb convict spawn" because you're Australian.

I thought all of those people were, though.

He might just not like Furness anymore and want a fun and happy beard!

He probably got tired of her always in black with messy hair.

When the furnace goes out all you have left is ashes.

R209. Sutton is hardly a fashionista. She always looks unkempt.

I haven't read anywhere just how much does Deb want? Does she want more than half of everything? Anybody got any hard facts here?

Deb was more present in the W. Village for since early 2000s. She would walk the dog daily and Hugh only sometimes with the kids as a prop. She would talk to almost everyone and always super friendly. She was also very generous with donations for any cause from what people say. I don't doubt it. Lovely lady. Hugh was seen with his "personal trainer" in the neighborhood much more than with Debra.

I think he would have divorced Deb years ago if they had had a prenup. It probably got to the point where he couldn't waste any more years of his life with her, so he decided to bite the bullet and give her half his money.

Ryan will be divorcing Blake soon, as well.

In OP's photo, he looks like Graham Norton wearing a black wig.

I agree that Hugh isn't gay to blow up his life over this.

Like I said up before - their kids are now grown and COVID changed a lot of relationships and had people questioning how the rest of their life would go.

Debra is going to be 70 this year - she's ready to chill and retire I'm sure. He's not. Sometimes that age gap as you get older plays out in very fundamentally challenging ways.

Debra gave up a lot for his ever-changing pivots and physical moves for his career. I think this is best for both of them - although executed very poorly. She's got a good 15-20 max years left - I wouldn't want to spend it forever chasing around your partner and living abroad from your family in Australia.

I can see Hugh working well into his 70s - but that usually will mean being in the US, just because of opportunities. They're at that time of life where that age gap is HUGE and is really going to determine the next 15 years.

It's a bit of a selfish move on his part - but it's more selfish to stay and expect her to float around his orbit and follow him in her 70s and 80s. It's not like she's had a shit life - but she's at a major pivotal point - she's retirement age and the kids are gone. Now what?

Sometimes the kids are the glue to keep the relationship going - after they're gone, and if he's busy working all the time and she's by herself, half way across the world from her family and friends in Australia - who would want that?

She'd be sacrificing her last years still for him - and he, vice versa, would be making accommodations and sacrifices. It's not necessarily worth it - for either party - if they both want to individually be happy.

What r216 said and I don't care if Jackman is gay, bi, straight, asexual, furry, animal, mineral or vegetable.

If he wants out, make him pay. Why shouldn't she hold out for the most "go away" dough-ray-mee she can get?

Which is why she really has him in the corner. Test how much he wants out.

Looks as though I touched a nerve, did I, R205? In the current political climate you might want to consider toughening up, precious.

R217 - while I agree they should split it 50/50 - the make him pay attitude is destructive for both parties.

When you're going to get $125 million, getting another $10 or $15 million isn't going to change your quality of life. It's just going to delay it, create negativity and destroy any potential civil feelings you have with the person you still have to co-parent with.

Life's too short - particularly when you're going to be 70 soon. I'd have to think on some level, Debra may be relieved to get out of that marriage, particularly at this stage of her life.

After being Mrs. Hugh Jackman and raising the kids - she needs to be Debra, a unique person and individual, again. Not the bitter 70-something ex who is delaying divorce proceedings and fighting tooth and nail to get more than an equitable split.

Stress and anxiety and anger are poisonous to our bodies - particularly at advanced age.

[quote] It's just going to delay it, create negativity and destroy any potential civil feelings you have with the person you still have to co-parent with.

You don't think the cheating already did that?

Deborra-Lee worked sporadically but now she has a TV series in production being shot in NYC with Anthony LaPaglia. She had 14 years to grow claws and now has jungle red!

Oh, I totally see your point, r219 and I agree with it except, couldn't, the same be said for Jackman?

Shouldn't he be concluding the same? We both need to move on and why not give up to her what she's asking?

Apparently, the contest boils down to Who gives first on their desire to get it over with? and I've circled back to my post at r15.

I used to assume Hugh was bearding but the Sutton situation changed my mind. They were rumored among Broadway superfans to be shtupping during THE MUSIC MAN and I thought it was just typical made-up stuff until the divorce announcement.

A secret affair does not serve a bearding purpose. They also haven’t been seen much out in public since the news broke that they’re together — I think there’s been one pic of them outside a restaurant. A relationship can’t be a PR relationship when there’s no PR. I have to assume it is real.

Musical interlude starring Miss Barbra Streisand as Deb

R220 - true - but you never know what the status of their relationship was like in 2022/2023. It may have been strained post-COVID and been on fumes.

Their oldest had been out of the house for awhile and the youngest was 17 or 18 - and you know they have their own lives at that age and don't spend a lot of time with their parents anymore.

No matter the reason - splitting up is painful. There is no 'good' reason that will make people feel better. Betrayal is awful - but it can also be band-aid rip-off that the relationship needed.

Sometimes you have to be grateful for the time you've had together and move on. I'd hate to be under the shadow of a partner for decades. That's not an easy role to be in.

And divorce around retirement age is pretty common.

Why is everyone assuming Hugh is the villain here? Nobody knows what anybody is asking, do they? Hugh may want to split 50/50 and Deb may want more. Give the guy a break until we know otherwise. Don't presume guilty until proven innocent.

Hugh is a cad, a gay cad

R226 - Sutton Lenore

[quote]She was also very generous with donations for any cause from what people say.

Furness's mother was a big player in fundraising for at least 25 years for a cancer charity in Australia. I saw her and Deb interviewed about it on TV ages ago. So I would definitely believe this.

Are the people saying Hugh isn't gay PR cleaners. This could be a big cleanup campaign to heterosexualize Hugh.

At this point in his life and career, WHY?? R230

He’s too old to be some heartthrob leading man, he’s already had a stellar career. Why would he invest so much in keeping that myth alive?

R231 - not just that - why blow up your marriage and be seen with Sutton, which people presume he cheated on Debra with? It doesn't make any sense unless they're in love.

Also Sutton left HER husband - so she blew up her marriage with a 7 year old to beard? Not to mention, Sutton's 50 and hardly a stunning beauty.

I don't think Hugh would come out anyway as it would limit his career - but I also don't think he's gay in the first place. I really don't.

I know let's all ask Gay as a Goose Director Bryan Singer what he thinks and why Hugh was always the first to arrive and last to leave his all male pool parties in Cali over the years. I'm sure Debra knows all the details too

Hugh seems very asexual to me.

Girls, girls! He fucked Bryan's boys, and John Palermo and Sutton and Deb, occasionally, too. Don't be so narrow-minded.

I do love the arrogance of certain DLers that they think PR "cleaners" (ugh) actually give a shit what's said on this irrelevant little board. Sure, sure, I'm now going to hear how decades ago this or that celeb posted here - well they don't anymore.

It's crazy how much this bitch might get for doing nothing

Isn't Bryan Singer bisexual with a kid?

R205 you seem particularly invested in trying to prove the sexual orientation of someone who you do not know and who you most likely will never know. Why do you think that that is? Are you one of those gay men who derive their self-worth from pointing out which famous men are gay? That’s rather sad and also rather retro.

I have no interest in the sexuality of anybody with the exception of two types of people: a) if I want to fuck them or b) if they are closeted homosexuals with an anti-gay agenda.

Hugh Jackman doesn’t qualify in either case. For me, I mean.

Well done with the convict reference, R205! I’m a little disappointed that you didn’t throw in a shark or dingo reference too.

If you knew anything about Australia - but why would you? - you would know that claiming convict descent in Australia is actually a badge of honour these days. So what you intended as some queeny insult was received as a compliment.

You also wouldn’t know that not only do the majority of Australians not descend from convicts, most don’t have English or Irish descent - the majority have at least one parent from a non English speaking background, 1/3 of Australians were born overseas and half of Australians have at least one parent born overseas.

There’s a little education for you - condescending much?

[quote] If you knew anything about Australia - but why would you? - you would know that claiming convict descent in Australia is actually a badge of honour these days

Nah, you’re still pommie scum! (Irish convicts are ok)

Thanks for the Friday arvo laugh R241!

[quote] Their oldest had been out of the house for awhile and the youngest was 17 or 18 - and you know they have their own lives at that age and don't spend a lot of time with their parents anymore.

I had no idea the kids were adults already!

For some reason I have always only seen photos of them as young children, so I thought they were still young.

But they're both grown and huge!

They both used to be so cute, but now they're.... not.

Well, I guess they have enough to survive the tariffs of 2025.

Looking at the kids at R243 I’d be more understanding if Hugh was divorcing them.

[quote]Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness' Divorce Is at "Impasse" Over $250 Million Fortune and No Prenup

But not so long ago, Hugh would never shaddap about how hopelessly in love with her he was.

Hugh bought his children in the US and then tried to get Australian laws changed so celebrities could buy babies here too

Okay I'll go out on a limb...is it possible Hugh is gay, but now entering the more sexless part of his life, and wants a more emotional relationship than a sexual one?

[quote] is it possible Hugh is gay, but now entering the more sexless part of his life

Are you kidding?

Hugh can still manage to get some hot young ass, because he's rich, famous, and built like a shit brickhouse!

Trust me, I don't think he's hurting for any gay action.

[quote]Isn't Bryan Singer bisexual with a kid?

Usually, I hear.

[quote] It's crazy how much this bitch might get for doing nothing

She catered to his mummy issues for decades.

r239 You say you don't care about Jackman's sexuality, and yet you've now responded to one post three different times because they dared disagree with you about his sexuality. Sounds like you actually care a huge amount.

Thank you for that fascinating history lesson r240 but nobody gives a fuck.

Obviously you give a fuck, R253, otherwise why comment?

Which of these were the more DISASTROUS career moments for Hugh?

1. His zip-lining entrance on the Oprah show

2. Duetting with Aretha Franklin?

I'm sure he was at a Diddy freak off at least once. Lots of man-on-man action happening.

r254 what an insecure shit you are.

R168 O.K.

He gives Adrian Brody ^

I warned him about that slag!

Hugh Jackman, 56, takes nonagenarian as date to George Clooney's Broadway debut amid claims his estranged wife Deborra-Lee Furness thinks his new romance with Sutton Foster 'won't last'

Hugh Jackman enjoyed an evening out with his friend Pat Schoenfeld as they attended the opening night of George Clooney's Broadway debut on Thursday.

Hugh and Pat have been friends for many years with the actor spending Christmas Eve 2023 with her following his split from Deborra.

The gloves are off!

Considering the hugely successful franchise he's been in I am surprised at 250 mil. Thought it would be more.

So maybe she wants 50% of future earnings as well. Seems like she should get it. Now that he no longer has any interest in her I'm sure he resents her getting so much from his efforts. No love left. But if he is straight-Sutton Foster?!!!

A friend who loves The Music Man said this production was horrible.

[quote]Deborra-Lee Furness thinks his new romance with Sutton Foster 'won't last'

Paging Olivia Munn.

Debra deserves whatever she's seeking, as she and she alone allowed HJ to become the closeted mega-success he is.

Sorry---Deborra-Lee.

[quote] Hugh Jackman, 56, takes nonagenarian as date to George Clooney's Broadway debut amid claims his estranged wife Deborra-Lee Furness thinks his new romance with Sutton Foster 'won't last'

That might be the gayest thing I've read in this entire thread.

A George Clooney Broadway debut, Hugh Jackman, and a 90-something year old female as his "date."

MARY!

Who cares. He's fugly.

Hugh Jackman & Sutton Foster's Romance Is Going to Be Put to the ‘Test' Amid Latest Change

Insiders alleged to InTouch Weekly that Jackman and Foster are doing as much as they can to deal with long distance, but it's a tricky situation.

"They're being stoic about it and insisting this will only make them stronger. It's certainly going to be a test for their relationship, no doubt about that," the insider claimed to the outlet. "But with the time zone difference and their equally busy schedules, it's bound to be a challenge."

Jackman is currently filming The Death of Robin Hood in Northern Ireland, and has been since Feb 2025, per Screen Daily, while Foster is doing her Sutton in Concert performances til early May. She's going to places like Houston, Columbus, Charleston, Wilmington, and New York, according to her announcement sheet on Instagram. So, while Foster is traveling a bit, too, she's staying in the US and around the same time zones.

[quote] Insiders alleged to InTouch Weekly that Jackman and Foster are doing as much as they can to deal with long distance

It's the perfect arrangement for Hugh.

That way, he never has to have sex with her!

The perfect couple.

R269, either "insiders" means "we had a good photo for this and Hugh is indeed in Ireland so we made up the story accordingly", or "insiders" means "undisclosed sources from the team of one of the principals". (Princess Diana was often referred to as a "palace insider" in all the stories she leaked during the War of the Waleses.) If the latter, it is setting the public up to expect the failure of the relationship.

But on the balance of probability, it's more likely the former.

Folks here seem very invested in his heterosexuality.

Also Sutton Foster sounds like a high-end home furnishing store you’d find in the Hamptons.

R273 they wanna know if they have a shot!

Watch Hugh Jackman Jump Off a Zipline into Freezing Water in Nothing but a Bathing Suit

He's not catch. Ive always found him repulsive looking.

EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Jackman and Lover Sutton Foster's Sex Life 'Being Shattered' By Th Pair's 'Relentless Workaholism'

[quote] EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Jackman and Lover Sutton Foster's Sex Life 'Being Shattered' By Th Pair's 'Relentless Workaholism'

Not to mention all the "gym buddies" he's banging behind her back!

Boys will be boys!

So according to this article, they're both in New York rehearsing for upcoming show, but their sex life is suffering from all the separation? What, daily rehearsals are too much separation for these keen young kids?

I like this quote -

Our insider said: "And even when Hugh is in town, he's preoccupied, so date nights have taken a back seat. And for the first time in their relationship, he's been too tired for sex."

Not that I won't get there myself someday, nor have I anything against anybody who finds speculation on another couple's sex life interesting, but the sex life stuff bores me.

The absence of a financial settlement on the divorce, however, has me riveted.

What is the sticking point preventing a settlement?

Well? Hmmmm?

[quote] Our insider said: "And even when Hugh is in town, he's preoccupied, so date nights have taken a back seat. And for the first time in their relationship, he's been too tired for sex."

Hugh is never too tired for his hot, blond trainer.

R282, I'll hazard a wild guess: Wifey wants more $$. Much more $$. And/or Real Estate.

No Pre-nuptial Agreement means no contract to keep his secrets. 👬

The guy in the speedos was his Australian “personal trainer” - otherwise known as his boyfriend in Sydney. They were fairly brazen when they were together.

Can you think of any other personal trainers who would wear this with their clients? There a ton of pictures of them together over the years. They are always running on the beach Pam Anderson Baywatch style in them and cackling.

The only thing that's remotely interesting to me about the sex life gossip is that it might be a set up to usher in news of an amicable parting. "Work strain and stress interfered in the relationship and they realize they have different mindsets about the work/quality of life balance, blah, blah, etc."

R286 Absolutely. PR 101 at work.

I hope she takes him to the cleaners.

R240 - whenever anyone brings up the convicts in Australia, I remind them that only happened because of the US Independence and Brits could no longer send them to America.

Plus so many of those crimes were petty charges in a very unequal class society.

Going to Australia was one of the best things to happen to them and their descendants.

Jackman's ex-wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, on the other hand, always knew Hugh's career came first.

Our source said: "She'd be pleased to know Sutton's getting her first taste of reality."

OMG R283 you are totally right, right? Everybody knows that personal trainers are usually unattractive and out of shape, therefore Hugh’s is not his PT but actually his secret homosexual lover!

How can we have been so dim to have missed it?

r290 - ME-OW! Was that source Debora? She's 100% right though.

Foster, meanwhile, is ready to rev things up – with an insider saying: "She tries to plan a romantic evening, but it backfires when Hugh comes home tired and grumpy."

They added: "This is the first time she's had to go without intimacy – and that can be a game changer. Hugh doesn't notice her frustration because he's either too tired or too busy.

"The feeling is that they need to make room for each other for this to work."

"The feeling is that they are getting to the end of the script."

[quote] "The feeling is that they are getting to the end of the script."

"The feeling is that they are getting to the end of the contract."

Fixed it for you.

[quote]Hugh doesn't notice her frustration

Gee I wonder why

So are we now to assume that the whole point of this abortive relationship was to get Hugh out of his marriage without having to confirm the gay rumors? That after Sutton is dispatched he will just live--to the extent he ever has--on the dl?

Hugh Jackman Reunites with “X-Men” Costar Liev Schreiber as They Rehearse New Off-Broadway Plays

R297 Exactly! It's so absurd that I can't believe people even entertain the idea. Sometimes the most obvious thing is correct. Like many people, he had an affair with a coworker/colleague and is divorcing his wife. The idea that this is some convoluted conspiracy to cover up his homosexuality is getting ridiculous.

Why all of the rejection PR now? It must feel "not OK" for Ms. Foster. Unless it was a contractual spec and her hastily divorced ex also got a piece of the pie. The Foster's (adopted?) kid will survive.

Hugh Jackman was spotted looking every inch the Average Joe on Thursday when he was forced to wait in the security line with everyone else at Miami International Airport.

The Hollywood star, 56, faced the mundane issue of struggling to print off his baggage claim slip as he prepared to jet out of the country.

Despite the inconvenience, the Aussie actor patiently held the line as he kept his face hidden behind a black face mask.

Sutton has a custody battle to get through. That would be one thing if she simply had a new man friend with no legal entanglements. It will be a bit more difficult if she’s shacked up with a married man having a high profile messy protracted divorce.

A “temporary break” may be in order.

I don't believe these rumors - if it is coming to an end, then Sutton really blew up her own life over nothing. It's possible - but I hope it's not true.

R288 Why do you hope for this? Just curious.

Hugh is too busy broadway with his sexy gal. 😂

Hugh Jackman is the straightest singing and dancing Broadway star I've ever seen.

He’s not sexy at all.

He's more interested in a-hollering an' a-jiggling in front of strangers than making love to his woman? Is that what I'm hearing?

R306, that's like saying "This is the straightest pretzel I've ever seen."

[quote]She's got a good argument that he might not have been able to handle such early fame as he had in New York if she wasn't there to support and ground him. She did seem to be really valuable in guiding him through that huge change from jobbing actor in Perth and Sydney to immediate toast of the biggest town there is.

What an odd way to phrase it, seeing how Jackman was already a movie star when he became the toast of NYC in THE BOY FROM OZ. And of course, the general public will always think of him first as a movie star and maybe only second as a Broadway star.

I've gotta say, the Jackman/Furness/Foster situation is a huge puzzler to me. If in fact Jackman is gay and Furness has been his beard for all these years, if he was in a long-term romantic/sexual relationship with John Palermo and/or had gay flings with other men while in a marriage of convenience, why in heaven's name would Jackman want to divorce Furness and switch beards at this point in his life and career, especially when he has two (adopted) children with Furness?

Seems to me the divorce and the relationship with Foster only make sense if Hugh is straight, but if that's the case, there are so many questions about his marriage to Furness, including the fact that both children were adopted.

If someone told me they were the same age, based on that photo, Id believe it.

We need to get ahold of their Marriage Contact to see if they are violating any agreement points.

R311, it's hard to figure out other people's relationships. Business partners often get into huge fights and never want to deal with each other again.

R311 " ...including the fact that both children were adopted."

Deborra-Lee was 41 years old when they married. She had some couple of miscarriages then adopted. Not the slightest bit unusual for a woman that age.

He is using Sutton as a beard. No marriage in the cards for them, that ship has sailed for Hugh. He will escort her and she will beard and he will fuck muscle stud men in their 30s for the rest of time. He may have a moment to see his young adult children but will prefer to send them money instead.

R316 Why on earth would he change "beards" now, at his age, and after nearly 30 years of marriage to Deborra-Lee? It makes absolutely no sence and will cost him over $100 million. As far as Deborra-Lee is concerned, no woman in her 70s is divorcing to find the love of her life either. If it was a marriage of convenience, it would still be convenient.

I think that he wanted a younger beard for his image. Deborra turns 70 this year and maybe he couldn't handle her age.

R318 Well, iI guess that's easily worth $125 million and the risk of a tell-all book?

R319, I'm with you. R318's theory makes no sense at all.

Hugh's vanity and/or narcissism is not to be discounted.

It doesn't make sense to me that the dispute is over money, unless she wants part of his income from playing Wolverine going forward. He's been playing Wolverine for 25 years now. He gets more money every time. As Ryan Reynolds said, he's going to play Wolverine until he's 90.

R322 It's reasonable that she should get something (maybe not half) of a franchise like that going forward. His wealth and celebrity was mainly developed during their very long marriage and there was no prenup. I would say the same thing if the roles were reversed (wife was wealthier/more famous). We're not talking about someone that was already well established/older and/or had a brief marriage. He was only 27 years old when they married and the marriage lasted nearly 3 decades.

He’s trying to save face with his new show on Broadway.

R321 Dumping you older wife and mother of your children by having an affair with a younger married woman does not endear him to his fans. It really requires a lot of twists and turns to believe that this is some major conspiracy. I initially thought he was gay, but now I don't. I see no advantage for him to formulate this grandiose and massively expensive scheme to make himself appear as a heterosexual cad by cheating on the women he had been married to for literally half of his life. I suppose he might be bisexual, but I don't see any reason to believe that is the case.

My read: she worked hard for the money (Deb, that is) and now she wants to retire in peace, away from Hugh and all his career posturing. Once Deb made that decision it made P.R. sense for Hugh to confect a new bearding relationship to cover the credibility gap of his "perfect marriage" ending.

He ruined millions of frau phantasies to console their eligible again idol.

Hugh is gay and getting a new "beard". The lunar landing was a hoax. 911 was an inside job (or the Jews did it). Sandy Hook was a hoax. Anything else??

[quote]My read: she worked hard for the money (Deb, that is) and now she wants to retire in peace, away from Hugh and all his career posturing. Once Deb made that decision it made P.R. sense for Hugh to confect a new bearding relationship to cover the credibility gap of his "perfect marriage" ending.

But that makes no sense, because if Deb wanted to "retire in peace," she could very easily have completely removed herself from Hugh's "career posturing" without having to divorce him, as many others have done in other marriages in the past.

It’s so hard for me to look at Hugh now. Ryan Reynolds too.

R318 Don't be silly.

R328 Yes! Aliens have been living among us for millenia. They built the pyramids.

R329 maybe SHE fell in love and didn't want to pretend anymore. Who knows.

That was my initial supposition too, R333, because she got a "glow-up" just before the separation was announced. Also, the youngest kid turned 18 just before, so she could have had something going on on the DL for a while and decided now was the time to have a life.

But if that's the case, nothing has come out about it since, and you'd think that if it was the driving factor she'd be keen to get rid of Hugh on any fairly reasonable terms and wouldn't be haggling over the divorce. I mean, she's unlikely to need to spend even $50 million over the course of the rest of her life.

If the theory that Furness has fallen in love with someone else, does that imply that the Jackman/Foster thing happened because he absolutely had to have a new beard right away?