Hearts around the world broke on September 15 when favourite couple, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness, announced via a joint statement that they were separating after 27 years of marriage.
“Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth,” they said. “We undertake this next chapter with gratitude, love, and kindness… This is the sole statement either of us will make.”
With one of the longest-enduring marriages in Hollywood, the couple has often been asked to share their secret.
“Before we had kids, Deb and I made a pretty simple but powerful choice to look each other in the eye at every crossroads in life… we’d ask each other, ‘Is this good or bad for our marriage?,’” Jackman, 54, revealed in 2019 in an essay for the book The Father Hood: Inspiration for the New Dad Generation. “Or, now that we’ve got kids, ‘Is this good or bad for our family?’ And as often as possible, we do the thing that is good for our family.”
According to reports, the couple hit a crossroads a few years back during the COVID lockdowns in New York.
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