Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-lee Furness separate after 27 years of marriage as they focus on ‘individual growth’

HUGH Jackman and his wife, Deborra-lee Furness, have revealed they are separating after 27 years of marriage.

The longtime couple released a statement confirming their split.

Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-lee Furness, are parting waysCredit: Getty

The couple confirmed the news with a joint statementCredit: Getty

“We have been blessed to share almost 3 decades together as husband and wife in a wonderful, loving marriage. Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth,” Hugh and Deborra-lee told People.

The statement continued: “Our family has been and always will be our highest priority. We undertake this next chapter with gratitude, love, and kindness.

“We greatly appreciate your understanding in respecting our privacy as our family navigates this transition in all of our lives.”

“This is the sole statement either of us will make,” the pair concluded.

Hugh, 54, and Deborra-lee, 67, share two children: son Oscar, 23, and daughter Ava, 18.

The split comes just seven months after the Wolverine actor shared his advice on how his marriage had lasted almost three decades.

“I think honesty and intimacy and making time. You can’t just assume that things will just tick along. You have to make time,” the movie star told Smooth Radio’s Myleene Klass while promoting his film, The Son.

“And intimacy is about really sharing what you’re going through, feelings and checking in with the other person, checking in what they need from you, checking in, how they’re doing, checking and beyond,” he added.

Hugh shared: “Just because it’s so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of life. That’s hard enough. Kids, school runs, whatever it is, sleepless nights, it’s tiring. So you have to be checking in with each other.

“We have time together every morning, so we make sure as the day can get away from you. And sometimes in the evening, I’m sorry, that’s not the best version of me by the evening. I’m tired, I want to check out. I run out of words for the day. They say men have 2,000 words a day.”

Hugh revealed at the time: “And so I sometimes will say to my wife, ‘I’m out of words, I’ve run out of words.’ And she’s like, ‘I got it.’ So we start the day together, we meditate together and then we just read a little bit from a book and we just check in.”

‘I LIKE THIS GIRL’

Hugh and Deborra-lee met on the set of the Australian TV show Correlli back in 1995 and got married just a year later.

“Deb, she was a big star…I get picked up, and Deb is in the front seat of the car. I’ll never forget,” Hugh told People back in 2017 of the first time they met.

He recalled: “She took off her seatbelt and she turned around and put out her hand and took off her sunglasses and said, ‘Hi, I’m Deborra-lee Furness, nice to meet you.’

“I remember thinking, ‘I like this girl.'”

Hugh and Deborra-lee in July at Wimbledon - one of their final public outings together — Hugh and Deborra-lee in July at Wimbledon – one of their final public outings togetherCredit: Getty

'I think honesty and intimacy and making time,' Hugh shared earlier this year on why his marriage had lasted — ‘I think honesty and intimacy and making time,’ Hugh shared earlier this year on why his marriage had lastedCredit: Getty – Contributor

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