Australians Describe “Betrayal” Amid Hugh Jackman Divorce, “We Thought He Was Gay”
Australians Describe “Betrayal” Amid Hugh Jackman Divorce, “We Thought He Was Gay”
In the wake of Hugh Jackman’s finalized divorce from Deborra-Lee Furness on May 23, 2025, after 27 years of marriage, a wave of shock has reverberated across Australia, where the couple was once hailed as a national treasure. Furness’s statement about the “traumatic journey of betrayal” fueled speculation of Jackman’s affair with Broadway star Sutton Foster, a revelation that left many Australians feeling deceived—not by the infidelity, but by the shattering of a long-held belief that Jackman was gay, a rumor he had denied for decades despite his flamboyant theater roles. Whispers in Sydney cafés and posts on X reveal a peculiar sense of national disillusionment, with locals like Melbourne’s Karen Whitlam lamenting, “We thought he was one of us—hiding in plain sight for the culture.” The irony of feeling betrayed by a man’s heterosexuality has not been lost on the public, as the nation grapples with its own stereotypes while Jackman, now 56, moves forward with Foster in a penthouse once meant to “reboot” his marriage.
