Hugh Jackman's longtime pal breaks silence on actor's ‘difficult' divorce from Deborra-Lee Furness
Hugh Jackman's longtime pal has weighed in on the actor's 'difficult' divorce from Deborra-Lee Furness.
Australian radio presenter Gus Worland, who has been close friends with Jackman for over five decades, opened up about how the 'Greatest Showman' star is doing following the demise of his 27-year marriage.
'No one wants anyone to go through what he is and he is going through it publicly because of his fame,' Worland said on 2GB's Ben Fordham Live Thursday.
Advertisement
4 Australian radio presenter Gus Worland has been close friends with Jackman for over five decades.
Instagram / Hugh Jackman
'One thing I have been really strict on is to let Hugh and Deborra-Lee do what they have had to do. I was over in New York with him last month and he is fine. He is going along well.'
Worland said the 'Wolverine' actor is 'moving on with his life' following the messy split.
Advertisement
'I hope Deb does as well,' he went on. 'They were together for 30 years and have two beautiful kids together.'
'I go to their kids and ask them what we can do to make sure they get through this as best as possible,' he said, adding that the breakdown of their union has been 'difficult.'
4 Hugh Jackman's longtime pal has weighed in on the actor's 'difficult' divorce from Deborra-Lee Furness.
Getty Images
Furness broke her silence on the split Wednesday, seemingly alluding to Jackman's alleged affair with his Broadway co-star Sutton Foster.
Advertisement
'My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal,' Furness said.
'It's a profound wound that cuts deep. However I believe in a higher power and that God/the universe, whatever you relate to as your guidance, is always working FOR us.'
4 Worland said the 'Wolverine' actor is 'moving on with his life' following the messy split.
WireImage
The Australian actress added, 'This belief has helped me navigate the breakdown of an almost three-decade marriage. I have gained much knowledge and wisdom through this experience. Even when we are presented with apparent adversity, it is leading us to our greatest good, our true purpose.'
Advertisement
'It can hurt, but in the long run, returning to yourself and living within your own integrity, values and boundaries is liberation and freedom,' she said, sharing that 'one thing' she's learned is that 'none of this is personal.'
4 Furness broke her silence on the split Wednesday, seemingly alluding to Jackman's alleged affair with his Broadway co-star Sutton Foster.
CBS via Getty Images
'We are all on our individual journeys and I believe that the relationships in our lives are not random,' she went on.
'We are drawn to people, we invite them in, in order to learn our lessons and to recognize and heal the broken parts of ourselves…I remain grateful.'
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
How to watch Ghana vs Trinidad and Tobago: TV channel and live stream for Unity Cup third place play-off today
Ghana face Trinidad and Tobago in the Unity Cup third place play-off this afternoon (Getty Images) The Unity Cup international football tournament concludes this afternoon and first up is the third-place play-off between Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago. A vastly inexperienced Black Stars squad were beaten 2-1 by rivals Nigeria on Wednesday night, though that was certainly a game of two halves. Second best in the opening 45 minutes at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium, Otto Addo's side trailed by two at the break. Advertisement However, they rallied in the second half, halved the deficit with Brandon Thomas-Asante's first international goal and were inches away from sending the game into penalties when Abu Francis had an effort superbly saved by Stanley Nwabali in injury time. 24 hours earlier, Trinidad did fight back from two-goal deficit in a thriller against Jamaica. But Dwight Yorke's side conceded an injury time penalty from which Richard King successfully dispatched in a dramatic finale. If the games both nations were involved in earlier in the week is any indication, entertainment is guaranteed in west London this afternoon. Here is everything you need to know about how to watch the match... How to watch Ghana vs Trinidad and Tobago TV channel: In the UK, the game will not be broadcast on TV. Advertisement Live stream: However, Premier Sports subscribers will be able to watch a live stream via the Premier Sports website or the Premier Sports Player app. Coverage starts at 12.25pm BST ahead of a 12.30pm kick-off. Live blog: You can follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog.
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Yahoo
Why Pulitzer Winner ‘Purpose' Had Its Tony-Nominated Cast ‘Sh—ing Bricks'
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' family drama 'Purpose' is already one of the big winners of the Broadway awards season: The play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in the same week, and it's also up for the Tony Award for best play with five of the six performers in its cast nominated for acting from Variety Why Bob Odenkirk Has Wanted to Do 'Glengarry Glen Ross' for Decades How 'Real Women Have Curves' Took the Fast Track to Broadway LaTanya Richardson Jackson, LaChanze and Khaila Wilcoxon Named Black Women on Broadway Awards Honorees (EXCLUSIVE) But for a while there, it was a real nail-biter as to whether there would even be a completed play for its cast to perform. Three of the show's Tony-nominated actors — LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Glenn Davis and Jon Michael Hill — share the backstory on the latest episode of 'Stagecraft,' Variety's theater podcast. 'It's gone into Steppenwolf lore now,' says Davis, who is also the co-artistic director of the Steppenwolf Theater, the Chicago institution where 'Purpose' premiered. Jacobs-Jenkins didn't turn in a completed draft of the play until the night before the first preview. 'I don't know if we can curse on here, but we were all shitting bricks!' Davis cracks. He continues, 'But I'll never forget this moment: We were waiting for the play, waiting, waiting, and we're all on stage during our final day of tech. We're starting previews the next day, and Branden delivers the play. We all read it onstage, and everyone starts crying. And I didn't know if everyone started crying because the end of the play was so beautiful, or because we finally got the play that we can do the next night for audiences!' 'How about both?' chimes in Richardson Jackson. On Broadway, Davis and Hill are reprising roles they originated in Chicago, playing siblings in a prominent Black family at a time of generational transition and high tension. Richardson Jackson, who joined the show for its Broadway run (along with Tony winner Kara Young, also new to the cast), stars at the family's formidable matriarch. Even on Broadway, rewrites came fast and furious. Hill, whose character acts as the story's narrator, recalls what it was like learning new material on the fly: 'You get out there in front of people and you're doing these monologues, and you're running, you're running, and then you're like: 'Oh, there's something new coming up. Am I going to remember what it is in the moment?' That is one of the more exhilarating and terrifying experiences I've had on the stage.' For her part, Richardson Jackson — who directed the 2022 Broadway revival of 'The Piano Lesson' —was not looking for an acting job. 'I absolutely was not,' she says. 'I told myself if I was going to really concentrate on directing, I had to stop being seduced by acting. And stop bugging all of my director friends by trying to tell them what to do when they were directing a play!' But when she read the complete draft of 'Purpose,' she quickly changed her mind. 'I said: I got to get up and get over to that play in New York!' she remembers. 'Because if there's any way for me to do this—if they are bold enough to do this play—I want to be a part of it.' The Broadway production is set to run through July 6, but Richardson Jackson thinks she might not be done with 'Purpose' quite yet. 'I'm looking to take this play to London,' she reveals, adding with a laugh: 'You got that, Glenn?' To hear the entire conversation, listen at the link above or download and subscribe to 'Stagecraft' on podcast platforms, including , and the . Best of Variety 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? Emmy Predictions: Apple, Netflix Lead the Pack as FYC Events Roll On Including 2,100+ Waiting List for HBO Max's Hit Series 'The Pitt' Emmy Predictions: Guest Acting (Comedy, Drama) - Scene-Stealers, Sleeper Hits and One Lucky Charm With Beau Bridges
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Yahoo
Patti LuPone Says Audra McDonald Is ‘Not a Friend' After a Falling Out Years Ago, Stares in Silence When Asked About McDonald's ‘Gypsy' Revival
Patti LuPone is not one to mince words, which is why her latest profile in The New Yorker is stirring up buzz among Broadway fans for the revelation that she is no longer friends with fellow stage icon Audra McDonald. 'She's not a friend,' LuPone said when McDonald's name was brought up by interviewer Michael Schulman. McDonald is a Tony nominee this year for playing Rose in 'Gypsy,' a role that previously won LuPone a Tony. LuPone revealed to The New Yorker that she had a falling out with McDonald some years ago, although she declined to go into further detail. The revelation came to be after Schulman brought up a scandal that LuPone found herself in last fall while on Broadway opposite Mia Farrow in 'The Roommate.' The play shared a wall with the Alicia Keys musical 'Hell's Kitchen,' loud noises from which could be heard next door. LuPone filed a noise complaint to Robert Wankel, the head of the Shubert Organization, and sent flowers to the cast and crew of 'Hell's Kitchen' when the noise problem was fixed. But she was later criticized by some of the musical's cast members. More from Variety Pharrell Williams and Audra McDonald on Putting Dandyism on Display at the Met Gala: 'It's About Time' Jake Gyllenhaal and Audra McDonald on Playing Broadway Villains, Stage Fright and Cellphones Disrupting Broadway Shows: 'I Snapped!' George Clooney and Patti LuPone Get Honest About Broadway Pay, Surviving the Trump Era and Elon Musk: 'Isn't He Destroying the Government?' Kecia Lewis, whose role in 'Hell's Kitchen' won her the Tony for best featured actress in a musical, posted a video on Instagram slamming LuPone's behavior as 'bullying' and 'racially microaggressive.' Lewis added that LuPone was 'rooted in privilege' and called out LuPone for labeling 'a Black show loud.' McDonald liked Lewis' video. 'Exactly,' LuPone told The New Yorker. 'And I thought, 'You should know better.' That's typical of Audra. She's not a friend.' When Schulman then asked LuPone for her thoughts on McDonald's production of 'Gypsy,' LuPone stared back at him 'in silence for fifteen seconds' and proceeded to look out the window and say: 'What a beautiful day.' As noted by People magazine, LuPone and McDonald's history of working together in the past includes the 2007 Los Angeles Opera's production of 'Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny' and the New York Philharmonic's 2000 concert version of 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' in which LuPone played Mrs. Lovett and McDonald starred as the Beggar Woman. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
