Hugh Jackman ready to take blame for divorce, seeks peace with ex-wife Deborra

Actor Hugh Jackman is reportedly trying to make peace with ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness by accepting blame for their marriage breakdown. His effort comes before his daughter Ava's 21st birthday, as the actor hopes the family can celebrate the occasion together.

In Short

• Hugh Jackman wants ex Deborra-Lee Furness to feel heard, according to a report
• He is ready to take total responsibility for his part in the breakdown of their marriage
• Jackman has reportedly conveyed that he never intended to hurt Furness

Wolverine star Hugh Jackman is desperate to end his festering war with ex-wife Deborra-Lee Furness, and intends to do it by finally confessing to beastly behaviour during their relationship.

Jackman is ready to accept responsibility for the divorce and has expressed his intention was not to hurt Furness, RadarOnline reported. According to the outlet, a source said, "He's ready to take total responsibility for his part in the breakdown of their marriage. Hugh never intended to hurt Deb."

While the former couple would have celebrated 30 years of marriage on April 11, it is their daughter Ava Jackman’s 21st birthday that has the actor desperate to reach a settlement. The duo also share a 25-year-old son, Oscar.

"Ava turns 21 in July and Hugh would like for them to all celebrate the moment together. That's why he's really pushing to get together with Deb and hash things out," the report mentioned, citing a source.

"He wants her to feel heard, and his hope is that she'll be able to own her part in things too. But if Deb still isn't there yet, Hugh says he's fine continuing to take the brunt of the blame if it means they can have some peace," the report added.

Rumours have swirled that the pair's decades-long union exploded in 2023 after he got inappropriately close to younger Broadway costar Sutton Foster.

Furness, 70, all but confirmed the sordid affair when she filed for divorce in May 2025 – four months after the Missing Link actor, 57, and the Bunheads star, 51, went public with their forbidden offstage romance.

"My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal. It's a profound wound that cuts deep," Furness said in a scathing statement.

Despite finalising their divorce in June 2025, the ill will has persisted.

The actor, who married Jackman when she was a big star Down Under and he was still a nobody, has been shopping a revenge tell-all, the RadarOnline report claimed.

"Hugh feels terrible that things have got so ugly between them. They have decades of history together, and he would love it if they could take the good of that and leave the bad behind," the report added.

Jackman will next be seen in director Kyle Balda's mystery-comedy The Sheep Detectives. The film features Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Galitzine, Molly Gordon, Hong Chau, Emma Thompson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Chris O'Dowd, Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, Bella Ramsey, Brett Goldstein, and Rhys Darby.

The Sheep Detectives is set for a theatrical release in India on May 8.

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