{"id":545864,"date":"2025-11-03T08:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/545864\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:26:17","slug":"deborra-lee-furness-bold-move-after-split-from-hugh-jackman-and-why-the-actor-is-not-happy-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/545864\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborra-Lee Furness’ bold move after split from Hugh Jackman – and why the actor is not happy about it"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MEGAN WATTS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 23:05 EDT, 2 November 2025 | Updated: 23:10 EDT, 2 November 2025 <\/p>\n

Deborra-Lee Furness has landed a book deal \u2013 and her ex-husband Hugh Jackman<\/a> is not pleased about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The couple made headlines earlier this month after the pair allegedly buried the hatchet following their shock split in September 2023<\/p>\n

Now their efforts to rebuild their relationship could all be in vain, according to\u00a0Woman’s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘Hugh had heard about Deb’s plans but he didn’t really know until she told him herself during their secret meet\u2013up,’ an insider told the publication.<\/p>\n

‘He’d been warned early on that almost every A-list divorcee is approached to write a book but part of him hoped Deb wouldn’t take that fat publisher’s cheque.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The insider went on to reveal that Deborra is set to tell her side of the story, reflecting on her 27-year marriage to Hugh, adopting and raising their children and her life post-divorce.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Deborra-Lee Furness (pictured) has landed a book deal \u2013 and her ex-husband Hugh Jackman is not pleased about it<\/p>\n

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‘Hugh had heard about Deb’s plans but he didn’t really know until she told him herself during their secret meet\u2013up,’ an insider told the publication. (Pictured: Hugh Jackman)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The move is not ‘revenge’, the close source emphasises, but rather a way for Deborra to find her voice, put herself first and reignite her career, which she pressed pause on when taking care of Oscar, 25, and Ava, 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It has also been reported by Woman’s Day that the Aussie actress initially turned down the opportunity, but later came around to the idea, hoping the experience would be ‘cathartic’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following nearly two years of emotional turmoil, Hugh and Deborra\u00a0are reportedly rebuilding their friendship.<\/p>\n

Deborra stunned fans earlier this year when she described the breakdown of her nearly 30\u2013year marriage as a ‘traumatic betrayal’ that ‘cut deep’.<\/p>\n

It was a rare candid statement for the Australian actress who \u2013 like her ex\u2013husband \u2013 had remained publicly dignified since their split in 2023.<\/p>\n

Recent reports suggested The Greatest Showman star had been making quiet efforts to mend fences with his ex\u2013wife.<\/p>\n

‘Hugh has been trying to make peace with Debs for a long while now, but as you can imagine, it has taken her time to feel ready,’ an insider told Radar Online.<\/p>\n

‘Settling all the legal stuff seems to have helped because she’s finally coming around \u2013 they’ve gotten together a couple of times in New York recently to talk things out.<\/p>\n

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Following nearly two years of emotional turmoil, Hugh and Deborra are reportedly rebuilding their friendship. (Pictured in 2018)<\/p>\n

‘By all accounts things have improved dramatically, which is fantastic for everyone, most of all their kids.’<\/p>\n

They added that now that the divorce had been finalised, the former couple are both open to maintaining an amicable friendship.<\/p>\n

‘It’s been two years now since they officially separated. It really is time to let the hatred and anger go,’ they said.<\/p>\n

In June, the pair finalised their divorce a month after filing, the Daily Mail exclusively revealed.<\/p>\n

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