Hugh Jackman & Sutton Foster’s Reported Plans To Go Public With Romance Is Halted by ‘Backlash’
Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster’s alleged affair might be seeing more fallout than they originally expected. Their reported fling started sometime during the December 2021 to January 2023 run of the Broadway revival of The Music Man. They have both split from their spouses — Jackman from Deborra-Lee Furness after 27 years together and Foster from Ted Griffin after a decade of marriage.
Jackman and Foster were reportedly hoping to make their couple debut soon, but the public reaction to their romance was unexpected. “They are a bit shocked by the backlash they received. They expected some of it, but not this much,” an insider told Closer Weekly. “But they’re figuring it out and are hopeful something can be worked out.”
It doesn’t appear they are ready to blend their families yet. The 56-year-old actor is a father to two children, son Oscar, 24, and daughter Ava, 19. The 49-year-old actress is a mom to one daughter, Emily, 7. The duo is also living apart because of the tricky family dynamics, according to the media outlet. The controversy surrounding their relationship also drags other A-listers into the fold, including Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, who might have been aware of the affair.
Reynolds and Lively reportedly sensed “something was brewing between Hugh and Sutton Foster,” according to RadarOnline, “but they kept their lips sealed out of loyalty to Hugh.” That didn’t sit well with Furness who counted the Hollywood couple as friends and was “blindsided” by her husband’s alleged affair. (Although she somewhat confirmed it in a November Instagram “like.”)
In looking back at Jackman and Foster’s press tour for The Music Man, it seems obvious now that something more than a friendship was going on. “We hang out in my dressing room before every show and just catch up, Sutton gushed in a July 2022 appearance on Live With Kelly and Ryan. “We’ve become really good friends, and we just talk and catch up on our day. That’s been one of the best parts of the whole thing, that I’ve made this wonderful new friend.”
It’s a difficult story for everyone involved because Foster and Jackman’s reported relationship obviously hurt their partners and there will always be consequences to those choices.
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