{"id":2404420,"date":"2026-05-06T10:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2404420"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:51:23","slug":"hugh-jackmans-decision-to-attend-met-gala-with-sutton-foster-reportedly-painful-for-ex-deborra-lee-furness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hugh-jackmans-decision-to-attend-met-gala-with-sutton-foster-reportedly-painful-for-ex-deborra-lee-furness\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Jackman\u2019s decision to attend Met Gala with Sutton Foster reportedly painful for ex Deborra-Lee Furness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While loved-up couple Hugh Jackman and his girlfriend Sutton Foster appeared smiley and smitten at the Met Gala on Monday, the pair\u2019s attendance is said to have inflicted \u201canother layer of hurt\u201d to his ex Deborra-Lee Furness.<\/p>\n

Recognised for drawing the world\u2019s biggest stars and highly imaginative outfits, the New York fundraiser \u2014 which Furness has attended up to six times \u2014 is believed to have been one of her favourite social events on the calendar.<\/p>\n

Now, an insider has revealed her memory of the Gala has been tainted, and her heart torn apart once more.<\/p>\n

They told New Idea<\/a> that the 70-year-old was given notice ahead of time that the bubbly couple were set to appear together for the first time at the soiree\u2019s red carpet, but it didn\u2019t make the pill any easier to swallow.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeb had been warned Hugh would be appearing with Sutton but it still felt like a knife to the heart seeing them there,\u201d the insider said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was her and Hugh\u2019s \u2018big night out\u2019 for the year and they were there side-by-side, just like Sutton is today, just four years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Camera Icon<\/title><\/svg>Hugh Jackman, left, and Deborra-Lee Furness attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” exhibition on Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP)<\/span> Credit: Evan Agostini\/<\/span>Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Furness reportedly held the event in such high regard, she and Jackman even agreed to attend in alternate years following their split in September 2023.<\/p>\n

Their last attendance as a couple at the Gala was in May 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were regulars at the Met Gala and it was one of her favourite nights out. In fact, when they split they agreed to \u2018split custody\u2019 of the Met Gala and go on alternate years, but that was before anyone knew about Sutton,\u201d the source continued.<\/p>\n

Jackman, 57, and Foster, 51, were first publicly linked in January 2025, though had been recognised as close friends and Broadway co-stars for several years before that.<\/p>\n

The couple made their red carpet debut at the Los Angeles premiere of Jackman\u2019s film Song Sung Blue in October 2025.<\/p>\n

However, whispers the couple may have spruiked their love at last year\u2019s Met Gala several months earlier was reportedly enough to deter Furness from attending.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year when it looked like Hugh wanted to take Sutton, Deb indicated she might be going but simply couldn\u2019t face it in the end,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were rumours she did it just to block Hugh and Sutton but it\u2019s not true. There was just too many painful memories.\u201d<\/p>\n

The divorce of Jackman and Furness was finalised in June 2025, yet Foster\u2019s own marriage split from screenwriter Ted Griffin is not yet confirmed after she filed in October 2024.<\/p>\n

It is believed the couple are waiting for her documentation to be cleared before officially announcing their plans to marry.<\/p>\n

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Camera Icon<\/title><\/svg>Hugh Jackman, left, and Sutton Foster.<\/span> Credit: Evan Agostini\/<\/span>Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, the diamond ring spotted on Foster\u2019s finger at the Gala, albeit not her ring finger, only served to fuel rumours the couple have already begun plotting their nuptials.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, it was a reminder to Jackman\u2019s ex that the Wolverine star has very much moved on.<\/p>\n

\u201cPart of her (Furness) hoped he might have gone solo again, so it adds an extra layer of hurt that Hugh\u2019s so willing to pave over their historic nights out with new memories,\u201d the insider said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeb is doing well moving on from what was a deeply hurtful betrayal, but seeing Sutton smiling on the arm of Hugh hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.perthnow.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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