Deborra-Lee Furness speaks out for the first time since separation
Deborra-Lee Furness has broken her silence for the first time since announcing her and Hugh Jackman were separating after 27 years of marriage.
Just one week after the news of their split made headlines, Deborra-Lee answered a cold call from Kyle and Jackie O, live on their radio show.
Sandilands admitted he wasn't expecting Furness to answer the call, as they didn't realise they hit the dial button.
“Seriously, this isn’t a stitch up,” Sandilands told Furness when she picked up on The Kyle & Jackie O Show.
“We didn’t mean to actually call you. But now you’re here, we won’t go into it. We love you, we hope you’re well.”
“Thank you, guys. I really appreciate it. You’re really sweet,” Furness told Sandilands and Henderson.
Feeling bad, Sandilands stressed that the duo weren’t after a scoop about their separation as they did not want to pry so early after the couple's split.
“I just feel it’s too soon,” the shock jock told Furness over the phone. “I don’t want to get involved in anything. But we love you, and you ring us when you want to chat.”
Before hanging up, Furness again said, “Thank you, guys. I really, really appreciate it.”
Henderson praised Sandilands after the phone call, telling him “that was the right thing to do” – and he agreed.
“I’m not here to stitch anyone up in the worse time in their life,” he explained.
Despite Kyle's offer to Deb for her to chat about the divorce, Hugh and Deborra-Lee made in clear in their separation announcement that the statement would be the one and only time they will both speak publicly about the break-up.
“This is the sole statement either of us will make,” they wrote.
The Hollywood couple shocked the world on September 15th when they released a statement confirming their separation after being married for 27 years.
“We have been blessed to share almost three decades together as husband and wife in a wonderful, loving marriage,” Jackman and Furness told People.
“Our journey now is shifting and we have decided to separate to pursue our individual growth."
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