Following Hugh Jackman’s 27th wedding anniversary with his wife Deborra-Lee Furness, in April 2023, it is time to recall the secret behind their happy marriage. Filled with love, support, and loyalty, the Australian couple revealed their secret ground rules that served well in their long-standing marriage.
Appearing to be supportive and remarkably unfazed by Hugh Jackman’s fame, Deborra-Lee Furness claims to be mostly cool with her husband sharing the screen with Hollywood’s hottest actresses. However, there’s this one actress, that Jackman’s wife won’t let him work with. And in return, even Jackman forbade his wife from working with one of Hollywood’s heartthrobs.
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Hugh Jackman Isn’t Allowed To Work With Angelina Jolie
While Hugh Jackman enjoys his fame as one of Hollywood’s leading actors, his wife Deborra-Lee Furness supports him from behind. Sticking with each other for 27 years, the Australian couple has kept their relationship remarkably private from the media and public eye. While the duo appears to be each other’s perfect partners, Jackman and Furness have their own ground rules set in their relationship.
Although Deborra-Lee Furness has been quite supportive and cool with Jackman sharing the screen with Hollywood’s bombshells; she isn’t fine with her husband working with Angelina Jolie. Claiming it to be a ground rule in their relationship, Furness joked about forbidding her husband from working with Jolie.
“I’ve told his agent he’s not allowed to work with Angelina, I’m sure she’s lovely,” Deborra-Lee Furness shared.
Even though she was quick to dismiss the rule by saying, “I’m just kidding”, fans recalled how they haven’t actually witnessed Angelina Jolie and Hugh Jackman sharing screen. Thus, offering fans the benefit of the doubt, Furness moved on to discuss her relationship with her husband.
Hugh Jackman Has Set A Ground Rule For His Wife
Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman’s joint interview with Australia’s Today Show went wild after Furness discussed her rule of forbidding Jackman from working with Angelina Jolie. Fans went desperate to know Jackman’s opinion on the same. Thus, Entertainment Tonight reached out to the Wolverine star, to discuss what he had to say.
Recalling Furness’ ground rule of forbidding the actor from working with the Marvel bombshell, Hugh Jackman reverted how he took revenge on his wife, with his own set of rules. “Deb and I have been married for 20 years. We have a lot of rules. We’ve very balanced” Jackman began explaining.
“So she said that – as long as she doesn’t work with Brad Pitt, we’re cool.” Hugh Jackman revealed his ground rule for his wife.
Evidently, the Aussie couple seems to keep their partners away from Brangelina. Although no specific reasons were stated about their ground rules, the couple seems to religiously abide by them. While the seriousness of the rules is still under scrutiny, fans believe Jackman and Furness are quite adamant about their decision not to work with the former Hollywood couple.
Source: People, Entertainment Tonight
