Deborra-Lee Furness knows she is not alone.
Just days after filing for divorce from estranged husband Hugh Jackman on May 23, Furness has broken her silence on the decision to legally separate from the person with whom she shared an almost three-decade marriage.
“’My heart and compassion goes out to everyone who has traversed the traumatic journey of betrayal,” she said in a statement to The Daily Mail on May 27. “It’s a profound wound that cuts deep, however I believe in a higher power and that God/the universe, whatever you relate to as your guidance, is always working FOR us.”
She added that the belief has helped her navigate the end of her relationship—with the pair separating in 2023—and that she’s gained both knowledge and wisdom during this period of her life.
“Even when we are presented with apparent adversity, it is leading us to our greatest good, our true purpose,” the 69-year-old continued. “It can hurt, but in the long run, returning to yourself and living within your own integrity, values and boundaries is liberation and freedom.”
