Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness, who have been married for 27 years, have said that they want to end their marriage. DailyMail.com can confirm this.

“We’ve been lucky to have almost 30 years as husband and wife in a great, loving marriage. In a statement obtained by PEOPLE on Friday, the couple said, “Our journey is changing, and we’ve decided to go our separate ways to grow as people.”

“Our family has always been and will always be the most important thing to us. We start this next part of our lives with love, gratitude, and kindness. We really appreciate your understanding as our family goes through this big change in all of our lives.

The statement was signed by “Deb and Hugh Jackman.” It also said, “This is the only statement that either of us will make.”

Oscar, who is 23 years old, and Ava, who is 18 years old, are the couple’s children.

Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Jackman are getting a divorce after being married for 30 years. They said in a joint statement that they are moving on “with gratitude, love, and kindness.”

Hugh, who is 54, is 13 years older than the blonde Australian woman, who is 67. They have said before that they have never been apart for more than two weeks since they got married in 1996.

The couple’s 27th wedding anniversary was in April, and the Wolverine star wrote a sweet post about his wife.

“Deb, I love you. Today is the 27th day since we got married. 27 decades! The actor told his 79.1M social media followers, “I love you so much.”

“Together, we’ve made a lovely family.” and living. Your laugh, your spirit, your generosity, your sense of humor, your cheekiness, your courage, and your loyalty are all amazing gifts to me. I love you with everything I have.’

Even though he is more famous than his wife, Deborra-Lee had already made 20 movies when she and Hugh Jackman met in 1995. They were both in the 10-episode TV show Correlli on ABC, where they played a prison psychologist and a brain-damaged convict, respectively.

In 2000, the actor from “The Music Man” and Furness took in Oscar Maximilian, who is now 23 years old. In 2005, they took in Ava Eliot, who is now 18 years old.

“I think the key to a long and happy marriage is being honest, being close, and making time for each other.” You can’t just think that everything will work out. Hugh told Smooth Radio in February, “You have to make time.”

Deborra-Lee most recently played Jill Bailey with Eric Bana in the sequel Force of Nature: The Dry 2, which came out on August 24 in Australia and New Zealand.

Hugh has never been afraid to talk about his marriage. In 2017, when he was promoting his hit movie The Greatest Showman, he said nice things about his wife Deborra-Lee.

In an interview, he said that Deborra-Lee was his “best friend” and the person who helped him the most in his work and personal life.

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness go to the Met Gala in 2023.

This April marked the pair’s 27th wedding anniversary and the Wolverine star posted a gushing tribute to his wife (including this recent photo of the pair)

Gushing post: Hugh paid tribute to his wife in April with this message on social media

Inseparable: At 67, the Australian blonde is 13 years older Hugh, but they’ve never spent more than two weeks apart since their 1996 wedding (pictured in 1997)

2012 family portrait: In 2000, The Music Man thespian and Furness adopted son Oscar Maximilian, 23, in 2005, they adopted now 18-year-old daughter Ava Eliot

Cougar vibes: In fact, Deborra-Lee had already made 20 movies when she and Jackman met on ABC’s 10-episode series Correlli in 1995. She played a prison psychologist and he played a brain-damaged convict.

Hugh said about his wife, “I’m married to the best woman in the world.” She’s great. We’re the best of friends, and we do everything together. She knows a lot.’

He said that they never spend more than two weeks apart because they want to’share everything’ together.

He went on: “We always said we wouldn’t be apart for more than two weeks. Life and work can get crazy at times.

“But we met at my first job, when she was already a big star and I was a nobody. So, we’ve been through everything together, both good and bad, and we always will.

In a 2021 interview with Anh Do for ABC TV’s Anh’s Brush With Fame, Deborra-Lee talked about how she fell in love with Hugh after she left Hollywood and went back to Australia.

She talked about how hard it was to get roles while hanging out with her actress friends Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts. During a particularly bad time, she met with a psychic, who convinced her to go back home and look for work.

‘”You have to go back to Australia,” she told him. Everything works out in Australia, you’ll meet someone, and you have to leave,”‘ Deborra-Lee told the story.

When she went back to Australia, she got more work than she had in Los Angeles, but her most important role during that time was on the TV show Correlli.

On her own: Deborra-Lee was spotted out on a solo trip on Tuesday in New York City, just three days before she and Hugh announced their separation

Absent band: She was notable missing her wedding ring, though she appears to have gone without it multiple times in recent years, even when accompanied by her husband

Moving fast: It was only weeks after they began dating that Hugh asked Deborra-Lee to marry him, and the couple wed in 1996

Deborra-Lee told People last year that she helped Hugh by going over his lines with him, and she joked that she could have replaced him in The Music Man. She was seen in February in Paris.

Once she got the part, the producers told her good things about her co-star, who they mistakenly called “Jack Hughman.”

She said she had “never heard of him,” but as soon as she met him on set, she felt “instant attraction.”

She joked that her friends teased her that he didn’t seem like a good match for her because “he looks like he bathes.”

They would become close friends and work partners, and in February 2022, Deborra-Lee told People that she would help Hugh learn his lines while he was working on The Music Man musical.

“We do everything together,” she said, adding that she let her entertainer husband do the “tap dancing.”

She even said that she could have done Sutton Foster’s lines “in a pinch” because she knew them so well, even though Foster didn’t like the idea.

She joked, “You’d have to push me on stage.”

Deborra-Lee told People in November 2020 how much her family with Hugh and their children meant to her.

Deborra-Lee Furness talks about the first time she met her husband, Hugh Jackman

Signs of strife? In July this year, the pair were pictured watching Carlos Alcaraz vs Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon 2023 men’s final on Centre Court

The strange pair: Deborra-Lee joked in a 2021 interview for Anh’s Brush With Fame that her girlfriends thought Hugh was a strange match for her because “he looks like he bathes.”

“Family means you feel safe to me,” she said.

She went on to say, “I always say, “We all need to know that we’re precious.” So, when you have a family, you always know that you’re important to someone.

Deborra-Lee was at the National Night of Laughter and Song with Hugh in 2017 when she gave an interview to People. In the interview, she talked about what made their marriage last as long as it did.

She said, “We meditate together.” “And sometimes we do it with friends, too.” It’s a nice way to spend a Sunday morning. Then everyone comes over for breakfast.’