Hugh Jackman & Sutton Foster Just Hard Launched Their Relationship—Look at Their Alleged Affair Timeline

March 2020: Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster meet

Jackman and Foster reportedly met in March 2020, when they began workshopping the revival of the 1957 musical The Music Man, where they played Harold Hill and Marian Paroo. The pandemic would halt the release of the musical, which would only make it to the stage in February 2022. The Music Man ran for 11 months at the Winter Garden Theatre in Manhattan, with rumors indicating Jackman and Foster started their affair during that time.

The Daily Mail reported that “Deborra-Lee [Furness] had her suspicions when Hugh started working with Sutton,” adding that “Their relationship is not a secret to her.”

September 2023: Jackman files for divorce

Despite reports of an affair, Jackman and Furness didn’t file for divorce until September of 2023, after 27 years of marriage. The two met in 1995 on the set of the Australian series Correlli and tied the knot, marrying the year after. They share two adopted children, Oscar and Ava.

December 2023: First reports of a relationship

In Touch was the first to report on what, at the time, they referred to as an “open secret on Broadway,” aka Jackman and Foster’s relationship. According to sources, Jackman was “besotted with Sutton from the moment he met her. He followed her around like a puppy!”

Reports indicate the feelings were always mutual, with Foster “absolutely giddy around” Jackman. She also reportedly claimed meeting Jackman was “the greatest thing that came out of the whole experience” of making The Music Man.

October 2024: Foster files for divorce

There were no real developments on the supposed romance until October 2024, when Foster filed for divorce from her husband Ted Griffin, better known for writing the script to Ocean’s Eleven. Griffin was Foster’s second husband. The two shared one daughter, who is 6 years old.

November 2024: Reports that Foster was the reason for Jackman’s divorce surface

Gossip blogger Tasha Lustig was the reason we got more information on the relationship and how it might have played a role in Jackman’s divorce. On her Instagram account, Lustig posted a video claiming Jackman “blindsided” his wife by “running off with the mistress,” and adding that Jackman and Foster were planning to “soft launch” their relationship to the public.

The post got a lot of views—and likes, including one from Deborra-Lee Furness, who reportedly liked it from her private account. Her close friend British media personality Amanda de Cadenet, went a step further, commenting on the post with: “You are on point with this one. My beloved friend Deb is about to have her glow up any moment fyi!”

January 6, 2024: Sutton Foster & Hugh Jackman step out hand-in-hand on a dinner date in Los Angeles

In what may be their first public appearance as a couple, Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman were photographed together holding hands in Los Angeles. According to People, who obtained photos, Hugh Jackman was in the audience of one of Foster’s last performances of Once Upon a Mattress at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre. He was seen sitting next to Carol Burnett, who originated Foster’s role of Princess Winnifred in 1959.