Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster Held Hands in Santa Monica

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After a combined two divorces, a rumored affair, and months of tabloid gossip, Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster have finally made their glossy paparazzi debut. Per People, the former Music Man co-stars were photographed holding hands on Monday night, as they waltzed down the streets of Santa Monica laughing and staring into each other’s eyes. Actually, they look so carefree and in love I’m almost inclined to believe they’re blissfully unaware of all the drama surrounding their relationship. Almost.

Let’s recap the couple’s timeline, shall we? In December 2021, Jackman and Foster hit Broadway to premiere their revival of the 1957 classic, The Music Man. They spent nearly two years onstage together playing Professor Harold Hill and Marian Paroo, and sources later told “Page Six” that the actors spent “all of their free time together” and “[snuck] around.” (Neither has commented on rumors of an affair.) In 2023, Jackman and his now ex-wife Deborra-lee Furness announced that they had decided to mutually end their 27-year marriage. The following year, Foster filed for divorce from her husband of ten years, Ted Griffin. And now, Foster and Jackman have hard launched their love with totally candid, definitely not pre-arranged photos in People. Who said romance was dead?

On Saturday, Jackman was also reportedly spotted in the audience of one of the final performances of Foster’s Once Upon a Mattress at Los Angeles’s Ahmanson Theatre. He sat next to Carol Burnett, who originated Foster’s role in the 1959 production of the show. Cute! Messy origins aside, I will begrudgingly root for Wolverine and his new paramour. I need something to believe in anyways, and soulmates finding each other later in life seems like a small miracle I can get behind.

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