Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster confirmed their hotly rumored relationship with a dinner date Monday night in Southern California.
“The Music Man” co-stars had dinner in Santa Monica, arriving together and holding hands for a short stroll, People magazine reported. They were spotted smiling, chatting and generally enjoying themselves.
Rumors had swirled for months that Jackson, 56, and Foster, 49, were seeing each other after both announced separations from their longtime spouses. The duo had obvious chemistry when they starred in the Broadway revival of “The Music Man” in 2022.
“The show is so joyful, and I’m having the time of my life playing opposite this guy,” Foster said during a joint appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” in May 2022. “It’s like — it’s a dream come true.”
In September 2023, Jackman and his wife of 27 years, Deborra-Lee Furness, announced plans to separate. At the time, they said they had “decided to separate to pursue our individual growth.”
Then, this past October, Foster and her husband of 10 years, screenwriter Ted Griffin, revealed their own plans to divorce. Shortly afterward, rumors swirled that Jackman and Foster were involved together.
“Sutton and Hugh’s relationship is the reason Hugh and Deb got divorced,” an unnamed source told Us Weekly in November. “A lot of people on Broadway knew, and we kept it quiet because both of them are so nice and great people. Everyone respected their privacy. But there was an affair and overlap.”
Jackman and Foster have not publicly commented on their relationship.
