Fans were shocked when Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness announced they were breaking up, but sources say it’s nothing to be surprised about.

A person close to Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman told Page Six on Friday that their breakup had been “long overdue.”

When we told a Broadway insider that the two actors had split up after 27 years of marriage, they didn’t seem surprised at all and said, “It happened a while ago.” It was known to friends and family.”

An source said that the two may have had problems for a long time, probably even before Jackman returned to Broadway in February 2022 with The Music Man.

The source also said that Deb “wasn’t at rehearsals very often” and that she “was even seen sleeping during some of them.”

The source went on to say that there was no third party involved and that they had just become “roommates.”

Fans were shocked when the couple broke up in a joint statement on Friday, even though people who knew them well knew it was only a matter of time.