For those unfamiliar with Hugh's tragic backstory, his mum - Grace McNeil - abandoned her son to start a new life in the United Kingdom, and never came back. And whilst the mother and son pair have since rekindled their relationship, Hugh says it has taken ''a village'' to help him recover from the trauma of his past.
The actor, 54, has previously discussed how his mother “abandoned” her family in Australia and returned to the UK when he was just eight years old, leaving her husband, Christopher Jackman, to raise the actor and his siblings alone.
“After the past few years, the love they had for each other turned more into a friendship which got broken during Covid, as the lockdown didn't help their marriage at all and really put a strain on their relationship,” the source said. “They worked on it and couldn't get it back.
Though Jackman said they "were always going to adopt," adoption became their clear path to parenthood after experiencing miscarriages and IVF (in vitro fertilization). "It was not easy. It was difficult, obviously particularly on Deb," the father of two told PEOPLE in 2017.
Jackman, 54, started with a savoury waffle topped with pan-fried Norfolk field mushrooms and cheddar cheese sauce. He followed it up with a sweet waffle topped with bananas, toffee and chocolate and a mixed berry milkshake. The Wolverine star's mother lives in Norwich and he is a huge fan of the Canaries.
Jackman now understands that his mother was suffering from undiagnosed postnatal depression at the time of her departure. "The thing I never felt – and I know this might sound strange – I never felt that my mum didn't love me," he explained to the Australian Women's Weekly.
Jackman, whose films also include The Greatest Showman and Les Miserables, is known to be a Norwich City Football Club fan, and his mother lives in Norfolk. He posted images of his meal on Twitter, which included the restaurant's Bolognese waffle, followed by a dessert of banoffee waffle.
Jackman was raised Christian, attending multiple revivals during his childhood. In a 2015 interview, he identified as Christian but says his version of faith differs from his father's. "He takes his religion very seriously and would prefer I go to church," "We've had discussions about our separate beliefs.
Your laughter, your spirit, generosity, humor, cheekiness, courage and loyalty is an incredible gift to me. I love you with all my heart." Hugh and Deborra-Lee Jackman are the parents of two children, whom they adopted as young children: Oscar, 23 and Ava, 18. “To be clear, Deb and I always wanted to adopt.
A year later, the Tony Award winner was born. When Jackman was 8 years old, his mother left and moved back to England, later taking his sisters with her.
But after years of separation, mother and son reconciled. Speaking to The Sun in 2011, Hugh said: ''As I grew older, I gained an understanding of why mum did leave. We have made our peace, which is important. ''
Jackman has long enjoyed a reputation as one of Hollywood's nicest A-listers, to the extent that he has to deny it. “I'm not always nice,” he says. “I've had my moments on set, for sure, when I haven't been nice.
Hugh Jackman sent shockwaves through his fan base after revealing that he underwent two biopsies due to the risk of suffering from basal cell carcinoma, which is a form of skin cancer.
Plus, it's just hilarious to watch. I know what you're thinking, as if he wasn't good looking enough, Wolverine can also master languages such as Mandarin. Well, calm down, Hugh Jackman cannot speak Mandarin but he did learn this well-known Mandarin song 'Give me a Kiss' and he sang it pretty well on this talk show.
Who sang Hugh Jackman's part in The Greatest Showman?
Rather than cancel the read-through and risk the film's future, actor and singer Jeremy Jordan stood in for Jackman, providing vocals while Jackman mimed the stage directions to give everyone an idea of what he'd look like.
