The onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 was an extremely difficult time for everyone. We often look at how health was impacted during that time, but there was also a very real impact on our relationship with others. Unfortunately, Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness experienced this in a negative way. The strain from the COVID-19 lockdowns is reportedly one of the reasons why the marriage between Jackman and Furness deteriorated. It was at this time that love is said to have exited their marriage, morphing their once passionate relationship into a loveless, fragile friendship.

A source with the Daily Mail informed the outlet that the lockdowns took a serious toll on Jackman and his estranged wife. No specific details were given, but the close-quarters living situation proved to be a difficult adjustment for the former twosome. Despite this, the source stated that Jackman and Furness did their best to make things work between them, possibly for the sake of their two children, son Oscar and daughter Ava Jackman.

COVID-19 may have put more strain on their marriage, but there were years of dissatisfaction with their relationship to work through, the insider claimed.  "They are forever linked, forever together with the children they have," the source stated. "But 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."