'She's the greatest thing that ever happened to me': Hugh Jackman gushes about wife of 20 years Deborra-Lee Furness on Ellen
By Sarah Sotoodeh For Dailymail.com
Published: 00:58 EDT, 1 February 2016 | Updated: 13:59 EDT, 1 May 2016
Even after almost two decades, he is still clearly head over heels in love with his wife.
Hugh Jackman couldn't stop gushing about his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, 60, during his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which is set to air on Monday.
The 47-year-old told Ellen: 'She's the greatest thing that ever happened to me and it gets better and better.'
Still going strong: Hugh Jackman couldn't stop gushing about his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, 60, during his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which is set to air on Monday
Adding: 'And I'm kind of really grateful that I met [her] before anything kind of happened because everything that's happened in my career and on screen, off screen - we've always done it together.'
The actor, who is in the midst of promoting his new film, Eddie The Eagle, talked about how they met while on the show.
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Hugh said: 'That was my first job where I met her. She was the star and I had this major crush on her.'
He continued: 'Everyone did. The whole crew had a crush on her and I was so embarrassed by that - I didn't talk to her for about a week.'
Love is in the air: The 47-year-old talked about his wife, Deborra, to Ellen: 'She's the greatest thing that every happened to me and it gets better and better'
The Wolverine star recalled: 'When I realized, I didn't talk to her. About a week later, I go, "This is silly." I had a dinner party and I invited her over and about 10 other people.'
'And she said, "What's the matter, have I annoyed you? You're not talking to me anymore. What have I done wrong?" All the sudden I was like - I had a couple - and I said, "Look, I got a crush on you. I'll get over it."
The X-Men: The Last Stand actor added: 'And she went, "Oh really?" And I was like, "Oh this is bad." And she goes, "Yeah, I go one on you too." And I'm like, "Oh, great." So that was it.'
Hugh and Deborra, who married in 1996 after meeting on the set of their show, Correlli the year before, will be celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary in April.
'Once upon a time': The actor spoke about how he met his now wife while on his first job: 'She was the star and I had this major crush on her'
Blast from the past: Hugh and Deborra, who married in 1996 after meeting on the set of their show, Correlli the year before, will be celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary in April
The Australian-born actor was joined by his Eddie The Eagle co-star Taron Egerton, 26, on the show.
In the sports drama, Hugh plays Bronson Peary, the coach of British ski jumper, Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards, played by Taron.
The film is based on the true story of the Olympian, who, in 1988, became Great Britain's first competitor in Olympic ski jumping.
Fun: The Australian born actor was joined by his Eddie The Eagle co-star Taron Egerton, 26, on the show
Co-stars: In the sports drama, Hugh plays Bronson Peary, the coach of British ski jumper, Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards, played by Taron
Having some fun: Taron (L) and Hugh (R) participated in a game during their appearance on the talk show
Hugh and Deborra are parents to two children: 15-year-old Oscar and 10-year-old Ava.
He recalled a story about Oscar three years ago, when he was 12 and trying to impress a 15-year-old girl at the beach.
The movie star said: 'He likes older women like his dad. He starts walking over to me and he sort of ran ahead and the girl is walking. I was like, "everything alright?" And he said, "I told her you're Wolverine. Just sign an autograph."
The Les Misérables actor added: 'I was like, "Am I a wingman for my son now? This is really weird."
Hugh is set to return to the big screens once more as Wolverine for The X-Men franchise in a sequel, which will be released next year.
On Sunday, the star shared a photo to his 4.7 million Instagram followers while at the gym, writing: 'Is this what they mean by Sunday Funday? I don't think so!'
Fitness first: On Sunday, the star shared a photo to his 4.7 million Instagram followers while at the gym, writing: 'Is this what they mean by Sunday Funday? I don't think so'
Happily ever after: Hugh spoke to Ellen about his wife: 'Everything that's happened in my career and on screen, off screen - we've always done it together and so yeah, 20 years;' pictured on Thursday in Los Angeles
All smiles: The actor, who is in the midst of promoting his new film, Eddie The Eagle, recalled how he met his wife while on the Ellen DeGeneres show; pictured with Deborra two months ago in Sydney
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Hugh Jackman gushes about wife of almost 20 years Deborra-Lee Furness on The Ellen Show
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