It’s no secret Hugh Jackman is a family man and it looks like he gets it from his old man.
The 46-year-old Hollywood hunk took to Instagram this week to give a very special shout out to his dad, Christopher Jackman.
Underneath the image of two beaming Jackman men Hugh simply captioned the shot: “Dad”.
Hugh shares a close bond with his dad – Christopher raised Hugh and his siblings as a single parent after Hugh’s mother returned to live in her native England when Hugh was just eight years old.
In 2012 an emotional Hugh told 60 minutes that his father was his “rock”.
“My father is my rock. It’s where I learned everything about loyalty, dependability, being there day in, day out, no matter what,” Hugh said.
“It’s always about the family,” Hugh added.
The actor suspected his father blamed himself for his parents split, and thinks that is why he always tells Hugh to put wife Deborra-Lee Furness and their kids Oscar and Ava first.
“It’s always, ‘How’s Deb?’ It’s not about work,” Hugh said. “And I think that’s him living with probably some of his regrets… He doesn’t want me to make me that mistake. In his gentle way, he always reminds me [family is] the most important thing.”
Although he has an excellent relationship with his mother now, he admitted some parts of his childhood were hard.
“At the time, it was difficult,” Hugh told The Weekly in 2012. “One of the main things I remember is that horrible feeling that people were talking about you and looking at you because it was odd for the mother to leave.
“For many years, I thought it was not going to be forever, so I clung on to that. Up until about the age of 12 or 13, I thought Mum and Dad would get back together.
“Finally realising it wasn’t going to happen was probably the toughest time to be honest.”
Earlier this year in a TV interview Hugh and Deborra-Lee offered some advice on how they have managed to keep their 20-year marriage strong.
“Deb had a rule, never apart for more than two weeks,” Hugh told Today, adding that in the early days of their relationship he said “yes” to everything she wanted.
“And we have never been apart for more than two weeks,” Hugh said proudly.
Underneath the image of two beaming Jackman men Hugh simply captioned the shot: “Dad”.
Their marriage is one of the most solid unions in Hollywood but Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Furness have revealed some ground rules to keep their relationship strong.
Hugh and Deb with their two children together, Oscar, 14 and Ava, nine. The couple are huge campaigner’s of adoption but they aren’t the only Hollywood couple who have chosen to adopt.
Angelina Jolie is also a big adoption campaigner with herself and husband Brad Pitt adopting three children.
And Deborra-lee and Ange aren’t the only A-listers to adopt. Nicole Kidman adopted her eldest children Connor and Isabella with first husband Tom Cruise.
Actress Katherine Heigl has two adopted daughters – here she is with her eldest daughter Nancy Leigh “Naleigh” Mi-Eun Kelley whom she and her hubby Josh Kelley adopted from South Korea.
Charlize Theron adopted her son Jackson in March 2012.
Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock adopted her son Louis in 2010.
Earlier this year Cate Blanchett announced the adoption of her daughter, Edith Vivian Patricia Upton. Here is a throwback of the mum of three with her son Roman at the Cartier International Day at Guards Polo Club in 2005.
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