John Jarratt's wife swap: He dumps wife for ex-wife

The Wolf Creek star suddenly dumps his third wife to return to his first.

He played a cold-blooded serial killer in the worldwide hit film Wolf Creek, and John Jarratt is playing the villain all over again – only this time it’s in his own real-life soap opera. The bizarre story began shortly before Christmas, when the father-of-six left his third wife, Cody, and their two young sons on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast to spend time with his ex-wife, Rosa Miano, and their daughters Zadia, 34, and Ebony, 25, in Sydney.

But what were supposed to be platonic visits ended up with John falling in love with Rosa all over again. So when the 59-year-old actor returned to his partner of 12 years, and their sons Jackson, 10, and Riley, 8, it was to tell Cody “it’s over” and that he was planning to move back to Sydney to live with Rosa permanently. “I can confirm John and Rosa are back together, but I’m too shocked and hurt to say anything further at this stage,” Cody Jarratt tells Woman’s Day exclusively.

Her sentiment is shared by those who know the couple well. “We are all quite shocked by it,” a close friend reveals. “Cody is just devastated. “When I saw them together a few months ago, they were very affectionate towards each other. Cody is angry and upset. For months, she and the boys believed everything was fine.” Worse still for Cody, 47, the pair were halfway through expensive renovations on the home they share in Doonan, near Noosa, when John delivered his news.

This is in addition to financial pressures following a multimillion-dollar legal case over backing for the Wolf Creek sequel by entrepreneur Geoffrey Edelsten, leaving the project on hold. “Friends are angry for Cody and the boys, and worried about the debts she is facing,” the insider continues. “Cody is going to be left up in Queensland, alone with her boys, a long way away from her family in Sydney, in a house that is only part-way through being renovated.