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Lisa McLoughlin

Hugh Jackman reveals he’s in therapy after mum abandoned him as a child

Hugh Jackman has revealed he is “finally” in therapy to address his tumultuous relationship with his mother, Grace McNeil.

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.

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