Daniel Johns sends a touching message to his ex-wife of five years Natalie Imbruglia

Daniel Johns has sent a touching message of support to his ex-wife Natalie Imbruglia.

It comes as the former Neighbors actress prepares to host the ARIA awards on Thursday.

The Silverchair star, who was married to the Torn singer in 2003 and 2008, said Imbruglia would do a “great job” as the host of the music industry’s night of nights.

Daniel Johns has sent a touching message of support to his ex-wife Natalie Imbruglia as she prepares to host the ARIA awards on Thursday

The rocker, 43, posted the message during an Instagram Q&A session.

After a follower asked Johns if he would attend the music award, Johns replied, “No, I don’t like crowds.”

He then added, “But I wish everyone a great night and Natalie Imbruglia will do a great job as host.”

The Silverchair star, who was married to the Torn singer in 2003 and 2008, said Imbruglia would do a “great job” as the host of the music industry’s night of nights.

Imbruglia has described Johns as the “love of her life” in the past.

She made the moving statement during a November 2021 Spotify podcast series about his “cloudy life.”

Despite the acrimonious nature of their divorce, Imbruglia now views her ill-fated marriage to Johns as a gift.

The rocker, 43, posted the message during an Instagram Q&A session

She said on the Who is Daniel Johns? podcast: “He was the love of my life and I think over time you realize that’s really special and you look back on it fondly, and it’s not very often that you both feel that way about each other. ‘

Johns also had positive things to say about his ex-wife, insisting that their relationship just wasn’t working because they had different goals in life.

Johns met the pop star at age 19 and said Imbruglia taught him “how to be a man.”

Johns later admitted that the couple had not spoken to each other for a decade after they split.

Imbruglia has described Johns as the “love of her life” in the past. The couple (pictured) were married between 2003 and 2008

“We’re friends now,” he said in an interview with The Project last year.

Imbruglia met the rocker at an awards ceremony in 1999 and they married four years later on New Year’s Eve at a beachside ceremony in Queensland.

As time went on, they became the subject of divided rumors, in part because of the length of time they spent apart.

Johns has always had positive things to say about his ex-wife, insisting their relationship just wasn’t working because they had different goals in life

Imbruglia wrote her 2005 hit Counting Down the Days about their long-distance relationship and often spoke of how she missed Johns.

Speculation about the breakup intensified after Johns failed to thank his then-wife when collecting Silverchair’s five gongs at the ARIA Awards in October 2007.

After their split, Natalie was linked to British comedian David Walliams, actor David Schwimmer, One Direction star Harry Styles and even Prince Harry, among others.

The singer, best known for her 1997 hit Torn, welcomed her first child, son Max, through IVF and a sperm donor in October 2019, at the age of 44.

Johns, who rarely discusses his love life, was most recently romantically linked to model Michelle Leslie. They even sparked engagement rumors in 2019 but later broke up.

Imbruglia met the rocker at an awards ceremony in 1999 and they married four years later on New Year’s Eve at a beachside ceremony in Queensland.