nicole kidman's low-key romance with her
second husband keith urban
might seem completely normal from the
outside but they're also superstars in
their respective fields so their normal
isn't exactly the status quo here are
the strange things about nicole kidman
and keith urban's marriage
nicole kidman and keith urban first met
in january 2005 at the g'day la gala the
country music star told people two years
later
though he described their first meeting
as divine it apparently took him a long
time to act on such strong feelings
during a 2013 appearance on the ellen
degeneres show kidman revealed that she
didn't know what urban was feeling after
their real-life
meet-cute i'm like you didn't love me at
first sight you didn't notice me and
he's like yes i did but i just didn't
let on but we kind of met and then about
four months later he called me
to say their relationship moved quickly
once urban got the nerve to call however
would be an understatement in fact
kidman told wsj magazine that she knew
she was in love with
urban during a very specific moment
while on vacation in woodstock new york
urban took kidman on a ride on his
harley-davidson their destination a
romantic picnic spot as kidman recalled
i was a goner i mean come on the couple
wed in june
2006. kidman knows the pacing of their
romance is
unconventional but she wouldn't have it
any other way
she said in an interview with elle i
kind of like getting married and then
getting to know each other i know that
it sounds incredibly strange but to me
it's a more natural process keith urban
and nicole kidman share one of the most
enduring marriages in hollywood but it
almost didn't happen
by the time they married in june 2006
the country singer already had a few
stints in rehab for drug and alcohol
abuse under his belt
and by that october he was back in
treatment but luckily his new wife stood
by his side and changed his life
urban admitted to rolling stone in 2016.
i caused the implosion of my fresh
marriage
it survived but it's a miracle it did i
was spiritually awoken with her i used
the expression i was born into her and
that's how i feel
and for the first time in my life i
could shake off the shackles of
addiction
rehab is of course a normal and
important step for anyone to take on
their journey towards sobriety but also
it's an understandably rough issue to
reckon with in any marriage let alone so
young
urban told people quote it was very very
hard to have to have her go through that
for her part kidman reportedly left film
promotion duties to be by her husband's
side but explained in an interview with
people's just kegel that it took her
time to realize that she couldn't save
urban
he had to save himself and at some point
you just have to say i love you and i'm
here
when you decide to do the work nicole
kidman and keith urban often have to be
apart for work but in the age of the
internet
they've both admitted that they don't
often type to keep in touch while away
kidman once told du jour that she
doesn't let technology rule her life
one way she reportedly does that is by
rarely if ever texting her husband
she also explained to vanity fair that
these restrictions on the use of
technology apply to the couple's young
daughters
sunday rose and faith margaret kidman
told the magazine quote they don't have
a phone and i don't allow them to have
an instagram
as for these kiddos famous parents
kidman and urban still keep the romance
alive
without screens don't worry as kidman
put it to du jour
mainly we say i want to hear your voice
that's very unusual but we've been
together for 10 years we started like
that and we haven't changed it we don't
email each other so it's about trying to
keep it as
intimate and personal as possible how
intimate do you ask while speaking
within style in 2014
kidman said for every single night he's
away he leaves me a love letter
every single night of our relationship
it's all a bit
swoon-worthy isn't it keith urban and
nicole kidman are in love there's no
denying that
but people who find love can be lonely
individuals and both the singer and
the actress have admitted that they have
that trait in them kidman told vanity
fair in 2007
i think we were two lonely people i
would probably say that two very lonely
people managed to meet at a time when
they could open themselves to each other
we were a mixture of frightened and
brave she later admitted to 60 minutes
australia that her shyness is very real
a-list movie star or not
but i won't even like i hate calling
somebody on the telephone that i don't
know
meanwhile urban admitted to people that
similar emotions led him to drugs and
alcohol in the first place
when he moved to nashville back in 1992
he explained
drugs were how he dealt with a sense of
loneliness until kidman came along
urban said definitely we both met each
other exactly at the right time
she said early on that she wanted to be
brave with me i feel there was something
else at work bringing us together and
then just continuing to watch over us
nicole kidman is one of the biggest
actresses in the world and keith urban
is a country music superstar but their
daughters sunday rose and faith margaret
have
very little interest in their famous
parents careers their eldest in
particular has been the subject of a few
funny interviews
even though the whole family sometimes
travels together when urban tours he
admitted to 60 minutes australia in 2019
that both of his children
are not really interested in watching
him strut his stuff on stage
similarly kidman previously revealed
that she wanted to share both of the
emmys she won for big little lies with
her daughters letting each have one on
display in their bedrooms
as she mentioned during an appearance on
jimmy kimmel live that plan didn't quite
work out
okay i can put one on your shelf sunday
and one on your shelf eighth and they're
yours
and sunday didn't want it she did it no
she's i want to earn my own
sundae may be well on her way before the
premiere of big little lies second
season
kidman revealed on the ellen degeneres
show that both of her daughters were
extras in the series
but what's their favorite role that
would be kidman's performance in
aquaman she joked to ellen degeneres
quote that's the only thing that gives
me any credibility with them
nicole kidman shares two adopted
children with ex-husband
tom cruise isabella and connor cruz
while the children have remained with
the church of scientology post-divorce
the actress decidedly did not
and sometimes when one breaks from this
church they are labeled as a suppressive
person and are essentially meant to be
estranged from people still involved
with the church
in her 2015 book troublemaker surviving
hollywood and scientology
leah remini who's dedicated part of her
career to letting fellow
ex-scientologists tell their stories
wrote that kidman was labeled an sp
while recounting a car ride remini once
took with the cruise children
she asked if they had seen kidman
isabella reportedly answered harshly
quote not if i have a choice the public
has also noticed signs of this alleged
tension like when kidman omitted her
eldest children from her 2017 emmy
speech
thankfully there are also signs that
these relationships are healing
kidman told who magazine in 2018 they
are able to make their own decisions
they have made choices to be
scientologists and as a mother it's my
job
to love them in case you need the
reminder nicole kidman is quite the
accomplished actor
she has dozens of on-screen credits and
countless awards
including an oscar under her belt but
early in their marriage keith urban
confessed that he hadn't seen many of
her films
he explained to people in 2007 that his
lack of knowledge of her film work was
helpful for the beginning of their
relationship
and it's also come in handy for the
times when they're apart he said
the great part is i'll be on tour and
getting to the point where i'm really
missing her badly
i'll get on the bus after the show and
we'll drive over to the next town and
i'm fooling around with the tv
and there will be a movie of hers on
cable so i get to see her i just see her
and i can see all her mannerisms and it
makes me feel like i'm watching a little
home movie
that's definitely an unconventional way
to fill a void but it's also very sweet
after 14 years of marriage we hope that
keith urban has seen
at least the majority of nicole kidman's
films but one project we know the
country music star has watched is big
little lies
because kidman told w magazine that he
was disturbed by the hbo series material
honestly we can relate but urban's
reasoning is
actually sweet and a sentiment probably
only a lover could have
kidman whose character in the show is
stuck in an abusive marriage explained
he says that when he hears me scream or
cry from a certain place in my soul it's
almost like it goes straight into him
and he has a visceral reaction
immediately because his brain and his
heart doesn't discern between acting in
real life
they're the same sounds for him it
throws him we hope urban figures out the
difference soon because kidman gets some
very intense roles and her husband
deserves to be entertained by them
not emotionally disturbed maybe it's
just an inevitable reaction from this
devoted family man
two australian superstars meeting and
falling in love in the united states is
an
odd enough love story in and of itself
but keith urban's career as a country
music singer adds an
extra twist to everything it has brought
one nicole kidman to nashville
and she's perfectly content there kidman
told in style in 2014
i'm very country at heart i have a real
desire to be outdoors a desire for
simplicity
a slightly slower relaxed approach to
life a community not a big city feel
that's what i grew up with and it's what
i prefer she's also open about the fact
that her kids
sunday and faith have mixed southern
aussie accidents
keith urban and nicole kidman have been
married for well over a decade and
they've always been honest about how
their struggles have strengthened their
union
urban told hit's daily double i had such
a learning curve in her marriage when
she'd get scared i'd think she was angry
then i'd get defensive go tearing out of
the driveway at 90 miles an hour
thankfully he's since learned to stay
close to kidman in their tough times and
was a major support for her when her
father
suddenly died in 2014. the event she
said shattered her beyond belief and it
was only thanks to her husband that she
was able to get back up and face life
again
she told cbs sunday morning that urban
walked off stage right before a show in
order to come back and be with her when
she called him
devastated and in tears he was about to
go on stage and he walked off stage
and he got on a plane he'd just gotten
there
he flew six hours and he was right back
yet in hollywood
14 years of intimate devotion like that
unfortunately doesn't stop divorce
rumors kidman and urban have even had to
start explaining them to their daughters
urban describes the tricky situation
during an appearance on the kyle and
jackie osho
saying they don't quite understand and
they go why are they saying that and you
go because it sells
it sells magazines it's the only reason
they're doing it that part of it is
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