One of Hollywood’s famous couples have called it quits. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have reportedly split after 19 years of marriage.
Urban had been married to Nicole Kidman since 2006. The two met in 2005, and though Kidman was instantly charmed, Urban didn’t call her back for months. “I had such a crush on him and he wasn’t interested in me. It’s true!” Kidman told Ellen DeGeneres in 2017. “He didn’t call me for four months.”
The ex-couple share two daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14. Urban gushed about his relationship to CBS News in 2016, saying, “Meeting [Nicole] and getting married wasn’t life-changing, it was life-beginning. It was literally, like, ‘Okay, life starts.” Kidman, meanwhile, told CBS Mornings in 2022, “I met him later in life and it’s been the best thing that’s ever happened to me. That man is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”
Why did Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban break up?
The exact reasoning behind Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s breakup hasn’t been revealed. However, it didn’t seem like it was a mutual split “She didn’t want this,” a source told People. “She has been fighting to cut the marriage.”
“Nicole’s sister has been a rock and the entire Kidman family has come together to support one another,” the source continued.
TMZ was the first to report about the breakup with sources saying that the ex-couple have been living apart “since the beginning of summer.”
E! News reported that Urban was trying to be a resident of Portugal earlier in the summer. “Keith was unable to be in Portugal for this appointment as he is currently on tour in the U.S.,” the source explained, “and it is mandatory for applicants to be physically present in order to apply for the visa. He is scheduled to submit his application at a later date that works with his tour schedule.”
In July 2025, Keith Urban was hung up on a “very tricky … deeply personal” question about Nicole Kidman’s sex scenes with Zac Efron in A Family Affair on Mix 102.3’s “Hayley & Max in the Morning” show.. The singer “disconnected from Zoom” according to a producer on the show, to Page Six.
A source told New Idea earlier in the year that Keith was worried about his wife’s work ethic. “It’s extraordinary. Not even a month later and already she’s back on set. Keith isn’t angry, but he’s worried and understandably very frustrated,” the source claimed to the publication.
“He knows how much Nic loves her job, but she keeps moving the goal posts. Instead of putting herself first – something he and the kids need her to do – she’s putting work first every time.”
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