Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban separate after nearly 20 years of marriage
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- Oscar winner Nicole Kidman and country star Keith Urban have split after nearly 20 years of marriage.
- The couple has been living apart since summer, with Kidman reportedly fighting to save their relationship.
- Urban remains on his world tour while Kidman cares for their two teenage daughters at home.
Heartbreak doesn’t feel so good in a place like this. Longtime Hollywood power couple Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have gone their separate ways, The Times has confirmed.
The Oscar-winning actor and the country music star separated and have been living “apart since the beginning of the summer,” TMZ reported Monday. A source told People that Kidman “has been fighting to save the marriage.”
Representatives for Kidman, 58, and Urban, 57, did not respond immediately Monday to requests for comment.
Beloved AMC Theatres spokesperson Kidman and Grammy winner Urban tied the knot in June 2006 and share two teenage daughters who have been under the actor’s care “since Keith has been gone,” TMZ reported. The “Blue Ain’t Your Color” musician has been on the road for his High and Alive world tour, which launched in May. After the American leg of the tour concludes in Nashville in October, he will bring his music overseas beginning in March.
Nicole Kidman got “protection” from her marriage to Tom Cruise in the 1990s, she says — protection from the sexual harassment experienced by many of her Hollywood peers.
Kidman celebrated 19 years of marriage to Urban on social media in June, sharing a black-and-white photo of them backstage. “Happy Anniversary Baby,” she captioned the tender Instagram photo. Urban, who did not post an anniversary photo to the grid, has mainly used his Instagram to promote his musical endeavors in recent months. In May, he shared photos of him and Kidman celebrating his win at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
The Australian stars married in an intimate ceremony in Sydney. Kidman was previously married to “Mission: Impossible” action star Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001. Kidman is Urban’s first wife.
It’s currently unclear whether the spouses will file for divorce.
