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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Separate After 19 Years of Marriage

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are separating after 19 years of marriage, People reports.

The outlet confirmed the news on September 29, shortly after TMZ first reported the separation. TMZ also claims that the couple has been living apart since the beginning of the summer.

According to People’s source, the decision to split was not a mutual one. “[Nicole] didn’t want this,” the source said. “She has been fighting to save the marriage.”

The same source added that Kidman’s sister, Antonia, “has been a rock and the entire Kidman family has come together to support one another.”

Kidman, 58, and Urban, 57, appeared to be one of the most solid couples in Hollywood, often showing up to support each other at awards ceremonies for their respective industries. Most recently, on May 8, Kidman attended the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards alongside Urban, who was honoured with the ACM Triple Crown Award. While accepting the prestigious award on stage, Urban gave Kidman a sweet shout out: “My wife Nicole is here tonight, I love you, baby.”

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Separate After 19 Years of Marriage

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A few weeks later, on June 20, they were spotted at a FIFA Club World Cup match in Nashville, Tennessee. Then, on June 25, Kidman toasted the couple’s anniversary on social media. “Happy Anniversary Baby,” she wrote alongside a black-and-white photo of the two snuggling close. The pose is a familiar one, as they’re often photographed entwined. These two are not afraid of a little PDA.

Unlike many celebrity couples, they’ve also been incredibly frank about their intimate life. In a 2013 interview with Ellen DeGeneres, for example, Urban said he and Kidman mostly communicate via phone calls, save for a “maybe one cool kind of, you know, a year. One of those kinds of texts, yes, one of those ones with the accompanying photo,” he said. When pressed by DeGeneres, he clarified, “Nice sex texting.”

Neither Nicole Kidman or Keith Urban have addressed the exact reason for their split after nearly two decades of marriage. However, the timing coincides with a July 1 incident in which Urban appeared to exit a radio interview after the hosts asked how he felt about Kidman’s intimate on-screen moments. (A source later told People, “Keith did not hang up, period. He doesn’t host his Zoom interviews.”)

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban first met in 2005 and wed a year later in June 2006. They have two daughters together, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14. Both daughters have begun accompanying their mom to industry events, and Sunday made her modelling debut earlier this year walking for Miu Miu.

Nicole Kidman was previously married to Tom Cruise from 1990 to 2001, with whom she shares two adopted children, Isabella and Connor.


This article originally appeared on GLAMOUR (US).

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