Nicole Kidman has been accused of lying by fans after bizarrely claiming her viral 2001 Tom Cruise divorce celebration meme was a scene from a movie.
Kidman, 57, and Cruise, 62, were married from 1990-2001 – with a photographer capturing an iconic snap of Kidman raising her arms and screaming in elation as she left her attorney’s office when her divorce was finalized in 2001.
Kidman has now denied it was a celebration , telling British GQ: ‘That’s not true… That was not me. That was from a film. That wasn’t real life. I know that image!’ – but did not specify which film she was shooting at the time.
However fans on social media have been doing detective work to track down the mystery film scene without success – and have now accused Kidman of lying about the iconic snap.
One fan wrote: ‘nicole kidman straight up lying about that one picture post finalizing her divorce gets funnier every time.’
Another penned: ‘ok I just did a deep dive on this and not only does she not specify which movie it was, none of her legions of fans even have a hypothesis as to which movie it could have been. so I feel comfortable concluding that she’s lying and it really is a post-divorce paparazzi shot.’
Nicole Kidman has been accused of lying by fans after bizarrely claiming her viral 2001 Tom Cruise divorce celebration meme was a scene from a movie – pictured 1997
Kidman, 57, and Cruise, 62, were married from 1990-2001 – with a photographer capturing an iconic snap of Kidman raising her arms as she left her attorney’s office when her divorce was finalized in 2001 – she has now claimed this was actually a movie scene
Others wrote: ”I’m fascinated by this because it’s such an easily disprovable lie.’
‘I can’t remember a movie where she went totally barefaced and wigless.
‘I’d also lie about this. Like don’t mention my ex he does not exist. Only movies exist.’
‘I LOOKED FOR EVIDENCE. THIS IS NOT FROM A MOVIE.’
Another wildly penned that Kidman’s claim was to do with Cruise’s Scientology beliefs, writing: ‘my theory abt nicole kidman lying about that pic is that she’s likely being harassed by scientologists and prob wants to lessen it but idk’
Kidman and Cruise met in 1990 when the two were cast together in Days of Thunder, a film about motor-racing.
She was 23 at the time and, coming from Australia, was unknown in Hollywood. That all changed when the stars sparked a real-life romance during the filming.
After 12 years of marriage, Tom walked out on his wife in 2001, leaving her in a state of ‘utter shock.’ He filed for divorce that same year, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’.
They adopted two children during their marriage – Bella, 32 and Connor, 29.
Kidman has now denied it was a celebration , telling British GQ : ‘That’s not true… That was not me. That was from a film. That wasn’t real life. I know that image!’ – but did not specify which film she was shooting at the time’ – pictured November 2024
One fan wrote: ‘nicole kidman straight up lying about that one picture post finalizing her divorce gets funnier every time’
Another wildly penned that Kidman’s claim was to do with Cruise’s Scientology beliefs
After 12 years of marriage, Tom walked out on his wife in 2001, leaving her in a state of ‘utter shock.’ He filed for divorce that same year, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ – pictured 2001
According to reports, the real reason for him abandoning her was due to her refusal to join the Church of Scientology.
In 2012, Nicole opened up about her painful split in an interview with DuJour Magazine.
‘I thought our life together was perfect. It took me a very long time to heal. It was a shock to my system,’ she said.
‘We were in a bubble, just the two of us. We became very dependent on one another. I was reeling with Tom,’ she told the outlet. ‘I would have gone to the ends of the earth for him…. I was totally smitten – I fell madly, passionately in love.’
Looking back, she told the outlet that she was ‘naïve’ to think that Tom was her happily ever after.
Last year it was rumored that Tom ‘skipped’ the Oscars to ‘avoid an awkward run-in’ with Nicole.
Insiders said the Top Gun: Maverick star was not at the ceremony due to his ex-wife being there – following their bitter divorce over 20 years ago.
Tom’s movie was nominated for six awards, including the coveted Best Picture Award.
A source told DailyMail.com: ‘Tom was not there because she was there, and he did not want a run-in.’
However, sources close to Tom claimed his absence was ‘not personal’ and was nothing more than scheduling difficulties, though they did not reply specifically to the claim that it was connected to Nicole’s presence.
Tom and his ex-wife haven’t been seen at the same event for years.
Kidman has been married to Keith Urban since 2006 and the pair share two daughters (pictured last month)
Nicole – who walked the Oscars red carpet with her country singer husband Keith before packing on serious PDA during the show – as notably absent from Oscars luncheon that was attended by her Scientologist ex the month prior.
Tom was seen embracing Steven Spielberg during the February 13 luncheon, as the director was heard on video telling he action star that Maverick had ‘saved Hollywood’s a**’ by bringing audiences back to theaters.
Kidman is married to Keith Urban – with whom she shares two daughters – while Cruise wed Katie Holmes and welcomed daughter Suri before their split in 2012.
