Nicole Kidman’s heartbreaking words about her love for ‘crush’ Keith Urban have resurfaced following the news she has filed for divorce after 19 years of marriage.
The pair have dominated headlines since news of their break-up emerged this week, along with a wave of speculation about what went wrong between them.
But Nicole, 58, never intended for her marriage to end, and had always planned to grow old with Keith, 57.
In 2009, Nicole told Access Hollywood: ‘I want to be in love for the rest of my life. I want to be an old woman still married to Keith, and looking back going, “what a lovely, lovely journey together.”‘
Elsewhere, speaking to Ellen DeGeneres on her chat show in 2017, Nicole recalled: ‘I had such a crush on Keith, and he wasn’t interested in me. He didn’t call me for four months.’
Nicole filed for divorce from her soon-to-be ex-husband on Tuesday, citing irreconcilable differences.
Nicole Kidman’s heartbreaking words about her love for ‘crush’ Keith Urban have resurfaced following the news she has filed for divorce after 19 years of marriage
In 2009, Nicole told Access Hollywood: ‘I want to be in love for the rest of my life. I want to be an old woman still married to Keith’
The Oscar winner and the musician have been kept apart of late due to their hectic filming and touring schedules.
An insider previously told the Daily Mail that Kidman was left ‘blindsided’ by the split – though it now appears she was the one to hammer the final nail into the coffin.
The former couple share daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.
Kidman was previously married to Tom Cruise, 63, for 11 years from 1990 to 2001 . They adopted two children together: Isabella, 32, and Connor, 30.
Those in Kidman’s circle say that merely the suggestion of him with someone else after their separation has been difficult for her to process.
The Australian actress and Urban were last seen together publicly in June this year, when they were pictured attending a FIFA World Cup match in Nashville, Tennessee.
The country star has been away for much of the year on his High and Alive World Tour. He is due to perform in Hershey, Pennsylvania on Thursday.
Kidman and the children have remained in Nashville, where the couple own a $4million compound.
The pair have dominated headlines since news of their break-up emerged this week, along with a wave of speculation about what went wrong between them
In July, Urban hinted at trouble in the marriage when he abruptly hung up during a radio interview following a crude question about Kidman’s raunchy scenes in Babygirl and A Family Affair.
For her part, and while promoting her Netflix series The Perfect Couple back in September last year, Kidman admitted there was no such thing as a ‘perfect’ marriage.
‘There’s no perfect anything,’ she said, ‘anything that’s presented as perfect… forget it.’
Earlier that year, Kidman said she was ‘so lucky’ to have met the singer.
‘I’m so lucky that I have Keith who’s just my love, my deep, deep love,’ she told People magazine.
‘I’m so lucky that I have Keith… that gives me the ability to go and do whatever I have to do because I know where I can come back,’ she added.
The news of their split comes just weeks after Kidman marked nearly two decades of marriage with Urban by sharing a heartfelt tribute to the country star on their 19th wedding anniversary.
To mark the occasion, the Big Little Lies star posted a tender black and white photo of the couple sharing a quiet moment backstage at one of his shows.
In the image, the Oscar winner can be seen with one arm draped lovingly over her husband’s shoulders as he held her hand.
Nicole Kidman has requested to become the primary residential parent of her daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14, (seen second and third left in 2024), amid their divorce
The happy couple both closed their eyes as Kidman rested her forehead against Urban’s head.
‘Happy Anniversary Baby @KeithUrban,’ she captioned the post, which received more than 25,023 likes in less than an hour.
Within minutes, the Somebody Like You hitmaker commented a single red heart emoji.
The pair wed back in 2006 during a traditional Catholic ceremony at the Cardinal Cerretti Chapel in her hometown of Sydney.
Kidman and Urban married five years after her split from actor Cruise.
She welcomed Sunday in July 2008 and Faith via surrogate two years later.
