‘It’s new every time’

Nicole Kidman reflects on divorces from Keith Urban, Tom Cruise

Hollywood star Nicole Kidman has opened up about her divorces from musician Keith Urban and Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, recalling how she was warned that marrying one of Hollywood's biggest stars could overshadow her own career.

In a new interview with an international magazine, the 59-year-old reflected on navigating two divorces under intense media scrutiny, saying her split from Urban had been a particularly difficult period but also forced her to confront an uncertain future.

“There was a point where I was very fearful and deeply vulnerable, which is exposing. And then at the same time (I’m) going, ‘Well, I can either really not confront it and just curl up, or I can just go forward with an enormous amount of hope’,” Kidman said.

Kidman married Urban in 2006. She filed for divorce in September 2025, citing marital difficulties and irreconcilable differences, with the separation finalised out of court by January, according to the report.

“But at the same time I’m like, ‘OK, I didn’t expect this. I had a different view of what my life was going to be, but this is what it is now’,” she added.

“You make all these plans and you have all these ideas of what it’s all going to be like and then it’s... not. You have to adjust. You adapt. The future, it’s completely unknown to me right now,” she rued.

Asked whether her first divorce had helped her prepare for the scrutiny surrounding her split from Urban, Kidman said each experience felt different.

“It’s all new. Every time!” she said.

Kidman was 23 when she married Cruise in 1990, while the actor was 28. The couple divorced in 2001.

Recalling the beginning of their relationship, Kidman said she had been deeply in love and did not want her career to influence her decision to marry Cruise.

“Suddenly I was 22, 23 years old and I had this huge movie star husband. But it just seemed completely natural. We just fell madly in love and it was that simple,” she concluded.