Nicole Kidman’s family are said to be helping the actress with her shock split from Keith Urban, with her younger sister Antonia being described as her ‘rock’
Nicole Kidman’s family are said to be rallying around her as she comes to terms with her split from Keith Urban. The couple are said to be divorcing after 19 years of marriage.
And it’s claimed the outcome is not one the 58-year-old actress was wanting. However, it’s said the duo’s close circle felt the outcome was “inevitable” with the couple splitting three months after their 19th wedding anniversary.
Now, with the couple going their separate ways, it’s said Nicole’s sister is being her “rock” throughout it all. “Nicole’s sister has been a rock, and the entire Kidman family has come together to support one another,” a source said.
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The insider revealed to People how younger sibling Antonia had been by her sister’s side. And a source added to the publication: “She [Nicole] didn’t want this. She has been fighting to save the marriage.”
Despite claims that it was “inevitable”, some say the decision blindsided the actress.
A source told the press. “She was blindsided. ut we shall see how things go during the holiday season and his upcoming birthday. They have some work to do.”
When news of their separation broke, it was claimed they had already been living separately for months. Sources have claimed that Keith got his own home in Nashville, while Nicole recently spent a lot of time in the UK during the filming of the Practical Magic sequel.
While the specific reason for their split is not yet known, a source told the Daily Mail that Keith was unhappy and had to “call her out” on that. “The intimacy isn’t there, they are just going through the motions [of being married],” they said.
“If this separation gets them back together, that would be amazing, but Keith had to call her out that he isn’t happy.”
Nicole and Keith married in 2006 after Nicole met the country singer the year before at the G’Day USA Gala. She later told Ellen DeGeneres in 2017: “I had such a crush on him, and he wasn’t interested in me.
“It’s true! He didn’t call me for four months.” However, Keith gushed in an interview with CBS News in 2016. “Meeting her and getting married wasn’t life-changing, it was life-beginning.”
They tied the knot at St. Patrick’s Estate in Sydney, Australia in 2006. Shortly after marrying, Keith was checked into the Betty Ford Center to seek help for alcohol addiction.
He told Rolling Stone in 2014 that he was “very, very blessed” to have Nicole stage an intervention for him. He was later released from treatment after three months and the couple moved to Nashville.
They welcomed their first daughter – Sunday Rose – in 2008 and had a second two years later – named Faith – via gestational surrogacy.
Before meeting Keith, Nicole married to fellow actor Tom Cruise from 1990 until 2001. The couple adopted daughter Bella in 1993 and son Connor a few years later.
The Mirror has approached Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s representatives for comment.
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