Keith Urban’s teenage daughters are reportedly refusing to meet his new girlfriend as they continue to rally around their mother, Nicole Kidman, following the couple’s divorce.
The former Aussie power couple, both 58, announced their separation in September last year, before quietly finalising their split earlier this month after nearly two decades of marriage.
Since then, speculation has swirled around the breakdown of the relationship, including claims Kidman felt “betrayed” by Urban, who has been rumoured to be dating a 26-year-old woman.
Now, it has been claimed that the pair’s daughters- Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 15- are “refusing to meet Urban’s new girlfriend”, choosing instead to prioritise their mother and their own emotional wellbeing.
“The girls are really focused on Mum right now,” a family friend told celebrity reporter Rob Shuter.
“They’re adjusting to all the changes, and it’s natural they want to protect their space.”
The insider added that the Blue Ain’t Your Colour singer is attempting to “balance his own life with his daughters’ needs.”
“He wants them to be comfortable, but the girls’ priority is their mum and their own well-being,” the source claimed.
Under the terms of the couple’s divorce settlement, Kidman is listed as the primary caregiver, with Sunday and Faith set to live with her for 306 days of the year.
Urban is expected to spend time with them “every other weekend”.
While the Moulin Rouge star has regularly shared glimpses of life with her daughters on social media since the split, Urban has remained notably quiet.
Earlier this week, it was reported that Urban had moved out of the family’s former marital home in Nashville, Tennessee, and is renovating a studio in the city’s Music Row precinct.
He is said to be working on new music while spending time with the new woman in his life- rumoured to be 26-year-old rising country singer Karley Scott Collins.
“I hear he [Urban] has someone, which is why the girls are publicly supporting Mum. People think they are even living together,” an insider told the Daily Mail.
“Look, teen girls love their dads, so there’s a reason they’re making it three against one.”
Urban and Scott Collins both appeared on the C2C Music Tour across the UK and Europe last year, shortly before he and Kidman announced their split.
Scott Collins was later invited to support Urban on his High and Alive US tour, which wrapped just weeks after news of the separation emerged.
However, after online speculation linking her to Urban intensified, Scott Collins shut down the rumours on Instagram, calling them “ridiculous”.
“Yall, this is absolutely RIDICULOUS and untrue,” she said.
Speculation about Urban’s love life has also included 25-year-old guitarist Maggie Baugh, who went viral in October after sharing a video of the country star serenading her on stage during a concert.