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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute celebrating Nicole Kidman at Dolby Theatre on April 27, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images)Getty Images<\/p>\nNicole Kidman and Keith Urban attend the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute celebrating Nicole Kidman at Dolby Theatre on April 27, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty Images)Getty Images<\/p>\n
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban<\/a> are separating after 19 years of marriage.<\/p>\n According to TMZ<\/a>, People<\/a>, and E! News<\/a>, the decision was not mutual, with Urban being the one who wanted to separate. A source told TMZ they have been living apart \u201csince the beginning of summer.\u201d<\/p>\n However, a little over a year ago, Urban had nothing but kind words for Kidman, with whom he shares daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.<\/p>\n In June 2024, Kidman won the Life Achievement Award at the 49th American Film Institute (AFI) Awards. During the show, Urban honored Kidman with a heartwarming tribute where he praised her strength for sticking with him after he revealed he \u201cblew [their] marriage to smithereens.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe got married in June 2006 and barely four months into our marriage, my addictions \u2026 that I\u2019d done really nothing about, blew our marriage to smithereens,\u201d Urban said, revealing he went to get help.<\/p>\n \u201cFour months into a marriage, I\u2019m in rehab for three months,\u201d he said. \u201cI had no idea what was going to happen to us \u2026 and if you want to see what love in action really looks like, give that a whirl,\u201d he continued. \u201cNic pushed through every negative voice, I\u2019m sure even some of her own, and she chose love. And here we are tonight, 18 years later.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued to gush over Kidman, noting that she is a romantic to her core. \u201cShe\u2019s raw, but resilient; she\u2019s serious and a complete goofball. She also has a bit of a mantra, \u2018Choose love.\u2019\u201d Urban added: \u201cShe has the capacity to love like no one I\u2019ve ever met.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking ahead to the future, Urban noted in his speech that, \u201cNext year will be 20 years that I\u2019ve been madly in love with you.\u201d<\/p>\n In June, they celebrated their 19-year wedding anniversary and two decades together as a couple. Given TMZ\u2019s report that the pair had been living separately since the beginning of the summer, however, it\u2019s unclear if they were still under the same roof on their anniversary.<\/p>\n To mark the occasion, Kidman shared a sweet post<\/a> to Instagram on June 25. \u201cHappy Anniversary Baby,\u201d she wrote with a heart emoji, alongside a black and white photo of her lovingly leaning on Urban\u2019s shoulder. The \u201cSomebody Like You\u201d singer did not post on social media for their anniversary, though he had celebrated the milestone the year before.<\/p>\n During Urban\u2019s tribute to Kidman at the AFI Awards, he also recounted their first meeting, which coincidentally was at a different award show in January 2005. Urban claimed that he \u201cfelt like he was meeting a real-life princess,\u201d and explained how nervous he was to call her after they met. When he finally did, Urban noted they \u201ctalked and talked like they\u2019d known each other their whole lives.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt turns out that this mystic creature was really just a wide-eyed vivacious giddy girl from the Sydney suburbs and despite being born in Honolulu, she was utterly Aussie through and through,\u201d he said, nodding to their shared culture.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n