Keith Urban's friends not surprised by Nicole Kidman split
Keith Urban's friends were not surprised by his split from Nicole Kidman because they had been leading separate lives for some time.
Keith Urban's friends were not surprised by his split from Nicole Kidman.
The 57-year-old country singer is reported to have separated from the Babygirl actress after 19 years of marriage, and while fans around the world were stunned by the news, those closest to the Let It Roll hitmaker felt it was only a matter of time.
A source told People magazine it "really hasn’t been a secret" that Nicole, 58, and Keith have "been living separately for a while now.”
The insider added: “People close to Keith felt like the split was kind of inevitable."
Meanwhile, Nicole - who has daughters Sunday, 17, and Faith, 14, with Keith, and Bella, 32, and 30-year-old Conor from her marriage to Tom Cruise - is said to be leaning on her sister, Antonia Kidman, for support.
Another source told the outlet: “Nicole’s sister has been a rock, and the entire Kidman family has come together to support one another."
Despite friends not being shocked by the separation, other insiders insisted divorce isn't inevitable.
One told Daily Mail online: "Keith never sees Nicole, either she is filming or he is on tour. There was a lot of love between the two and they might not divorce, but there is a world that they both live where neither of them are in it.
“Keith and Nicole have been together for decades and there is a world which they can reconcile, but the way their pairing is now, it is not a couple.”
Nicole and Keith were last photographed together in May 2025 at the Academy of Country Music Awards, where they appeared affectionate on the red carpet.
They were also seen in June at a soccer match in Nashville.
In July, Keith walked out of a radio interview after being asked about the Moulin Rouge actress' explicit scenes in films including Babygirl and A Family Affair.
In September 2024, Nicole told E! News that “there’s no perfect anything” when asked about her marriage in the context of her Netflix drama The Perfect Couple.
She said: “Anything that’s presented as perfect… forget it.”
But months before then, the Practical Magic star spoke of how "lucky" she felt to have Keith.
She said: “I’m so lucky that I have Keith who’s just my love, my deep, deep love. 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.”
