Keith Urban is said to have kept tight-lipped about his personal struggles for months as he filmed a brand new TV show, The Road.
The country music star and Nicole Kidman sent shockwaves through Hollywood when they revealed their separation last month after 19 years of marriage. The Oscar-winning star Nicole petitioned for divorce, stating the marriage had “suffered irreconcilable differences.”
The pair, who wed in Sydney in 2006 following their first encounter at a Los Angeles gathering in 2005, are parents to two daughters, aged 17 and 14.
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Word of their breakup stunned the entertainment industry as the power couple were frequently regarded as one of the most solid partnerships in show business. However, it appears the divorce also caught Keith’s co-stars off guard, with whom he worked alongside from February to April this year.
Keith and Nicole had already separated and were residing separately before their breakup became public knowledge. This year, the performer participated in the new CBS series The Road, which chronicles 12 country music artists touring across Texas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, reports the Mirror.
Singer-songwriter Billie Jo Jones has now revealed she was completely unaware of what Keith was experiencing during their collaborative period. She revealed to the Daily Mail, “You wouldn’t even know that he was going through anything because he definitely pushed personal stuff aside and was business professional the entire time, which is what a true artist should be and should be doing.”
During the opening episode of the series, Keith reflected on life touring away from Nicole and their two children.
He confessed, “It’s a calling, and you’re going to do it or you’re not going to make it. When you wake up on a tour bus at 3.30 in the morning and you’re sick as a dog, you’re in the middle of nowhere, and you’ve got to play your fifth show later that night.
“And you haven’t slept, and you miss your friends, and you’re missing your family, and you’re completely lonely and miserable and sick – and you say to yourself, ‘Why am I doing this? The only answer can be: Because this is what I’m born to do.”
Keith has persisted with touring despite news of his separation from Nicole as he continues his High and Alive World Tour.
Earlier this month, he returned to the stage for the first time since the divorce announcement, performing at the Giant Centre in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Nevertheless, he made a striking adjustment to his setlist when he performed The Fighter, a 2016 hit which he had previously described as being written for Nicole.
Keith had consistently performed the song during previous tours, with the lyrics featuring, “When they’re tryna get to you, baby I’ll be the fighter,” which supporters had long connected to his Oscar-winning wife.
A viral clip revealed the performer altering the lyrics of The Fighter to incorporate his fiddle player Maggie Baugh’s name, crooning, “Maggie, I’ll be your fighter.”
Maggie, who performs as part of his touring ensemble, reshared the footage with the caption, “Did he just say that?”
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