{"id":2061370,"date":"2025-10-01T05:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T05:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2061370"},"modified":"2025-10-01T05:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T05:17:06","slug":"keith-urban-admits-he-nearly-blew-up-nicole-kidman-marriage-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/keith-urban-admits-he-nearly-blew-up-nicole-kidman-marriage-celebrity-news-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Urban admits he nearly &#8216;blew up&#8217; Nicole Kidman marriage &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Just one year before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/185594\/nicole-kidman-keith-urban-divorce-reason\">they announced their split<\/a>, Keith Urban opened up about the early challenges in his marriage to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Nicole Kidman\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/nicole-kidman\">Nicole Kidman<\/a> at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala.<\/p>\n<p>During a heartfelt speech honoring his wife, Urban reflected on a period when his personal struggles threatened to derail their relationship. \u201cWe got married in June 2006 and barely four months into our marriage, my addictions\u2026that I\u2019d done really nothing about, blew our marriage to smithereens,\u201d Urban said onstage in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Los Angeles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/los-angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour months into a marriage, I\u2019m in rehab for three months. I had no idea what was going to happen to us\u2026and if you want to see what love in action really looks like, give that a whirl. Nic pushed through every negative voice, I\u2019m sure even some of her own and she chose love. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/185574\/nicole-kidman-unhappy-keith-urban-blindsided\">And here we are tonight<\/a>, 18 years later,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kidman who was AFI\u2019s guest of honor that night, reportedly wept as her husband spoke. The couple attended the tribute with their daughters, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the thing about Nic, she loves life,\u201d Urban continued. \u201cI\u2019ve actually never met anyone who has such a passion for being alive. She knows the importance of expressing feelings, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>They welcomed daughter Sunday Rose in 2008, and Faith Margaret arrived via surrogate two years later. Kidman is also the mother of Isabella and Connor, whom she adopted with ex-husband <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Tom Cruise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/tom-cruise\">Tom Cruise.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite their separation, the pair have maintained public appearances together. They were last seen side by side at a FIFA Club World Cup 2025 game in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 20. Kidman also marked their anniversary on Instagram that same month.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Kidman had previously discussed her marriage to Urban, saying, \u201cWe\u2019re always working through stuff, but it\u2019s very much love-based, so there\u2019s an enormous amount of give and take. I want him to have the best life he can have, and he responds the same way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.the-express.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just one year before they announced their split, Keith Urban opened up about the early challenges in his marriage to Nicole Kidman at the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award Gala. 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