Nicole Kidman is discussing ‘taking risks’ and reflecting on past mistakes in a recent interview with Vogue, released Wednesday, amidst her divorce from long-standing partner Keith Urban.
‘Taking a risk is what I’ve always done,’ she shared. ‘You get back up and you try again and you learn.’
The 58-year-old has been thrust into the public eye after news of her separation from her musician husband, but she claims that the online attention does not concern her.
‘Literally walk away from it because it will fell you. It will destroy you,’ Kidman candidly shared.
Kidman did not specifically address the divorce during the interview. Instead, she appeared ‘wry, rueful, and uncertain’ when questioned about how she feels in her 50s.
‘How many times must you learn that you think you know your life’s path, and then it diverges unexpectedly?’ she pondered, emphasizing the value of loyal friendships.
She concluded: ‘There’s so much to discuss, and so little time to do it. About death, life, joy, grief, loss, intimacy, our purpose, and the nature of truth—does it even matter?’
Naturally, she also chatted about the more provocative roles she’s embraced throughout her career, noting her uncertainty about why she was often drawn to such roles.
Nicole Kidman is opening up ‘taking risks’ and the mistakes she has made in a new interview with with Vogue published Wednesday – in the midst of a divorce from longtime husband Keith Urban
The Hollywood star announced her separation from country star Urban, effectively drawing a line under their once rock-solid 19-year marriage
She told the outlet that in real life, she is in fact quite introverted, but shared: ‘Sex is an important part of our lives and is still, a lot of times, taboo, and it shouldn’t be.’
The Hollywood star announced her separation from country star Urban, effectively drawing a line under their once rock-solid 19-year marriage.
Kidman filed to end the marriage last Tuesday – citing irreconcilable differences – as a source claimed to the Daily Mail that Urban has already moved on with an unnamed female musician.
The well-placed Nashville music business PR source said: ‘The rumor is that he’s with a younger woman in the business.
‘It’s all everyone is talking about. Everyone wants to know who, but so far, that’s a mystery.’
Neither were seeking spousal support: the New Zealand-born Australian singer is worth an estimated $75 million; the Hawaiian-born Australian actress has earned over $250 million.
It then emerged that the pair had signed a parenting agreement over the summer, in which Kidman was granted primary custody of their teenage daughters – 306 days a year compared to a mere 59 days for Urban.
He is entitled to have the girls from 10am on Saturday until 6pm on Sunday, every other weekend. The holidays were also divided up: he gets every Father’s Day; she gets every Mother’s Day and Easter. Thanksgivings and Christmas switch from year to year.
‘Taking a risk is what I’ve always done,’ she told the outlet about her career trajectory thus far.
‘He isn’t going through a midlife crisis,’ another source close Kidman said. ‘He is going through changes in his personal and professional life, and they just happen to be happening all at once
Currently on his ‘High and Alive’ tour, on Friday he was performing in Connecticut, and on Saturday night in Virginia. This stretch of his world tour wraps up on October 17 in Nashville
He signed the contract on August 29; she inked the deal a week later, on September 6.
By Wednesday, the strain of being indoors with her thoughts became too much and Kidman went out for a hike with her journalist sister Antonia, 55. The pair were pictured in animated discussion on the streets close to Kidman’s Nashville home.
Urban on Thursday landed in Hershey, Pennsylvania – notably not wearing his wedding ring. He performed that night for the first time since the split was made public. Baugh sat the concert out.
Currently on his ‘High and Alive’ tour, on Friday he was performing in Connecticut, and on Saturday night in Virginia. This stretch of his world tour wraps up on October 17 in Nashville.
‘He isn’t going through a midlife crisis,’ another source close Kidman said. ‘He is going through changes in his personal and professional life, and they just happen to be happening all at once.
‘He is just going through a rough patch, and this will eventually pass, and he will make it on the other side.
‘He’s just fallen out of love with Nicole, and the decisions that have had to be made are ones that were and are important to him, as he knows that they aren’t getting back together.’
Now, Kidman has her work to take her mind off things. Current projects include producing the thriller ‘The Silent Wife,’ and developing the film ‘Love, Pain and the Whole Damn Thing.’
She attended the Chanel show at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday along with her daughters, dressed in a white button-down shirt and blue trousers.
In a video taken by Vogue magazine, Nicole spoke to the camera while preparing for the show, and said: ‘We’re getting ready for the Chanel show, I’m just very nervous.
She was asked, do you feel nervous? And she replied: ‘Yeah I do, I have my daughters coming with me.
‘But I’m very excited for Matthieu [Blazy] because this is a big moment for him, so to be able to celebrate him with his first show with Chanel is the beginning of an incredible journey together. It’s exciting, right’.
Nicole also touched on reconnecting with the brand, and said: ‘They asked me to become global ambassador for Chanel again, it feels like coming home – which is an amazing feeling.
‘I think Matthieu [Blazy] brings his essence to the house, so I’m so excited to be on a journey with him in this way and to be able to announce it to Vogue.’
