NZ Herald Chief Entertainment reporter reveals details about Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's divorce.
Nicole Kidman has filed divorce papers just a day after her split from Keith Urban was announced.
Court documents obtained by The New York Post show Kidman cited “irreconcilable differences” for the split.
A date of separation is listed as Tuesday, September 30.
The Australian star is seeking to bethe “primary residential parent” for her and Urban’s two children: Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14.
TMZ first reported on Tuesday morning that multiple sources had confirmed that Kidman and her country music star husband have been living apart for several months.
“Sometimes relationships just run their course,” a source told Page Six, adding that Kidman “did not want the separation and was trying to save things”.
The pair married in 2006.
The reports came as a huge shock to their fans; the A-list pair are undoubtedly among Hollywood’s most loved-up couples.
Urban surprised fans last year when he held back tears as he confessed that he almost “blew” everything up when he was admitted into rehab shortly after their 2006 wedding.
“We got married in June 2006, and barely four months into our marriage, the addictions that I had done really nothing about blew our marriage to smithereens,” he told the packed auditorium at the Dolby Theatre in LA.
Urban described the dark period, which occurred early into their marriage. Photo / American Film Institiue
“I went into the Betty Ford Center for three months. Four months into a marriage, and I’m in rehab for three months with no idea what was going to happen to us.”
But Urban said that Kidman, 58, was a godsend and “pushed through every negative voice – I’m sure even some of her own – and she chose love. And here we are tonight 18 years later.”
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