Nicole Kidman has been accused of making up a lie about her iconic post-divorce photo.
Earlier this week, Kidman revealed what she claimed to be the actual truth behind the iconic 2001 image.
Insisting that the picture wasn’t snapped after she’d left her lawyer’s office having learned her divorce from Tom Cruise was finalized, she said:
“That was from a film. That wasn’t real life. I know that image!” she told GQ.
However, internet sleuths have since alleged that Kidman is straight-up lying about the iconic image.
“OK, I just did a deep dive on this and not only does she not specify which movie it was, none of her legions of fans even have a hypothesis as to which movie it could have been. so I feel comfortable concluding that she’s lying and it really is a post-divorce paparazzi shot,” tweeted one confused fan.
A second commented: “I LOOKED FOR EVIDENCE. THIS IS NOT FROM A MOVIE.”
“I’m fascinated by this because it’s such an easily disprovable lie,” wrote another.
Meanwhile, a fourth tweeted: “There is not a single role of hers around that time period where she dressed like that or wore her natural hair! LIES!”
In the legendary snap that goes viral almost every year, the Aussie star, wore a patterned top, green capri pants, and sneakers in the throwback snap.
She has yet to specify which movie she was referring to.
The meme, notably, made headlines in September when Jenna Dewan posted it via Instagram Stories after she and ex-husband Channing Tatum settled their contentious divorce.
Kidman wed Cruise, 62, in 1990, with the couple adopting daughter Isabella, 31, and son Connor, 29, before separating in 2001.
The actor moved on with Katie Holmes, and the duo were married from 2006 to 2012.
Kidman, for her part, began dating Keith Urban in 2005.
She and the country singer, 57, tied the knot the following year, going on to welcome daughters Sunday, 16, and Faith, 13, in 2008 and 2010, respectively.
Kidman referenced their marriage in Monday’s interview, saying she “wake[s] up at 3 am crying and gasping” over their union, among other things.
“Mortality. Connection. Life coming and hitting you. And loss of parents and raising children and marriage and all of the things that go into making you a fully sentient human,” she listed. “Life is, whew.”
