Keith Urban acknowledged earlier this year that “relationship sacrifices” are part and parcel of music stardom — six months before Nicole Kidman begrudgingly filed for divorce.
When asked about the financial and physical concessions he’s had to make as part of his career, the 57-year-old Grammy winner told Entertainment Tonight in early 2025 that relationship hardships are also part of the deal. The outlet resurfaced the interview on Thursday.
The country singer’s remark suggests there was tension in his 19-year marriage with the 58-year-old Oscar winner, well before the couple separated this summer.
News of the split broke late last month, followed shortly thereafter by confirmation that the “Babygirl” actress filed for divorce, and that they’d already signed a “Marital Dissolution Agreement.”
An insider told People at the time that Kidman had “been fighting to save the marriage,” but to no avail.
Urban’s friends, meanwhile, viewed the end of the relationship as “kind of inevitable.”
Kidman and Urban — who share teen daughters Sunday and Margaret — submitted a parenting plan and child support worksheet along with the divorce filing, and have also agreed to take co-parenting classes.
Weeks ahead of word getting out about the couple’s troubles, Kidman mused to Vogue, “How many times do you have to be taught that you think you know where your life is going and then it isn’t going in that direction?”
Urban has not yet responded to speculation that he’s taken up with country artist Maggie Baugh. The 25-year-old played guitar on his tour earlier this year and recently shared a clip of Urban swapping out lyrics of his Kidman-inspired track, “The Fighter,” to shoutout Baugh.
