Nicole Kidman Files for Divorce

TMZ reports that Kidman filed the paperwork on Tuesday.

By Lauren Tousignant | October 1, 2025 | 8:58am

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I have never felt particularly invested in Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s marriage, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel a little shook after reading about their separation Monday night. I’ve been even more shook (though not surprised) by reports that Urban appears to maybe be in the midst of a monthslong crashout. But as of Tuesday, the former couple are no longer just separated.

On Monday, TMZ reported that Kidman and Urban officially split after 19 years of marriage, writing that they’d been living apart since “the beginning of the summer,” and that this was all Keith’s decision. BUT on Tuesday night, TMZ reported that Kidman officially filed for divorce in Nashville on September 30.

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However, the tabloid added that it seems the former couple—who share two children, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14—already worked out a custody agreement, with Urban signing it on August 29 and Kidman signing it on September 6.

People reported that a source for Urban said he’s “just been going through some stuff” lately, while a source for Kidman added that he’s “been making questionable choices for some time now and this was not the case of them just drifting apart.” Other reports suggest that Urban has already moved on with another woman, with one source telling TMZ that “Nicole doesn’t dispute that, but she’s still shocked over it.” Someone else told People that Urban has not been supportive of Kidman’s career renaissance.

If all of it’s true—particularly the part about him being an unsupportive partner and a deeply predictable male cliché—then good for her. As far as I’m concerned, Urban has one good song (“Somebody Like You”), so I don’t have any Keith Urban records—but, to echo Tuesday’s Dirt Bag, if I did have any, they’d already be ashes.

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