What to Know
In the months since Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban‘s split became public in September, their breakup has continued to play out — including the messier details and rumors. There have been plenty of reports that Keith has been dating women much younger than his estranged wife, and now, a source has told OK! Magazine that Nicole sees it all as more of a midlife crisis than anything truly scandalous.
Nicole isn’t ‘blindsided’ by what’s going on the way some people may think she is.
“If anything, there’s a sense of weary acceptance. What she feels is more disappointment than shock,” the source said. “She sees a man trying to prove something, perhaps to himself as much as to anyone else. In private conversations with close friends, she’s framed it less as scandal and more as a midlife crisis phase, and is making a joke of it.”
Apparently, Nicole sees this as Keith’s response to growing older in the music industry, which doesn’t always look fondly on artists who aren’t young.
She and her daughters have been trying to protect each other.
Reportedly, Keith and Nicole’s daughters, Sunday and Margaret, spend most of their time with their mom, and try as she might to shield them, as teenagers, they have enough access to the internet and to the rumor mill online to know what people are saying about their parents.
“When stories about their dad’s dating life start circulating, they come across it the same way any teenager would — through group chats, TikTok clips, headlines popping up on their feeds,” the source continued. “They’re incredibly protective of Kidman. They’ve seen how much scrutiny she’s faced over the years, and their instinct is to close ranks around her. So when the rumors intensify, it naturally makes them uneasy. It’s not just gossip to them — it’s their family being dissected in public.”
All Nicole wants is a “calm, grounded environment” for her daughters, so she’s been “very deliberate about keeping life steady, reassuring her kids, and making sure the noise from outside doesn’t define how they feel about their parents or themselves.”
Meanwhile, Keith is tired of feeling like his every move is ‘put under a microscope.’
Speaking of everything being dissected in public — apparently, Keith isn’t a huge fan of that happening, either.
“In his mind, the speculation has snowballed far beyond the facts,” the insider said. “It’s frustrating for him because he sees a version of himself circulating online that he doesn’t recognize. He believes he’s being cast in a role that doesn’t reflect his intentions or his reality, and that disconnect has been hard for him to accept.”
